US cities with the lowest median rent
Find lower-cost rental markets using Census median monthly gross rent.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:15:40+00:00
Median monthly gross rent: ACS B25064_001E, including applicable utilities. Covers occupied cash-rent units, not advertised asking rents. Rent alone is not a complete cost-of-living index. ACS places, including census-designated places, with at least 20,000 residents in the same ACS release. ACS 5-year pooled estimates; margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. Ranks do not imply statistically significant differences. Missing, suppressed, and annotated/top-coded estimates are excluded.
Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.
| Rank | Name | State | Median gross rent | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Harlingen city | Texas | $928 ±$40 | 72,087 |
| 151 | Rock Springs city | Wyoming | $928 ±$71 | 23,127 |
| 153 | Jacksonville city | Arkansas | $930 ±$93 | 29,221 |
| 154 | Albany city | Georgia | $931 ±$24 | 67,224 |
| 154 | Alexandria city | Louisiana | $931 ±$55 | 44,060 |
| 154 | Xenia city | Ohio | $931 ±$66 | 25,689 |
| 157 | Green Bay city | Wisconsin | $932 ±$37 | 106,253 |
| 158 | North Tonawanda city | New York | $934 ±$26 | 30,198 |
| 159 | Oshkosh city | Wisconsin | $935 ±$23 | 66,729 |
| 160 | Shawnee city | Oklahoma | $936 ±$36 | 31,671 |
| 161 | Morgantown city | West Virginia | $937 ±$37 | 30,236 |
| 162 | Kokomo city | Indiana | $939 ±$20 | 59,122 |
| 163 | Immokalee CDP | Florida | $941 ±$89 | 26,361 |
| 164 | Watertown city | South Dakota | $942 ±$47 | 23,044 |
| 165 | Statesboro city | Georgia | $944 ±$47 | 34,149 |
| 165 | Frankfort city | Kentucky | $944 ±$45 | 28,503 |
| 167 | Lockport city | New York | $945 ±$43 | 20,610 |
| 167 | Shelby city | North Carolina | $945 ±$73 | 22,100 |
| 167 | Cleveland city | Ohio | $945 ±$16 | 366,097 |
| 170 | Fargo city | North Dakota | $946 ±$17 | 131,627 |
| 170 | Wilkes-Barre city | Pennsylvania | $946 ±$62 | 44,423 |
| 172 | Grand Island city | Nebraska | $947 ±$38 | 52,884 |
| 172 | Stillwater city | Oklahoma | $947 ±$44 | 49,269 |
| 172 | Easley city | South Carolina | $947 ±$94 | 24,841 |
| 175 | Pocatello city | Idaho | $948 ±$35 | 57,635 |
| 175 | La Porte city | Indiana | $948 ±$55 | 22,449 |
| 175 | Dubuque city | Iowa | $948 ±$29 | 59,174 |
| 178 | Kearney city | Nebraska | $949 ±$31 | 34,246 |
| 178 | Marshall city | Texas | $949 ±$54 | 23,825 |
| 180 | Opelika city | Alabama | $950 ±$57 | 32,820 |
| 180 | Mission city | Texas | $950 ±$26 | 87,038 |
| 182 | Utica city | New York | $951 ±$24 | 64,217 |
| 183 | Austin city | Minnesota | $953 ±$72 | 26,358 |
| 184 | South Valley CDP | New Mexico | $954 ±$67 | 37,120 |
| 185 | Akron city | Ohio | $955 ±$16 | 189,247 |
| 186 | Jonesboro city | Arkansas | $956 ±$31 | 80,137 |
| 186 | Adrian city | Michigan | $956 ±$32 | 20,395 |
| 188 | Battle Creek city | Michigan | $957 ±$32 | 52,374 |
| 188 | Rocky Mount city | North Carolina | $957 ±$30 | 54,297 |
| 188 | Dickinson city | North Dakota | $957 ±$46 | 25,357 |
| 191 | Salina city | Kansas | $959 ±$35 | 46,307 |
| 192 | Dothan city | Alabama | $960 ±$21 | 71,514 |
| 192 | Harvey city | Illinois | $960 ±$89 | 20,230 |
| 194 | Bessemer city | Alabama | $961 ±$57 | 25,400 |
| 194 | Marion city | Iowa | $961 ±$120 | 41,896 |
| 194 | San Juan city | Texas | $961 ±$93 | 36,149 |
| 197 | Joplin city | Missouri | $962 ±$28 | 52,593 |
| 198 | Springfield city | Missouri | $964 ±$13 | 169,954 |
| 198 | Nacogdoches city | Texas | $964 ±$41 | 32,197 |
| 200 | Normal town | Illinois | $965 ±$45 | 53,569 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2305 ranked entries.