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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 350 | Bangor city | Maine | $1,055 ±$43 | 31,938 |
| 350 | Jackson city | Mississippi | $1,055 ±$23 | 146,631 |
| 350 | Cheektowaga CDP | New York | $1,055 ±$23 | 76,056 |
| 354 | Shelbyville city | Tennessee | $1,056 ±$100 | 24,661 |
| 355 | Coralville city | Iowa | $1,057 ±$58 | 23,234 |
| 355 | Sapulpa city | Oklahoma | $1,057 ±$44 | 22,570 |
| 357 | Kingman city | Arizona | $1,058 ±$72 | 34,375 |
| 357 | Houma city | Louisiana | $1,058 ±$58 | 32,392 |
| 359 | Milwaukee city | Wisconsin | $1,059 ±$11 | 566,973 |
| 360 | Hammond city | Louisiana | $1,061 ±$84 | 21,539 |
| 361 | Harrisburg city | Pennsylvania | $1,062 ±$35 | 50,287 |
| 361 | Pullman city | Washington | $1,062 ±$35 | 32,229 |
| 363 | Pontiac city | Michigan | $1,063 ±$41 | 62,104 |
| 363 | Hickory city | North Carolina | $1,063 ±$63 | 44,258 |
| 363 | Roseburg city | Oregon | $1,063 ±$71 | 23,778 |
| 366 | Fayetteville city | Arkansas | $1,065 ±$31 | 99,319 |
| 367 | Macon-Bibb County | Georgia | $1,066 ±$25 | 156,578 |
| 367 | Mehlville CDP | Missouri | $1,066 ±$49 | 29,805 |
| 367 | Baldwin borough | Pennsylvania | $1,066 ±$79 | 21,057 |
| 367 | Beloit city | Wisconsin | $1,066 ±$63 | 36,534 |
| 371 | Baton Rouge city | Louisiana | $1,067 ±$21 | 222,771 |
| 371 | Owatonna city | Minnesota | $1,067 ±$73 | 26,498 |
| 371 | Wadsworth city | Ohio | $1,067 ±$50 | 24,492 |
| 371 | Reading city | Pennsylvania | $1,067 ±$32 | 95,242 |
| 375 | Mobile city | Alabama | $1,068 ±$23 | 203,416 |
| 376 | North Little Rock city | Arkansas | $1,069 ±$28 | 64,538 |
| 377 | Mishawaka city | Indiana | $1,070 ±$28 | 51,021 |
| 377 | Lakewood city | Ohio | $1,070 ±$30 | 50,007 |
| 379 | Springdale city | Arkansas | $1,071 ±$35 | 88,160 |
| 379 | Oxford city | Mississippi | $1,071 ±$65 | 26,411 |
| 379 | Salisbury city | North Carolina | $1,071 ±$81 | 35,825 |
| 379 | Bethany city | Oklahoma | $1,071 ±$48 | 20,560 |
| 383 | Benton city | Arkansas | $1,072 ±$42 | 36,595 |
| 383 | Blue Island city | Illinois | $1,072 ±$43 | 21,741 |
| 385 | LaGrange city | Georgia | $1,073 ±$32 | 32,078 |
| 385 | El Paso city | Texas | $1,073 ±$16 | 680,130 |
| 385 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | $1,073 ±$29 | 79,497 |
| 388 | Detroit city | Michigan | $1,074 ±$13 | 638,530 |
| 388 | Faribault city | Minnesota | $1,074 ±$100 | 24,631 |
| 390 | Idaho Falls city | Idaho | $1,075 ±$42 | 67,725 |
| 391 | Sumter city | South Carolina | $1,076 ±$60 | 43,053 |
| 391 | West Bend city | Wisconsin | $1,076 ±$58 | 32,030 |
| 393 | Medina city | Ohio | $1,077 ±$60 | 25,950 |
| 394 | Kalamazoo city | Michigan | $1,078 ±$44 | 73,076 |
| 394 | Kalispell city | Montana | $1,078 ±$91 | 28,504 |
| 396 | Bullhead City city | Arizona | $1,079 ±$39 | 42,496 |
| 396 | Lafayette city | Indiana | $1,079 ±$19 | 71,159 |
| 396 | Lufkin city | Texas | $1,079 ±$49 | 34,251 |
| 399 | Fremont city | Nebraska | $1,080 ±$46 | 27,567 |
| 400 | Rochester city | New York | $1,081 ±$16 | 208,772 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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