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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | New Bern city | North Carolina | $1,081 ±$49 | 32,734 |
| 402 | Pueblo city | Colorado | $1,082 ±$29 | 111,561 |
| 402 | Twin Falls city | Idaho | $1,082 ±$42 | 54,164 |
| 402 | Kernersville town | North Carolina | $1,082 ±$77 | 27,830 |
| 405 | Nixa city | Missouri | $1,083 ±$52 | 24,836 |
| 405 | Mandan city | North Dakota | $1,083 ±$73 | 24,522 |
| 405 | Lancaster city | Ohio | $1,083 ±$31 | 41,249 |
| 408 | Gulfport city | Mississippi | $1,086 ±$36 | 73,003 |
| 408 | Lincoln city | Nebraska | $1,086 ±$20 | 294,856 |
| 408 | Kerrville city | Texas | $1,086 ±$97 | 24,755 |
| 411 | Duluth city | Minnesota | $1,087 ±$45 | 87,093 |
| 411 | Winston-Salem city | North Carolina | $1,087 ±$22 | 252,037 |
| 411 | Parma city | Ohio | $1,087 ±$33 | 79,870 |
| 414 | Gladstone city | Missouri | $1,088 ±$69 | 27,207 |
| 415 | Montgomery city | Alabama | $1,089 ±$21 | 197,494 |
| 415 | Wasco city | California | $1,089 ±$81 | 26,558 |
| 415 | Carrollton city | Georgia | $1,089 ±$69 | 27,392 |
| 415 | Biloxi city | Mississippi | $1,089 ±$32 | 48,861 |
| 415 | Hazleton city | Pennsylvania | $1,089 ±$82 | 30,111 |
| 420 | Des Moines city | Iowa | $1,090 ±$21 | 212,421 |
| 420 | Lebanon city | Ohio | $1,090 ±$59 | 21,501 |
| 420 | Norman city | Oklahoma | $1,090 ±$27 | 129,672 |
| 423 | Rio Rico CDP | Arizona | $1,091 ±$64 | 22,017 |
| 423 | Barstow city | California | $1,091 ±$76 | 25,100 |
| 423 | Lawrence city | Kansas | $1,091 ±$36 | 96,051 |
| 423 | Oakville CDP | Missouri | $1,091 ±$51 | 35,333 |
| 423 | Midwest City city | Oklahoma | $1,091 ±$33 | 58,297 |
| 423 | Chester city | Pennsylvania | $1,091 ±$36 | 33,619 |
| 429 | Helena city | Montana | $1,092 ±$51 | 33,639 |
| 429 | Amarillo city | Texas | $1,092 ±$22 | 201,885 |
| 431 | Calexico city | California | $1,093 ±$58 | 38,585 |
| 431 | Goshen city | Indiana | $1,093 ±$52 | 34,420 |
| 431 | Corsicana city | Texas | $1,093 ±$67 | 25,511 |
| 434 | Iowa City city | Iowa | $1,094 ±$41 | 75,752 |
| 434 | Carlisle borough | Pennsylvania | $1,094 ±$78 | 21,852 |
| 436 | Columbia city | Missouri | $1,097 ±$22 | 128,548 |
| 436 | Ozark city | Missouri | $1,097 ±$84 | 22,417 |
| 438 | Auburn city | Alabama | $1,098 ±$35 | 80,594 |
| 438 | Enterprise city | Alabama | $1,098 ±$53 | 29,505 |
| 440 | Chambersburg borough | Pennsylvania | $1,099 ±$46 | 22,319 |
| 440 | Spartanburg city | South Carolina | $1,099 ±$30 | 38,910 |
| 442 | Lafayette city | Louisiana | $1,100 ±$27 | 121,715 |
| 443 | Sherwood city | Arkansas | $1,101 ±$67 | 33,070 |
| 443 | Bayou Cane CDP | Louisiana | $1,101 ±$67 | 21,253 |
| 443 | Taylor city | Michigan | $1,101 ±$42 | 62,081 |
| 443 | Longview city | Texas | $1,101 ±$31 | 82,923 |
| 447 | Machesney Park village | Illinois | $1,102 ±$59 | 22,630 |
| 447 | Tonawanda Town CDP | New York | $1,102 ±$31 | 56,806 |
| 447 | Howard village | Wisconsin | $1,102 ±$47 | 21,087 |
| 450 | Northfield city | Minnesota | $1,103 ±$79 | 20,742 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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