US cities with the highest median rent
Compare median monthly gross rent across US cities and census-designated places.
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. Higher rent does not establish a city’s overall cost of living. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | St. Peters city | Missouri | $1,321 ±$73 | 59,092 |
| 1501 | Jacksonville city | North Carolina | $1,321 ±$36 | 71,279 |
| 1501 | Norfolk city | Virginia | $1,321 ±$27 | 233,596 |
| 1504 | Lake Havasu City city | Arizona | $1,320 ±$78 | 58,359 |
| 1504 | Jeffersontown city | Kentucky | $1,320 ±$61 | 29,199 |
| 1504 | Broken Arrow city | Oklahoma | $1,320 ±$27 | 118,180 |
| 1507 | Ankeny city | Iowa | $1,319 ±$72 | 72,615 |
| 1507 | Essex CDP | Maryland | $1,319 ±$39 | 40,580 |
| 1507 | University City city | Missouri | $1,319 ±$67 | 34,685 |
| 1507 | Kannapolis city | North Carolina | $1,319 ±$67 | 57,890 |
| 1511 | Arbutus CDP | Maryland | $1,318 ±$227 | 22,507 |
| 1511 | Salisbury city | Maryland | $1,318 ±$80 | 33,285 |
| 1511 | Deer Park city | Texas | $1,318 ±$85 | 33,967 |
| 1514 | Holt CDP | Michigan | $1,317 ±$104 | 25,316 |
| 1514 | Allentown city | Pennsylvania | $1,317 ±$39 | 125,976 |
| 1516 | Odessa city | Texas | $1,315 ±$41 | 115,322 |
| 1516 | Universal City city | Texas | $1,315 ±$70 | 20,189 |
| 1516 | Winchester city | Virginia | $1,315 ±$78 | 27,913 |
| 1519 | Vero Beach South CDP | Florida | $1,314 ±$108 | 30,344 |
| 1519 | Olathe city | Kansas | $1,314 ±$49 | 145,057 |
| 1521 | Prattville city | Alabama | $1,313 ±$66 | 39,482 |
| 1521 | Menomonee Falls village | Wisconsin | $1,313 ±$149 | 39,539 |
| 1521 | Muskego city | Wisconsin | $1,313 ±$132 | 25,406 |
| 1524 | Greenwood city | Indiana | $1,312 ±$58 | 66,029 |
| 1524 | Maryland Heights city | Missouri | $1,312 ±$70 | 27,880 |
| 1524 | Greenville city | South Carolina | $1,312 ±$43 | 72,935 |
| 1527 | Bethel Park municipality | Pennsylvania | $1,311 ±$71 | 32,881 |
| 1527 | Greenville city | Texas | $1,311 ±$59 | 31,222 |
| 1529 | Schererville town | Indiana | $1,310 ±$75 | 29,701 |
| 1530 | Hanford city | California | $1,309 ±$101 | 59,754 |
| 1530 | Edgewater city | Florida | $1,309 ±$247 | 23,627 |
| 1530 | Central city | Louisiana | $1,309 ±$101 | 29,783 |
| 1530 | Denison city | Texas | $1,309 ±$70 | 25,778 |
| 1534 | Fort Walton Beach city | Florida | $1,307 ±$70 | 21,025 |
| 1534 | Clarksville city | Tennessee | $1,307 ±$35 | 176,456 |
| 1534 | Baytown city | Texas | $1,307 ±$39 | 85,205 |
| 1534 | Texas City city | Texas | $1,307 ±$47 | 55,364 |
| 1538 | Edwardsville city | Illinois | $1,306 ±$116 | 26,474 |
| 1538 | Gardner city | Kansas | $1,306 ±$123 | 24,526 |
| 1538 | Forest Park city | Ohio | $1,306 ±$98 | 20,025 |
| 1538 | Lebanon city | Tennessee | $1,306 ±$53 | 44,788 |
| 1542 | Pahrump CDP | Nevada | $1,304 ±$75 | 47,347 |
| 1543 | Raymore city | Missouri | $1,303 ±$143 | 24,526 |
| 1544 | Florence town | Arizona | $1,302 ±$301 | 25,570 |
| 1544 | Strongsville city | Ohio | $1,302 ±$100 | 45,983 |
| 1546 | Portsmouth city | Virginia | $1,300 ±$26 | 97,190 |
| 1547 | Gainesville city | Georgia | $1,299 ±$89 | 45,032 |
| 1548 | Tarpon Springs city | Florida | $1,298 ±$67 | 25,791 |
| 1548 | Okemos CDP | Michigan | $1,298 ±$94 | 26,396 |
| 1548 | Galveston city | Texas | $1,298 ±$40 | 53,424 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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