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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | Bossier City city | Louisiana | $1,107 ±$39 | 62,901 |
| 1852 | Little Rock city | Arkansas | $1,106 ±$22 | 203,436 |
| 1852 | Columbus city | Georgia | $1,106 ±$20 | 203,711 |
| 1852 | West Seneca CDP | New York | $1,106 ±$39 | 45,303 |
| 1852 | Hopewell city | Virginia | $1,106 ±$44 | 22,959 |
| 1856 | Northfield city | Minnesota | $1,103 ±$79 | 20,742 |
| 1857 | Machesney Park village | Illinois | $1,102 ±$59 | 22,630 |
| 1857 | Tonawanda Town CDP | New York | $1,102 ±$31 | 56,806 |
| 1857 | Howard village | Wisconsin | $1,102 ±$47 | 21,087 |
| 1860 | Sherwood city | Arkansas | $1,101 ±$67 | 33,070 |
| 1860 | Bayou Cane CDP | Louisiana | $1,101 ±$67 | 21,253 |
| 1860 | Taylor city | Michigan | $1,101 ±$42 | 62,081 |
| 1860 | Longview city | Texas | $1,101 ±$31 | 82,923 |
| 1864 | Lafayette city | Louisiana | $1,100 ±$27 | 121,715 |
| 1865 | Chambersburg borough | Pennsylvania | $1,099 ±$46 | 22,319 |
| 1865 | Spartanburg city | South Carolina | $1,099 ±$30 | 38,910 |
| 1867 | Auburn city | Alabama | $1,098 ±$35 | 80,594 |
| 1867 | Enterprise city | Alabama | $1,098 ±$53 | 29,505 |
| 1869 | Columbia city | Missouri | $1,097 ±$22 | 128,548 |
| 1869 | Ozark city | Missouri | $1,097 ±$84 | 22,417 |
| 1871 | Iowa City city | Iowa | $1,094 ±$41 | 75,752 |
| 1871 | Carlisle borough | Pennsylvania | $1,094 ±$78 | 21,852 |
| 1873 | Calexico city | California | $1,093 ±$58 | 38,585 |
| 1873 | Goshen city | Indiana | $1,093 ±$52 | 34,420 |
| 1873 | Corsicana city | Texas | $1,093 ±$67 | 25,511 |
| 1876 | Helena city | Montana | $1,092 ±$51 | 33,639 |
| 1876 | Amarillo city | Texas | $1,092 ±$22 | 201,885 |
| 1878 | Rio Rico CDP | Arizona | $1,091 ±$64 | 22,017 |
| 1878 | Barstow city | California | $1,091 ±$76 | 25,100 |
| 1878 | Lawrence city | Kansas | $1,091 ±$36 | 96,051 |
| 1878 | Oakville CDP | Missouri | $1,091 ±$51 | 35,333 |
| 1878 | Midwest City city | Oklahoma | $1,091 ±$33 | 58,297 |
| 1878 | Chester city | Pennsylvania | $1,091 ±$36 | 33,619 |
| 1884 | Des Moines city | Iowa | $1,090 ±$21 | 212,421 |
| 1884 | Lebanon city | Ohio | $1,090 ±$59 | 21,501 |
| 1884 | Norman city | Oklahoma | $1,090 ±$27 | 129,672 |
| 1887 | Montgomery city | Alabama | $1,089 ±$21 | 197,494 |
| 1887 | Wasco city | California | $1,089 ±$81 | 26,558 |
| 1887 | Carrollton city | Georgia | $1,089 ±$69 | 27,392 |
| 1887 | Biloxi city | Mississippi | $1,089 ±$32 | 48,861 |
| 1887 | Hazleton city | Pennsylvania | $1,089 ±$82 | 30,111 |
| 1892 | Gladstone city | Missouri | $1,088 ±$69 | 27,207 |
| 1893 | Duluth city | Minnesota | $1,087 ±$45 | 87,093 |
| 1893 | Winston-Salem city | North Carolina | $1,087 ±$22 | 252,037 |
| 1893 | Parma city | Ohio | $1,087 ±$33 | 79,870 |
| 1896 | Gulfport city | Mississippi | $1,086 ±$36 | 73,003 |
| 1896 | Lincoln city | Nebraska | $1,086 ±$20 | 294,856 |
| 1896 | Kerrville city | Texas | $1,086 ±$97 | 24,755 |
| 1899 | Nixa city | Missouri | $1,083 ±$52 | 24,836 |
| 1899 | Mandan city | North Dakota | $1,083 ±$73 | 24,522 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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