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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Lancaster city | Ohio | $1,083 ±$31 | 41,249 |
| 1902 | Pueblo city | Colorado | $1,082 ±$29 | 111,561 |
| 1902 | Twin Falls city | Idaho | $1,082 ±$42 | 54,164 |
| 1902 | Kernersville town | North Carolina | $1,082 ±$77 | 27,830 |
| 1905 | Rochester city | New York | $1,081 ±$16 | 208,772 |
| 1905 | New Bern city | North Carolina | $1,081 ±$49 | 32,734 |
| 1907 | Fremont city | Nebraska | $1,080 ±$46 | 27,567 |
| 1908 | Bullhead City city | Arizona | $1,079 ±$39 | 42,496 |
| 1908 | Lafayette city | Indiana | $1,079 ±$19 | 71,159 |
| 1908 | Lufkin city | Texas | $1,079 ±$49 | 34,251 |
| 1911 | Kalamazoo city | Michigan | $1,078 ±$44 | 73,076 |
| 1911 | Kalispell city | Montana | $1,078 ±$91 | 28,504 |
| 1913 | Medina city | Ohio | $1,077 ±$60 | 25,950 |
| 1914 | Sumter city | South Carolina | $1,076 ±$60 | 43,053 |
| 1914 | West Bend city | Wisconsin | $1,076 ±$58 | 32,030 |
| 1916 | Idaho Falls city | Idaho | $1,075 ±$42 | 67,725 |
| 1917 | Detroit city | Michigan | $1,074 ±$13 | 638,530 |
| 1917 | Faribault city | Minnesota | $1,074 ±$100 | 24,631 |
| 1919 | LaGrange city | Georgia | $1,073 ±$32 | 32,078 |
| 1919 | El Paso city | Texas | $1,073 ±$16 | 680,130 |
| 1919 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | $1,073 ±$29 | 79,497 |
| 1922 | Benton city | Arkansas | $1,072 ±$42 | 36,595 |
| 1922 | Blue Island city | Illinois | $1,072 ±$43 | 21,741 |
| 1924 | Springdale city | Arkansas | $1,071 ±$35 | 88,160 |
| 1924 | Oxford city | Mississippi | $1,071 ±$65 | 26,411 |
| 1924 | Salisbury city | North Carolina | $1,071 ±$81 | 35,825 |
| 1924 | Bethany city | Oklahoma | $1,071 ±$48 | 20,560 |
| 1928 | Mishawaka city | Indiana | $1,070 ±$28 | 51,021 |
| 1928 | Lakewood city | Ohio | $1,070 ±$30 | 50,007 |
| 1930 | North Little Rock city | Arkansas | $1,069 ±$28 | 64,538 |
| 1931 | Mobile city | Alabama | $1,068 ±$23 | 203,416 |
| 1932 | Baton Rouge city | Louisiana | $1,067 ±$21 | 222,771 |
| 1932 | Owatonna city | Minnesota | $1,067 ±$73 | 26,498 |
| 1932 | Wadsworth city | Ohio | $1,067 ±$50 | 24,492 |
| 1932 | Reading city | Pennsylvania | $1,067 ±$32 | 95,242 |
| 1936 | Macon-Bibb County | Georgia | $1,066 ±$25 | 156,578 |
| 1936 | Mehlville CDP | Missouri | $1,066 ±$49 | 29,805 |
| 1936 | Baldwin borough | Pennsylvania | $1,066 ±$79 | 21,057 |
| 1936 | Beloit city | Wisconsin | $1,066 ±$63 | 36,534 |
| 1940 | Fayetteville city | Arkansas | $1,065 ±$31 | 99,319 |
| 1941 | Pontiac city | Michigan | $1,063 ±$41 | 62,104 |
| 1941 | Hickory city | North Carolina | $1,063 ±$63 | 44,258 |
| 1941 | Roseburg city | Oregon | $1,063 ±$71 | 23,778 |
| 1944 | Harrisburg city | Pennsylvania | $1,062 ±$35 | 50,287 |
| 1944 | Pullman city | Washington | $1,062 ±$35 | 32,229 |
| 1946 | Hammond city | Louisiana | $1,061 ±$84 | 21,539 |
| 1947 | Milwaukee city | Wisconsin | $1,059 ±$11 | 566,973 |
| 1948 | Kingman city | Arizona | $1,058 ±$72 | 34,375 |
| 1948 | Houma city | Louisiana | $1,058 ±$58 | 32,392 |
| 1950 | Coralville city | Iowa | $1,057 ±$58 | 23,234 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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