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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2100 | Michigan City city | Indiana | $967 ±$34 | 31,814 |
| 2100 | Cedar Rapids city | Iowa | $967 ±$44 | 137,264 |
| 2100 | Watertown city | New York | $967 ±$57 | 24,375 |
| 2100 | Lawton city | Oklahoma | $967 ±$20 | 90,595 |
| 2100 | Weslaco city | Texas | $967 ±$47 | 42,229 |
| 2106 | Normal town | Illinois | $965 ±$45 | 53,569 |
| 2107 | Springfield city | Missouri | $964 ±$13 | 169,954 |
| 2107 | Nacogdoches city | Texas | $964 ±$41 | 32,197 |
| 2109 | Joplin city | Missouri | $962 ±$28 | 52,593 |
| 2110 | Bessemer city | Alabama | $961 ±$57 | 25,400 |
| 2110 | Marion city | Iowa | $961 ±$120 | 41,896 |
| 2110 | San Juan city | Texas | $961 ±$93 | 36,149 |
| 2113 | Dothan city | Alabama | $960 ±$21 | 71,514 |
| 2113 | Harvey city | Illinois | $960 ±$89 | 20,230 |
| 2115 | Salina city | Kansas | $959 ±$35 | 46,307 |
| 2116 | Battle Creek city | Michigan | $957 ±$32 | 52,374 |
| 2116 | Rocky Mount city | North Carolina | $957 ±$30 | 54,297 |
| 2116 | Dickinson city | North Dakota | $957 ±$46 | 25,357 |
| 2119 | Jonesboro city | Arkansas | $956 ±$31 | 80,137 |
| 2119 | Adrian city | Michigan | $956 ±$32 | 20,395 |
| 2121 | Akron city | Ohio | $955 ±$16 | 189,247 |
| 2122 | South Valley CDP | New Mexico | $954 ±$67 | 37,120 |
| 2123 | Austin city | Minnesota | $953 ±$72 | 26,358 |
| 2124 | Utica city | New York | $951 ±$24 | 64,217 |
| 2125 | Opelika city | Alabama | $950 ±$57 | 32,820 |
| 2125 | Mission city | Texas | $950 ±$26 | 87,038 |
| 2127 | Kearney city | Nebraska | $949 ±$31 | 34,246 |
| 2127 | Marshall city | Texas | $949 ±$54 | 23,825 |
| 2129 | Pocatello city | Idaho | $948 ±$35 | 57,635 |
| 2129 | La Porte city | Indiana | $948 ±$55 | 22,449 |
| 2129 | Dubuque city | Iowa | $948 ±$29 | 59,174 |
| 2132 | Grand Island city | Nebraska | $947 ±$38 | 52,884 |
| 2132 | Stillwater city | Oklahoma | $947 ±$44 | 49,269 |
| 2132 | Easley city | South Carolina | $947 ±$94 | 24,841 |
| 2135 | Fargo city | North Dakota | $946 ±$17 | 131,627 |
| 2135 | Wilkes-Barre city | Pennsylvania | $946 ±$62 | 44,423 |
| 2137 | Lockport city | New York | $945 ±$43 | 20,610 |
| 2137 | Shelby city | North Carolina | $945 ±$73 | 22,100 |
| 2137 | Cleveland city | Ohio | $945 ±$16 | 366,097 |
| 2140 | Statesboro city | Georgia | $944 ±$47 | 34,149 |
| 2140 | Frankfort city | Kentucky | $944 ±$45 | 28,503 |
| 2142 | Watertown city | South Dakota | $942 ±$47 | 23,044 |
| 2143 | Immokalee CDP | Florida | $941 ±$89 | 26,361 |
| 2144 | Kokomo city | Indiana | $939 ±$20 | 59,122 |
| 2145 | Morgantown city | West Virginia | $937 ±$37 | 30,236 |
| 2146 | Shawnee city | Oklahoma | $936 ±$36 | 31,671 |
| 2147 | Oshkosh city | Wisconsin | $935 ±$23 | 66,729 |
| 2148 | North Tonawanda city | New York | $934 ±$26 | 30,198 |
| 2149 | Green Bay city | Wisconsin | $932 ±$37 | 106,253 |
| 2150 | Albany city | Georgia | $931 ±$24 | 67,224 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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