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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2150 | Alexandria city | Louisiana | $931 ±$55 | 44,060 |
| 2150 | Xenia city | Ohio | $931 ±$66 | 25,689 |
| 2153 | Jacksonville city | Arkansas | $930 ±$93 | 29,221 |
| 2154 | Harlingen city | Texas | $928 ±$40 | 72,087 |
| 2154 | Rock Springs city | Wyoming | $928 ±$71 | 23,127 |
| 2156 | Moscow city | Idaho | $927 ±$35 | 26,286 |
| 2156 | Gallup city | New Mexico | $927 ±$73 | 21,023 |
| 2158 | Oxford city | Alabama | $925 ±$85 | 22,063 |
| 2158 | Paragould city | Arkansas | $925 ±$31 | 30,215 |
| 2158 | Anderson city | Indiana | $925 ±$28 | 55,367 |
| 2158 | Laramie city | Wyoming | $925 ±$34 | 32,234 |
| 2162 | Burlington city | Iowa | $924 ±$44 | 23,728 |
| 2162 | Sheboygan city | Wisconsin | $924 ±$38 | 49,645 |
| 2164 | Waterloo city | Iowa | $923 ±$25 | 67,008 |
| 2164 | Brownsville city | Texas | $923 ±$30 | 189,177 |
| 2166 | Terre Haute city | Indiana | $922 ±$32 | 58,427 |
| 2166 | Hays city | Kansas | $922 ±$70 | 21,143 |
| 2166 | Mount Pleasant city | Michigan | $922 ±$39 | 21,236 |
| 2166 | Saginaw city | Michigan | $922 ±$23 | 43,536 |
| 2166 | Piqua city | Ohio | $922 ±$57 | 20,646 |
| 2171 | Ottumwa city | Iowa | $921 ±$54 | 25,430 |
| 2171 | North Platte city | Nebraska | $921 ±$51 | 22,831 |
| 2173 | Dayton city | Ohio | $918 ±$23 | 136,579 |
| 2173 | Wooster city | Ohio | $918 ±$52 | 26,971 |
| 2175 | Richmond city | Kentucky | $917 ±$27 | 37,111 |
| 2175 | Cookeville city | Tennessee | $917 ±$38 | 36,088 |
| 2177 | Starkville city | Mississippi | $916 ±$34 | 25,721 |
| 2177 | Bartlesville city | Oklahoma | $916 ±$33 | 37,878 |
| 2179 | Flint city | Michigan | $915 ±$27 | 80,175 |
| 2180 | Hot Springs city | Arkansas | $914 ±$33 | 37,920 |
| 2180 | Enid city | Oklahoma | $914 ±$33 | 50,653 |
| 2182 | Fond du Lac city | Wisconsin | $913 ±$37 | 44,494 |
| 2183 | Huntington city | West Virginia | $912 ±$30 | 45,787 |
| 2184 | Willmar city | Minnesota | $910 ±$64 | 21,378 |
| 2184 | Meridian city | Mississippi | $910 ±$46 | 34,137 |
| 2186 | Texarkana city | Arkansas | $909 ±$48 | 29,177 |
| 2186 | Elizabethtown city | Kentucky | $909 ±$42 | 32,576 |
| 2186 | Monroe city | Michigan | $909 ±$47 | 20,320 |
| 2186 | Elmira city | New York | $909 ±$65 | 26,257 |
| 2186 | Rome city | New York | $909 ±$59 | 31,795 |
| 2191 | Charleston city | West Virginia | $908 ±$44 | 47,421 |
| 2192 | Kingsport city | Tennessee | $907 ±$39 | 56,262 |
| 2193 | Asheboro city | North Carolina | $906 ±$40 | 27,580 |
| 2193 | Elyria city | Ohio | $906 ±$34 | 53,035 |
| 2195 | Searcy city | Arkansas | $905 ±$37 | 23,340 |
| 2195 | Owensboro city | Kentucky | $905 ±$45 | 60,302 |
| 2195 | Sandusky city | Ohio | $905 ±$33 | 24,606 |
| 2198 | Muncie city | Indiana | $904 ±$30 | 64,751 |
| 2199 | Lima city | Ohio | $903 ±$37 | 35,010 |
| 2200 | Hopkinsville city | Kentucky | $902 ±$37 | 30,906 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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