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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301 | Aberdeen city | South Dakota | $762 ±$38 | 28,189 |
| 2302 | Jamestown city | New York | $759 ±$39 | 28,188 |
| 2303 | San Luis city | Arizona | $741 ±$78 | 37,337 |
| 2303 | New Castle city | Pennsylvania | $741 ±$62 | 21,579 |
| 2305 | Youngstown city | Ohio | $728 ±$24 | 59,331 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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