US cities with the lowest median rent
Find lower-cost rental markets using Census median monthly gross rent.
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, including applicable utilities. Covers occupied cash-rent units, not advertised asking rents. Rent alone is not a complete cost-of-living index. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Bloomington city | Minnesota | $1,561 ±$36 | 88,665 |
| 1152 | Palm Springs city | California | $1,562 ±$61 | 45,070 |
| 1153 | Lynn Haven city | Florida | $1,563 ±$118 | 20,081 |
| 1153 | Las Vegas city | Nevada | $1,563 ±$19 | 660,400 |
| 1153 | Suffolk city | Virginia | $1,563 ±$58 | 98,796 |
| 1156 | Manchester city | New Hampshire | $1,564 ±$37 | 115,643 |
| 1157 | Bountiful city | Utah | $1,565 ±$110 | 45,023 |
| 1158 | Redan CDP | Georgia | $1,566 ±$119 | 31,017 |
| 1158 | Mundelein village | Illinois | $1,566 ±$100 | 31,915 |
| 1158 | Sicklerville CDP | New Jersey | $1,566 ±$128 | 44,998 |
| 1158 | Benbrook city | Texas | $1,566 ±$90 | 24,557 |
| 1162 | Roselle borough | New Jersey | $1,567 ±$202 | 22,646 |
| 1163 | Sun City CDP | Arizona | $1,569 ±$96 | 37,486 |
| 1164 | Willowbrook CDP | California | $1,570 ±$123 | 21,681 |
| 1164 | Fernley city | Nevada | $1,570 ±$124 | 24,225 |
| 1164 | Westlake city | Ohio | $1,570 ±$83 | 34,104 |
| 1167 | Raleigh city | North Carolina | $1,572 ±$23 | 481,031 |
| 1167 | Springville city | Utah | $1,572 ±$69 | 35,849 |
| 1169 | Helena city | Alabama | $1,574 ±$291 | 21,769 |
| 1169 | Whitney CDP | Nevada | $1,574 ±$78 | 47,221 |
| 1171 | Bell city | California | $1,575 ±$59 | 32,476 |
| 1171 | Hemet city | California | $1,575 ±$71 | 91,326 |
| 1173 | Battle Ground city | Washington | $1,576 ±$144 | 21,886 |
| 1174 | Pelham city | Alabama | $1,577 ±$130 | 24,827 |
| 1174 | Stockton city | California | $1,577 ±$34 | 322,326 |
| 1174 | Portland city | Maine | $1,577 ±$35 | 68,854 |
| 1174 | Randallstown CDP | Maryland | $1,577 ±$115 | 35,957 |
| 1174 | Portland city | Texas | $1,577 ±$208 | 20,543 |
| 1174 | Bellingham city | Washington | $1,577 ±$41 | 93,438 |
| 1180 | Wheat Ridge city | Colorado | $1,579 ±$82 | 32,070 |
| 1180 | Clearfield city | Utah | $1,579 ±$73 | 33,523 |
| 1182 | Prescott Valley town | Arizona | $1,580 ±$101 | 49,179 |
| 1182 | Fort Myers city | Florida | $1,580 ±$44 | 95,051 |
| 1184 | Phoenix city | Arizona | $1,582 ±$14 | 1,642,323 |
| 1184 | Evans city | Colorado | $1,582 ±$132 | 22,396 |
| 1184 | Douglasville city | Georgia | $1,582 ±$66 | 37,536 |
| 1187 | Woodland city | California | $1,583 ±$102 | 61,854 |
| 1187 | Middletown town | Delaware | $1,583 ±$184 | 24,661 |
| 1187 | Meadowbrook CDP | Virginia | $1,583 ±$128 | 20,749 |
| 1190 | Marietta city | Georgia | $1,586 ±$50 | 62,263 |
| 1190 | Gresham city | Oregon | $1,586 ±$37 | 112,378 |
| 1190 | Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) | Tennessee | $1,586 ±$18 | 690,130 |
| 1190 | Chesapeake city | Virginia | $1,586 ±$39 | 252,583 |
| 1194 | Murrysville municipality | Pennsylvania | $1,587 ±$160 | 20,817 |
| 1195 | Arden-Arcade CDP | California | $1,588 ±$37 | 94,994 |
| 1195 | Upper Arlington city | Ohio | $1,588 ±$97 | 36,293 |
| 1197 | Lompoc city | California | $1,589 ±$63 | 43,646 |
| 1197 | Niskayuna CDP | New York | $1,589 ±$156 | 21,227 |
| 1197 | Boerne city | Texas | $1,589 ±$98 | 20,518 |
| 1200 | Hesperia city | California | $1,590 ±$92 | 100,775 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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