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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600 | Ramona CDP | California | $1,830 ±$92 | 22,634 |
| 1600 | South Laurel CDP | Maryland | $1,830 ±$42 | 29,272 |
| 1603 | Rosemont CDP | California | $1,831 ±$103 | 23,766 |
| 1603 | Denver city | Colorado | $1,831 ±$17 | 718,877 |
| 1603 | Chanhassen city | Minnesota | $1,831 ±$62 | 26,006 |
| 1606 | Avondale city | Arizona | $1,832 ±$50 | 92,477 |
| 1607 | Four Square Mile CDP | Colorado | $1,833 ±$56 | 23,024 |
| 1607 | Eden Prairie city | Minnesota | $1,833 ±$57 | 63,051 |
| 1609 | Rosemead city | California | $1,834 ±$59 | 50,013 |
| 1609 | Huntersville town | North Carolina | $1,834 ±$62 | 63,969 |
| 1611 | Aurora city | Colorado | $1,835 ±$26 | 394,432 |
| 1611 | Hyattsville city | Maryland | $1,835 ±$83 | 20,966 |
| 1611 | Old Jamestown CDP | Missouri | $1,835 ±$165 | 20,651 |
| 1614 | Salem city | Massachusetts | $1,836 ±$84 | 44,795 |
| 1615 | Sahuarita town | Arizona | $1,837 ±$122 | 35,862 |
| 1615 | Cliffside Park borough | New Jersey | $1,837 ±$89 | 25,781 |
| 1617 | Fontana city | California | $1,839 ±$51 | 214,169 |
| 1618 | Waxhaw town | North Carolina | $1,840 ±$97 | 22,275 |
| 1619 | Owings Mills CDP | Maryland | $1,841 ±$50 | 37,245 |
| 1619 | Plano city | Texas | $1,841 ±$24 | 290,594 |
| 1621 | Peoria city | Arizona | $1,843 ±$46 | 196,906 |
| 1622 | Edina city | Minnesota | $1,844 ±$60 | 53,262 |
| 1622 | Spring Hill city | Tennessee | $1,844 ±$92 | 55,765 |
| 1624 | West Melbourne city | Florida | $1,845 ±$116 | 28,795 |
| 1624 | Kennesaw city | Georgia | $1,845 ±$80 | 34,605 |
| 1624 | Rahway city | New Jersey | $1,845 ±$142 | 30,109 |
| 1627 | Danbury city | Connecticut | $1,846 ±$63 | 87,263 |
| 1627 | Cedar Park city | Texas | $1,846 ±$55 | 78,301 |
| 1629 | Four Corners CDP | Florida | $1,847 ±$56 | 65,048 |
| 1629 | Short Pump CDP | Virginia | $1,847 ±$51 | 29,026 |
| 1631 | Jacksonville Beach city | Florida | $1,848 ±$85 | 23,654 |
| 1631 | Greenbelt city | Maryland | $1,848 ±$38 | 24,678 |
| 1633 | La Puente city | California | $1,849 ±$77 | 37,142 |
| 1633 | Atascocita CDP | Texas | $1,849 ±$128 | 99,354 |
| 1635 | Manassas city | Virginia | $1,850 ±$56 | 42,976 |
| 1636 | La Presa CDP | California | $1,852 ±$47 | 34,962 |
| 1637 | Madison city | Mississippi | $1,853 ±$152 | 27,946 |
| 1638 | Atascadero city | California | $1,854 ±$83 | 29,712 |
| 1638 | Fort Lauderdale city | Florida | $1,854 ±$39 | 185,604 |
| 1640 | Loma Linda city | California | $1,855 ±$95 | 25,122 |
| 1641 | El Cajon city | California | $1,856 ±$27 | 104,449 |
| 1641 | South Holland village | Illinois | $1,856 ±$229 | 20,911 |
| 1643 | Darien city | Illinois | $1,857 ±$336 | 21,879 |
| 1643 | Richardson city | Texas | $1,857 ±$37 | 118,731 |
| 1645 | Cape Coral city | Florida | $1,858 ±$44 | 215,536 |
| 1645 | Morrisville town | North Carolina | $1,858 ±$60 | 31,422 |
| 1647 | Chamblee city | Georgia | $1,859 ±$60 | 30,895 |
| 1647 | Dunwoody city | Georgia | $1,859 ±$44 | 51,758 |
| 1649 | Oswego village | Illinois | $1,860 ±$184 | 36,375 |
| 1649 | Annapolis city | Maryland | $1,860 ±$109 | 40,720 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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