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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1749 | Valrico CDP | Florida | $1,937 ±$231 | 40,239 |
| 1752 | Lawndale city | California | $1,938 ±$76 | 30,781 |
| 1753 | Alhambra city | California | $1,939 ±$39 | 81,022 |
| 1753 | Tamiami CDP | Florida | $1,939 ±$104 | 49,752 |
| 1753 | Leander city | Texas | $1,939 ±$92 | 74,067 |
| 1756 | Weymouth Town city | Massachusetts | $1,941 ±$103 | 58,505 |
| 1757 | East Lake CDP | Florida | $1,942 ±$120 | 33,283 |
| 1758 | Hialeah Gardens city | Florida | $1,946 ±$106 | 22,915 |
| 1758 | Ocoee city | Florida | $1,946 ±$118 | 49,033 |
| 1760 | Rockwall city | Texas | $1,947 ±$111 | 51,168 |
| 1761 | Alpharetta city | Georgia | $1,948 ±$50 | 66,855 |
| 1761 | Lombard village | Illinois | $1,948 ±$86 | 43,619 |
| 1763 | Kenmore city | Washington | $1,949 ±$121 | 23,741 |
| 1764 | Peabody city | Massachusetts | $1,950 ±$99 | 54,695 |
| 1765 | Fulshear city | Texas | $1,952 ±$1,517 | 34,868 |
| 1766 | Oakley city | California | $1,953 ±$223 | 45,183 |
| 1766 | Golden city | Colorado | $1,953 ±$130 | 20,417 |
| 1766 | Little Elm city | Texas | $1,953 ±$110 | 54,820 |
| 1769 | Washington city | District of Columbia | $1,954 ±$26 | 681,294 |
| 1769 | Mansfield city | Texas | $1,954 ±$82 | 77,510 |
| 1771 | Oviedo city | Florida | $1,955 ±$86 | 40,599 |
| 1772 | Goodyear city | Arizona | $1,956 ±$84 | 107,645 |
| 1772 | Carson city | California | $1,956 ±$109 | 92,871 |
| 1772 | Chelsea city | Massachusetts | $1,956 ±$96 | 39,908 |
| 1775 | Sugar Land city | Texas | $1,957 ±$102 | 110,016 |
| 1776 | Wakefield CDP | Massachusetts | $1,958 ±$102 | 27,793 |
| 1776 | Forest Hills CDP | Michigan | $1,958 ±$307 | 28,695 |
| 1776 | The Colony city | Texas | $1,958 ±$94 | 45,454 |
| 1779 | Richmond city | California | $1,960 ±$90 | 115,505 |
| 1780 | Lomita city | California | $1,961 ±$114 | 20,225 |
| 1780 | Delray Beach city | Florida | $1,961 ±$85 | 67,979 |
| 1782 | Buckeye city | Arizona | $1,963 ±$148 | 104,923 |
| 1782 | Winter Garden city | Florida | $1,963 ±$217 | 47,872 |
| 1784 | Lehi city | Utah | $1,964 ±$98 | 85,173 |
| 1785 | San Luis Obispo city | California | $1,965 ±$82 | 48,491 |
| 1785 | Poinciana CDP | Florida | $1,965 ±$89 | 75,068 |
| 1787 | Navarre CDP | Florida | $1,966 ±$155 | 39,838 |
| 1787 | Farragut town | Tennessee | $1,966 ±$197 | 24,634 |
| 1789 | Rowland Heights CDP | California | $1,967 ±$67 | 45,911 |
| 1790 | Kendale Lakes CDP | Florida | $1,968 ±$100 | 52,622 |
| 1791 | Apopka city | Florida | $1,969 ±$126 | 58,232 |
| 1792 | Melrose city | Massachusetts | $1,970 ±$149 | 29,650 |
| 1793 | Wekiwa Springs CDP | Florida | $1,974 ±$154 | 23,915 |
| 1794 | Elmhurst city | Illinois | $1,975 ±$142 | 45,671 |
| 1795 | East San Gabriel CDP | California | $1,976 ±$86 | 23,410 |
| 1796 | Englewood city | New Jersey | $1,977 ±$144 | 29,638 |
| 1797 | Cutler Bay town | Florida | $1,978 ±$158 | 45,070 |
| 1797 | Wilmette village | Illinois | $1,978 ±$282 | 27,503 |
| 1797 | Hillsboro city | Oregon | $1,978 ±$48 | 108,231 |
| 1800 | Oakland city | California | $1,979 ±$29 | 439,418 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2305 ranked entries.