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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2201 | Rancho San Diego CDP | California | $2,618 ±$286 | 21,272 |
| 2202 | Rancho Santa Margarita city | California | $2,625 ±$120 | 46,990 |
| 2203 | Fountain Valley city | California | $2,631 ±$134 | 56,258 |
| 2203 | Massapequa CDP | New York | $2,631 ±$579 | 21,389 |
| 2205 | Princeton | New Jersey | $2,636 ±$281 | 30,756 |
| 2206 | Richmond West CDP | Florida | $2,644 ±$264 | 35,593 |
| 2207 | Hauppauge CDP | New York | $2,646 ±$134 | 20,793 |
| 2208 | Cooper City city | Florida | $2,648 ±$160 | 34,660 |
| 2209 | Seal Beach city | California | $2,649 ±$138 | 24,722 |
| 2210 | Levittown CDP | New York | $2,656 ±$337 | 51,904 |
| 2210 | Springfield CDP | Virginia | $2,656 ±$189 | 31,154 |
| 2212 | Dix Hills CDP | New York | $2,659 ±$703 | 24,773 |
| 2213 | Thousand Oaks city | California | $2,664 ±$100 | 125,205 |
| 2214 | Commack CDP | New York | $2,665 ±$141 | 36,558 |
| 2215 | San Jose city | California | $2,669 ±$28 | 990,138 |
| 2215 | Doral city | Florida | $2,669 ±$73 | 79,216 |
| 2217 | Lake Forest city | California | $2,672 ±$114 | 86,281 |
| 2218 | Livermore city | California | $2,677 ±$94 | 85,522 |
| 2219 | Walnut Creek city | California | $2,680 ±$111 | 70,088 |
| 2220 | Fort Washington CDP | Maryland | $2,690 ±$342 | 25,134 |
| 2221 | Redondo Beach city | California | $2,691 ±$71 | 69,291 |
| 2222 | Union City city | California | $2,713 ±$80 | 67,464 |
| 2223 | Burlington CDP | Massachusetts | $2,718 ±$368 | 26,274 |
| 2224 | Laguna Hills city | California | $2,728 ±$98 | 30,740 |
| 2225 | Camarillo city | California | $2,734 ±$100 | 70,186 |
| 2226 | Campbell city | California | $2,737 ±$83 | 42,781 |
| 2226 | Culver City city | California | $2,737 ±$78 | 39,931 |
| 2228 | Granite Bay CDP | California | $2,740 ±$246 | 21,673 |
| 2228 | Cottage Lake CDP | Washington | $2,740 ±$212 | 22,518 |
| 2230 | Brentwood city | California | $2,758 ±$200 | 65,208 |
| 2231 | West Islip CDP | New York | $2,765 ±$337 | 26,865 |
| 2232 | San Bruno city | California | $2,773 ±$119 | 42,307 |
| 2233 | Newark city | California | $2,776 ±$113 | 46,903 |
| 2234 | Burlingame city | California | $2,785 ±$120 | 30,525 |
| 2235 | Cambridge city | Massachusetts | $2,787 ±$48 | 118,796 |
| 2236 | South San Francisco city | California | $2,802 ±$140 | 64,305 |
| 2237 | Erie town | Colorado | $2,805 ±$260 | 33,808 |
| 2238 | Carlsbad city | California | $2,808 ±$100 | 114,373 |
| 2239 | Brentwood city | Tennessee | $2,825 ±$355 | 45,556 |
| 2240 | Beverly Hills city | California | $2,830 ±$119 | 31,624 |
| 2241 | Brookline CDP | Massachusetts | $2,835 ±$82 | 63,266 |
| 2242 | Sienna CDP | Texas | $2,837 ±$849 | 24,992 |
| 2243 | Mission Viejo city | California | $2,839 ±$91 | 92,151 |
| 2244 | Stevenson Ranch CDP | California | $2,841 ±$216 | 20,990 |
| 2245 | Yorba Linda city | California | $2,846 ±$149 | 67,170 |
| 2246 | Murphy city | Texas | $2,847 ±$334 | 21,188 |
| 2247 | Weston city | Florida | $2,851 ±$110 | 68,837 |
| 2248 | Aliso Viejo city | California | $2,854 ±$87 | 51,113 |
| 2248 | San Carlos city | California | $2,854 ±$128 | 29,614 |
| 2250 | Sammamish city | Washington | $2,857 ±$168 | 66,463 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2305 ranked entries.