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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2251 | Belmont city | California | $2,875 ±$108 | 27,337 |
| 2252 | Silver Firs CDP | Washington | $2,881 ±$212 | 22,306 |
| 2253 | Encinitas city | California | $2,886 ±$115 | 61,480 |
| 2253 | Wellesley CDP | Massachusetts | $2,886 ±$360 | 30,347 |
| 2255 | Potomac CDP | Maryland | $2,887 ±$342 | 45,902 |
| 2256 | East Meadow CDP | New York | $2,890 ±$360 | 36,821 |
| 2257 | Lexington CDP | Massachusetts | $2,891 ±$233 | 34,295 |
| 2258 | Lafayette city | California | $2,892 ±$302 | 25,285 |
| 2259 | Chino Hills city | California | $2,894 ±$95 | 77,927 |
| 2259 | Burke CDP | Virginia | $2,894 ±$119 | 44,029 |
| 2261 | Laguna Niguel city | California | $2,903 ±$83 | 64,139 |
| 2262 | South Riding CDP | Virginia | $2,905 ±$194 | 34,352 |
| 2263 | Merrick CDP | New York | $2,919 ±$415 | 21,744 |
| 2264 | Cerritos city | California | $2,930 ±$161 | 47,867 |
| 2265 | Fremont city | California | $2,933 ±$48 | 228,295 |
| 2266 | Temescal Valley CDP | California | $2,938 ±$821 | 30,069 |
| 2266 | Hoboken city | New Jersey | $2,938 ±$129 | 58,668 |
| 2268 | Eastern Goleta Valley CDP | California | $2,964 ±$327 | 28,295 |
| 2269 | West Hempstead CDP | New York | $2,967 ±$725 | 20,648 |
| 2270 | Redwood City city | California | $2,968 ±$76 | 82,447 |
| 2270 | San Ramon city | California | $2,968 ±$96 | 85,993 |
| 2272 | Laguna Beach city | California | $2,986 ±$201 | 22,710 |
| 2273 | Hercules city | California | $2,991 ±$414 | 26,302 |
| 2274 | Irvine city | California | $2,997 ±$51 | 311,690 |
| 2275 | Santa Clara city | California | $3,016 ±$60 | 130,256 |
| 2276 | Paramus borough | New Jersey | $3,032 ±$340 | 26,568 |
| 2277 | Sunnyvale city | California | $3,039 ±$59 | 154,236 |
| 2278 | Pleasanton city | California | $3,060 ±$123 | 76,960 |
| 2279 | Mountain View city | California | $3,062 ±$93 | 83,732 |
| 2280 | San Mateo city | California | $3,077 ±$100 | 103,105 |
| 2281 | Calabasas city | California | $3,089 ±$154 | 22,669 |
| 2282 | Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) | Hawaii | $3,093 ±$260 | 39,640 |
| 2283 | Pacifica city | California | $3,098 ±$184 | 37,261 |
| 2284 | Dana Point city | California | $3,106 ±$167 | 32,790 |
| 2285 | Hicksville CDP | New York | $3,113 ±$327 | 43,780 |
| 2286 | French Valley CDP | California | $3,119 ±$221 | 45,269 |
| 2287 | Milpitas city | California | $3,120 ±$150 | 78,578 |
| 2288 | Mill Creek East CDP | Washington | $3,152 ±$162 | 25,453 |
| 2289 | Parkland city | Florida | $3,157 ±$370 | 37,178 |
| 2290 | Dublin city | California | $3,191 ±$66 | 70,803 |
| 2291 | Walnut city | California | $3,202 ±$442 | 27,611 |
| 2292 | Menlo Park city | California | $3,239 ±$156 | 32,727 |
| 2293 | Los Gatos town | California | $3,247 ±$211 | 32,786 |
| 2294 | Eastvale city | California | $3,252 ±$105 | 70,633 |
| 2295 | Colleyville city | Texas | $3,263 ±$379 | 26,012 |
| 2296 | Garden City village | New York | $3,265 ±$744 | 22,941 |
| 2297 | Millbrae city | California | $3,272 ±$163 | 22,689 |
| 2297 | University Park city | Texas | $3,272 ±$424 | 25,155 |
| 2299 | East Honolulu CDP | Hawaii | $3,313 ±$168 | 51,360 |
| 2300 | Newport Beach city | California | $3,316 ±$90 | 83,845 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2305 ranked entries.