Which city has the highest median gross rent?

Atherton, California ranks #1 with $3,501 (2020 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 cities by median gross rent?

Atherton, California, Tehaleh, Washington, Blackhawk, California, Topanga, California, Todd Creek, Colorado.

How many cities are in this ranking?

6,752 cities qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability (minimum 5,000 residents). The ranking covers 2020 ACS 5-year data.

How is median gross rent measured?

Median gross rent across all renter-occupied units. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020).

RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 252 SHOWN OF 6,752

Highest median rent, US cities · 2020

US cities ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS).

Flip the list · Lowest median rent, US cities →

All statesPop > 5KAll rankings

SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

6501Bridgeport, MIMI6,884$631+44%

6502Eidson Road, TXTX9,684$631+130%

6503Central City, KYKY5,793$631+106%

6504Thomaston, GAGA9,852$631+53%

6505Jerseyville, ILIL8,409$631+55%

6506Westville, ININ5,387$631+23%

6507Yankton, SDSD15,816$630+62%

6508Waupaca, WIWI6,352$630+42%

6509Upper Sandusky, OHOH6,661$630+56%

6510Guntersville, ALAL9,394$630+75%

6511Effingham, ILIL12,406$630+46%

6512Jennings, LALA9,235$630+86%

6513Penn Yan, NYNY5,272$630+39%

6514Dayton, TNTN7,819$629+79%

6515Merrill, WIWI9,389$629+46%

6516Harrisburg, ILIL7,922$629+74%

6517Bonne Terre, MOMO6,636$629+67%

6518Ayden, NCNC5,263$629+66%

6519Richmond, MOMO5,968$629+39%

6520Hornell, NYNY8,024$629+35%

6521Seminole, OKOK7,393$628+56%

6522Jefferson City, TNTN9,103$628+55%

6523Marion, NCNC7,440$628+58%

6524Homestead Meadows South, TXTX6,660$628+57%

6525Galion, OHOH10,370$628+48%

6526Salem, ININ6,427$628+53%

6527McMinnville, TNTN13,943$627+59%

6528Mattoon, ILIL16,667$627+45%

6529Clarksville, ARAR9,632$626+47%

6530Clearfield, PAPA5,753$625+74%

6531Steubenville, OHOH17,922$625+74%

6532Murphysboro, ILIL6,977$625+45%

6533Decatur, ININ10,090$625+56%

6534Pana, ILIL5,010$624+81%

6535Harrison, ARAR13,802$624+51%

6536Shelby, OHOH9,231$624+58%

6537Port Clinton, OHOH5,875$624+28%

6538Schuylkill Haven, PAPA5,253$623+56%

6539Andalusia, ALAL8,763$623+84%

6540Jasper, ININ17,279$623+34%

6541Manchester, IAIA5,357$623+64%

6542Galesburg, ILIL28,581$622+51%

6543Vandalia, ILIL7,108$622+60%

6544Campbellsville, KYKY11,783$622+84%

6545Lenoir, NCNC18,372$622+43%

6546St. Martinville, LALA5,229$622+87%

6547Lawrenceburg, TNTN12,236$621+65%

6548Malvern, ARAR11,144$621+55%

6549Huntingburg, ININ6,522$621+50%

6550Beatrice, NENE12,318$621+45%

6551Opp, ALAL6,738$620+77%

6552Russellville, ALAL10,904$619+86%

6553River Rouge, MIMI6,814$619+45%

6554Greenville, OHOH12,680$618+41%

6555Franklin, PAPA5,899$617+59%

6556Monessen, PAPA6,657$617+68%

6557Beardstown, ILIL5,691$617+51%

6558Glencoe, ALAL5,426$617+48%

6559Erwin, TNTN6,019$616+70%

6560Logan, OHOH7,164$616+65%

6561Richland Center, WIWI5,020$615+53%

6562Lebanon, KYKY6,699$615+88%

6563Warren, ARAR5,146$615+83%

6564Trenton, MOMO5,557$614+85%

6565Sparta, TNTN5,038$613+85%

6566Bath, NYNY5,545$613+48%

6567Jesup, GAGA10,301$613+65%

6568Clarksdale, MSMS13,643$613+69%

6569Marshfield, MOMO8,078$613+51%

6570Savannah, TNTN7,689$612+70%

6571Carthage, TXTX6,640$612+67%

6572Clarinda, IAIA5,273$612+51%

6573Jamestown, NYNY27,663$611+50%

6574Wickenburg, AZAZ8,305$611+20%

6575Roanoke, ALAL5,440$611+74%

6576Du Quoin, ILIL5,569$611+64%

6577Dowagiac, MIMI5,725$611+51%

6578Las Vegas, NMNM12,574$609+58%

6579Chester, ILIL6,847$609+57%

6580Alma, ARAR6,071$608+56%

6581Devils Lake, NDND7,333$608+89%

6582Kenton, OHOH7,808$608+60%

6583Warren, PAPA9,046$608+53%

6584Corinth, MSMS14,345$608+78%

6585Massena, NYNY9,898$607+46%

6586Atlantic, IAIA6,676$607+73%

6587Carroll, IAIA10,085$607+40%

6588Harrodsburg, KYKY9,576$607+56%

6589Dillon, SCSC6,227$606+83%

6590Marion, VAVA5,555$604+89%

6591Forest, MSMS5,433$604+68%

6592De Queen, ARAR6,045$604+44%

6593Anadarko, OKOK5,448$604+86%

6594Gladstone, MIMI5,189$603+58%

6595Tallulah, LALA5,517$603+86%

6596Sinton, TXTX5,966$601+60%

6597Alexander City, ALAL14,515$601+74%

6598Morrilton, ARAR7,195$601+43%

6599Oakdale, LALA6,526$601+78%

6600Creston, IAIA7,335$600+75%

6601Chester, SCSC5,324$599+50%

6602Berwick, PAPA10,297$599+36%

6603Holtville, CACA5,591$599+22%

6604Hartford City, ININ5,898$599+49%

6605Linton, ININ5,245$598+51%

6606Tuskegee, ALAL8,644$598+70%

6607Chanute, KSKS8,584$598+60%

6608New Kensington, PAPA11,759$597+52%

6609Centralia, ILIL11,863$597+59%

6610Eufaula, ALAL12,437$597+76%

6611Opelousas, LALA15,098$597+104%

6612Mount Pleasant, TNTN5,103$596+38%

6613Eastman, GAGA5,572$596+94%

6614Mecca, CACA7,184$596+59%

6615Spring Valley, ILIL5,408$596+19%

6616Collinsville, VAVA7,139$595+50%

6617Navasota, TXTX9,904$594+50%

6618La Homa, TXTX11,285$594+99%

6619Mount Airy, NCNC10,682$594+62%

6620Union City, TNTN10,814$593+54%

6621Arab, ALAL9,061$593+52%

6622Walterboro, SCSC5,485$592+32%

6623Fort Payne, ALAL15,189$592+43%

6624Ulysses, KSKS5,524$592+34%

6625Ogdensburg, NYNY9,123$591+47%

6626West Frankfort, ILIL7,105$591+52%

6627Lanett, ALAL6,781$589+57%

6628Madisonville, TNTN5,428$588+42%

6629Dublin, GAGA16,565$588+58%

6630Mayfield, KYKY9,851$588+74%

6631Arkadelphia, ARAR9,916$588+46%

6632Greenville, PAPA5,406$587+50%

6633Greeneville, TNTN16,141$586+60%

6634Canfield, OHOH7,584$586+17%

6635Milton-Freewater, OROR7,029$586+27%

6636Baxley, GAGA5,058$585+56%

6637Wytheville, VAVA8,128$585+50%

6638Highland Park, MIMI8,248$585+47%

6639Scottsboro, ALAL16,123$584+49%

6640Bluffton, ININ10,583$584+33%

6641Columbia, MSMS6,525$583+75%

6642Woodruff, SCSC6,026$582+42%

6643Osceola, IAIA5,679$582+25%

6644Cynthiana, KYKY6,576$582+48%

6645Olivarez, TXTX6,326$581+104%

6646Douglas, AZAZ16,038$581+67%

6647Elsa, TXTX5,820$580+167%

6648Monmouth, ILIL8,599$580+59%

6649Hibbing, MNMN15,823$580+65%

6650Corbin, KYKY7,911$579+77%

6651Menominee, MIMI8,175$579+62%

6652Portsmouth, OHOH17,282$579+58%

6653South Lockport, NYNY9,144$578+34%

6654Vidalia, GAGA10,885$578+40%

6655Canton, ILIL13,297$578+43%

6656Sharon, PAPA12,648$575+43%

6657Shamokin, PAPA6,764$574+82%

6658Bennettsville, SCSC7,565$574+72%

6659Shiprock, NMNM7,610$573+102%

6660Russellville, KYKY7,454$573+40%

6661Sunland Park, NMNM18,268$573+72%

6662Galax, VAVA6,670$571+65%

6663Nogales, AZAZ19,495$571+29%

6664Tucumcari, NMNM5,082$570+94%

6665Maquoketa, IAIA6,027$569+49%

6666Helena-West Helena, ARAR8,216$568–

6667Williamsburg, KYKY5,371$568+76%

6668Moundsville, WVWV7,659$567+62%

6669Bastrop, LALA8,908$567+64%

6670Mercedes, TXTX17,915$566+93%

6671Mount Sterling, KYKY7,586$566+49%

6672Marion, SCSC6,028$565+46%

6673Talladega, ALAL14,840$565+61%

6674Monticello, KYKY5,721$565+90%

6675Alpena, MIMI10,088$565+60%

6676Caribou, MEME7,321$564+42%

6677Crystal City, TXTX5,871$563+198%

6678Donna, TXTX16,698$563+80%

6679Macon, MOMO5,532$563+92%

6680Ville Platte, LALA6,172$563+111%

6681Muleshoe, TXTX5,162$560+50%

6682Natchez, MSMS14,880$560+53%

6683Lincroft, NJNJ6,939$559+26%

6684Olney, ILIL8,347$559+44%

6685Holdenville, OKOK5,923$559+80%

6686Greenwood, MSMS13,429$557+66%

6687Toronto, OHOH5,149$556+71%

6688Walnut Ridge, ARAR5,478$556+45%

6689Leitchfield, KYKY7,015$555+59%

6690Darlington, SCSC6,075$553+56%

6691Anthony, NMNM8,900$553+58%

6692Litchfield, ILIL6,598$552+52%

6693Rockingham, NCNC8,815$552+30%

6694Idabel, OKOK6,934$550+76%

6695Columbiana, OHOH6,756$550+32%

6696Harriman, TNTN6,192$549+72%

6697Boaz, ALAL10,619$548+71%

6698Demopolis, ALAL6,641$548+82%

6699Middlesborough, KYKY8,776$548+69%

6700Atmore, ALAL8,360$546+55%

6701Rainsville, ALAL6,020$546+64%

6702Glendora, NJNJ5,431$545+49%

6703Mila Doce, TXTX7,731$545+32%

6704Hugo, OKOK5,082$544+83%

6705Hamlet, NCNC5,870$544+45%

6706Cherokee, IAIA5,122$544+61%

6707Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MTMT9,709$542+69%

6708Somerset, PAPA5,815$541+42%

6709Seneca, SCSC9,424$541+33%

6710Kennett, MOMO10,118$540+65%

6711Monroeville, ALAL5,758$540+53%

6712Sweetwater, TNTN6,706$538+52%

6713Johnstown, PAPA17,654$538+69%

6714Attalla, ALAL5,807$538+33%

6715Sheldon, IAIA5,575$538+45%

6716Camden, ARAR10,127$537+53%

6717Alamo, TXTX20,625$535+48%

6718Margaret, ALAL7,149$535+40%

6719Oak Hill, WVWV7,629$532+34%

6720Charles City, IAIA7,013$530+52%

6721McRae-Helena, GAGA5,443$527–

6722Glennville, GAGA5,023$527+48%

6723Greenville, ILIL7,469$526+46%

6724Ishpeming, MIMI6,205$526+56%

6725Batesville, ININ7,401$525−1%

6726Houlton, MEME5,082$524+48%

6727Titusville, PAPA5,112$522+35%

6728Tell City, ININ7,441$522+45%

6729Brewton, ALAL5,113$521+38%

6730Escanaba, MIMI12,257$519+39%

6731Connellsville, PAPA6,574$517+52%

6732Odenville, ALAL6,023$515−3%

6733Newport, ARAR8,193$513+55%

6734Ripley, MSMS5,377$512+46%

6735Booneville, MSMS9,257$510+64%

6736Truth or Consequences, NMNM5,949$505+52%

6737Marlin, TXTX5,599$502+57%

6738Raceland, LALA9,585$499+36%

6739Hamilton, ALAL6,769$496+61%

6740Salida del Sol Estates, TXTX7,766$487–

6741Berryville, ARAR5,813$486+15%

6742East St. Louis, ILIL17,682$482+34%

6743Deming, NMNM14,944$478+48%

6744Basking Ridge, NJNJ7,917$478–

6745Ranchettes, WYWY5,949$474−33%

6746Chackbay, LALA5,436$469+74%

6747Kosciusko, MSMS6,722$465+30%

6748Wellston, OHOH5,488$463+19%

6749Zuni Pueblo, NMNM5,864$460+99%

6750Roma, TXTX11,543$447+41%

6751Chesterland, OHOH7,086$388−42%

6752Diboll, TXTX5,125$363+26%

SHOWING 6,501–6,752 OF 6,752

1…13 14

Download CSV (full list, 6,752 rows)

UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES