Which metro area has the highest median gross rent?

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks #1 with $2,827 (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by median gross rent?

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 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 (2024).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

501Bowling Green, KYKY197,180$948+114%

502Saginaw, MIMI187,688$947+91%

503Dickinson, NDND39,142$947+188%

504Salina, KSKS59,121$946+111%

505Lewisburg, TNTN38,071$946+113%

506Peoria, ILIL363,505$944+97%

507Alexandria, LALA147,952$943+121%

508Hays, KSKS29,075$943+119%

509Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193$943+110%

510Niles, MIMI152,444$942+98%

511Auburn, NYNY74,365$942+95%

512Vernal, UTUT38,278$941+123%

513Hutchinson, MNMN36,631$941+102%

514Amsterdam, NYNY50,046$940+103%

515Stevens Point, WIWI71,943$940+97%

516Dumas, TXTX21,891$939+131%

517Great Falls, MTMT85,029$939+127%

518Athens, OHOH63,197$939+100%

519Sheridan, WYWY33,241$939+114%

520Dalton, GAGA147,819$939+99%

521Binghamton, NYNY243,189$938+103%

522Watertown, SDSD29,562$938+134%

523Spearfish, SDSD29,459$938+125%

524Plymouth, ININ46,599$938+88%

525Toledo, OHOH599,376$937+92%

526Brainerd, MNMN100,562$937+118%

527Kokomo, ININ83,904$937+84%

528Calhoun, GAGA61,701$937+93%

529Texarkana, TXTX146,816$937+110%

530Rochelle, ILIL51,399$936+91%

531Florence, SCSC201,392$936+120%

532Safford, AZAZ40,157$935+108%

533Big Rapids, MIMI42,320$934+99%

534Las Cruces, NMNM229,091$934+110%

535Sheboygan, WIWI118,047$934+94%

536Jacksonville, TXTX53,337$933+126%

537Angola, ININ34,799$933+79%

538Fairmont, WVWV55,584$932+132%

539Vernon, TXTX12,481$932+147%

540Warrensburg, MOMO56,670$932+96%

541Arcadia, FLFL37,078$932+111%

542Borger, TXTX19,633$932+146%

543Sandusky, OHOH112,777$932+87%

544Davenport, IAIA380,452$932+101%

545Thomasville, GAGA72,958$931+123%

546Laramie, WYWY38,558$931+101%

547Pampa, TXTX21,786$930+131%

548Marion, ILIL67,225$930+133%

549Morgantown, WVWV141,995$930+120%

550Moscow, IDID41,842$929+98%

551Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655$929+112%

552Batavia, NYNY58,416$929+80%

553Alexandria, MNMN40,120$927+126%

554Austin, MNMN40,971$927+144%

555Kearney, NENE57,962$927+89%

556Meridian, MSMS85,419$926+135%

557Hereford, TXTX18,626$926+150%

558Branson, MOMO57,001$926+92%

559Cody, WYWY31,171$925+113%

560Monroe, LALA222,390$924+124%

561Milledgeville, GAGA44,029$923+93%

562Lima, OHOH100,881$922+107%

563Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077$922+122%

564Sidney, OHOH48,065$922+85%

565Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285$922+89%

566Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486$921+94%

567Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497$920+153%

568Frankfort, ININ33,322$920+86%

569Ottumwa, IAIA35,210$920+120%

570Enid, OKOK61,779$919+111%

571Brownwood, TXTX38,711$919+108%

572Utica, NYNY285,611$919+100%

573Cedartown, GAGA45,514$918+116%

574Stillwater, OKOK83,889$917+100%

575Columbus, NENE46,583$916+116%

576McPherson, KSKS30,064$916+120%

577Shelby, NCNC103,325$914+104%

578Sparta, WIWI46,572$914+101%

579Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,691$913+98%

580Williamsport, PAPA112,587$913+103%

581Sweetwater, TXTX14,117$913+169%

582Brownsville, TXTX433,946$912+121%

583Gloversville, NYNY52,216$912+99%

584Johnson City, TNTN216,416$912+116%

585Rock Springs, WYWY41,267$911+113%

586Joplin, MOMO208,796$911+113%

587Scottsbluff, NENE36,272$910+112%

588Le Mars, IAIA25,697$910+119%

589Wilmington, OHOH42,301$910+84%

590Grand Island, NENE78,076$909+105%

591Willmar, MNMN44,720$909+109%

592New Philadelphia, OHOH92,373$908+105%

593Cullman, ALAL94,009$908+128%

594Winona, MNMN50,523$907+113%

595Bartlesville, OKOK54,037$907+123%

596Palatka, FLFL77,734$906+136%

597Muncie, ININ113,106$906+95%

598Chillicothe, OHOH76,429$906+111%

599Picayune, MSMS59,363$906+115%

600Canton, OHOH400,246$906+88%

601Tullahoma, TNTN69,339$906+106%

602Liberal, KSKS21,073$905+94%

603Urbana, OHOH38,820$905+93%

604Alice, TXTX45,383$905+131%

605Lexington, NENE26,255$905+101%

606Elk City, OKOK22,159$904+156%

607Paragould, ARAR47,411$904+110%

608Erie, PAPA265,832$904+103%

609Ottawa, ILIL145,902$904+95%

610Jonesboro, ARAR139,440$902+111%

611Monticello, ININ25,164$901+71%

612Sayre, PAPA59,600$901+118%

613Brookings, SDSD37,635$901+128%

614Owosso, MIMI67,681$899+87%

615DeRidder, LALA36,673$898+134%

616Riverton, WYWY39,464$898+136%

617New Iberia, LALA66,846$897+131%

618North Platte, NENE33,972$897+111%

619Dothan, ALAL156,266$896+133%

620Worthington, MNMN22,338$896+131%

621Ludington, MIMI29,040$896+111%

622Owensboro, KYKY113,962$896+121%

623St. Joseph, MOMO119,170$895+112%

624Cadillac, MIMI49,719$895+97%

625Duncan, OKOK44,310$895+129%

626Corning, NYNY91,855$894+91%

627Dixon, ILIL32,914$894+91%

628Shawnee, OKOK75,102$894+107%

629Winchester, TNTN45,579$894+104%

630Storm Lake, IAIA20,449$894+114%

631Columbus, MSMS67,144$893+128%

632Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599$891+102%

633Madison, ININ33,279$890+112%

634New Ulm, MNMN25,517$890+123%

635Charleston, WVWV200,170$889+108%

636Ada, OKOK38,528$889+136%

637Ozark, ALAL49,912$889+123%

638Terre Haute, ININ169,241$888+109%

639Vicksburg, MSMS41,759$888+91%

640Ashland, OHOH52,523$888+89%

641McComb, MSMS52,640$886+139%

642Altoona, PAPA119,541$885+115%

643Marshalltown, IAIA39,890$885+93%

644Sedalia, MOMO44,254$885+108%

645Mount Vernon, ILIL36,147$885+126%

646Burlington, IAIA44,061$885+106%

647Evanston, WYWY23,415$884+108%

648Greencastle, ININ37,876$884+91%

649Pella, IAIA34,192$884+87%

650Norfolk, NENE49,228$884+110%

651Henderson, NCNC42,638$883+100%

652Seneca, SCSC83,775$881+108%

653Wooster, OHOH116,758$881+79%

654Pontiac, ILIL35,057$880+90%

655Huntington, WVWV365,965$879+111%

656Huntington, ININ37,224$879+80%

657Huron, SDSD19,624$879+140%

658Rice Lake, WIWI46,484$879+111%

659Morristown, TNTN128,867$879+110%

660Hickory, NCNC376,890$877+83%

661Othello, WAWA21,488$877+104%

662Pottsville, PAPA145,085$876+131%

663Blackfoot, IDID51,153$874+113%

664Guymon, OKOK20,322$873+94%

665Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,076$873+106%

666Greenwood, SCSC95,215$872+108%

667Cookeville, TNTN152,477$872+117%

668Newberry, SCSC39,561$872+126%

669Springfield, OHOH135,340$872+79%

670Washington, NCNC44,670$871+115%

671Paducah, KYKY102,259$870+121%

672Price, UTUT20,680$870+101%

673Murray, KYKY39,421$870+104%

674Clarksburg, WVWV88,142$870+128%

675Tupelo, MSMS133,167$870+114%

676Starkville, MSMS62,063$869+96%

677Gaffney, SCSC58,275$869+117%

678Fergus Falls, MNMN61,041$868+122%

679Wapakoneta, OHOH45,909$868+90%

680Roswell, NMNM63,364$867+116%

681Alamosa, COCO27,896$866+133%

682Baker City, OROR16,658$865+91%

683Marion, OHOH65,115$864+73%

684Cambridge, OHOH38,379$864+124%

685Fort Smith, ARAR234,140$864+112%

686Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,118$863+138%

687Hutchinson, KSKS61,539$863+95%

688Beckley, WVWV109,940$862+130%

689Sunbury, PAPA107,788$862+115%

690Greensburg, ININ26,576$861+76%

691Kinston, NCNC55,837$861+113%

692Albemarle, NCNC68,830$861+86%

693Auburn, ININ44,535$861+79%

694Bay City, MIMI102,123$860+95%

695McAlester, OKOK43,320$860+123%

696Gallup, NMNM68,119$859+130%

697Eagle Pass, TXTX58,823$859+166%

698Crawfordsville, ININ38,954$858+80%

699Show Low, AZAZ109,946$858+117%

700Fayetteville, TNTN36,853$857+121%

701Florence, ALAL156,609$856+105%

702Tiffin, OHOH54,522$856+98%

703Troy, ALAL33,688$856+156%

704Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,060$856+94%

705Sterling, ILIL54,121$856+85%

706Marion, ININ66,524$853+99%

707Marietta, OHOH58,389$852+113%

708Pine Bluff, ARAR70,211$852+87%

709Americus, GAGA33,394$851+116%

710Danville, VAVA101,137$851+112%

711Searcy, ARAR80,085$850+104%

712Clinton, IAIA46,002$850+113%

713Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,215$850+108%

714Thomaston, GAGA28,500$849+105%

715Albert Lea, MNMN30,440$849+131%

716Muskogee, OKOK66,708$849+114%

717Pittsburg, KSKS39,008$849+88%

718Sturgis, MIMI60,968$849+86%

719Morgan City, LALA46,552$848+114%

720Norwalk, OHOH58,250$848+79%

721Gadsden, ALAL103,886$847+114%

722El Dorado, ARAR36,926$847+108%

723Washington, ININ34,209$847+133%

724Decatur, ILIL99,300$847+89%

725Sikeston, MOMO49,978$846+125%

726Defiance, OHOH38,292$846+79%

727Jesup, GAGA32,481$846+128%

728Mountain Home, ARAR42,982$846+94%

729Kingsport, TNTN314,834$846+108%

730Batesville, ARAR38,785$845+100%

731Bedford, ININ45,568$845+89%

732Bellefontaine, OHOH46,302$845+73%

733Hermitage, PAPA107,860$843+90%

734Ponca City, OKOK43,490$842+103%

735Altus, OKOK24,764$842+96%

736Richmond, KYKY131,806$842+116%

737Orangeburg, SCSC83,177$841+116%

738Laurel, MSMS82,281$841+133%

739Decatur, ALAL160,326$841+104%

740Crossville, TNTN66,300$839+101%

741Ontario, OROR60,085$839+87%

742Danville, ILIL71,259$838+100%

743Woodward, OKOK19,827$838+112%

744Bainbridge, GAGA29,432$838+118%

745Peru, ININ34,487$838+85%

746Madisonville, KYKY45,127$837+131%

747Mason City, IAIA49,710$836+111%

748Fort Madison, IAIA32,306$835+110%

749Jasper, ININ44,016$834+90%

750Alma, MIMI41,190$834+97%

751Zanesville, OHOH87,014$833+105%

752Decatur, ININ36,650$833+112%

753Greenville, MSMS40,446$833+97%

754Hillsdale, MIMI45,738$832+92%

755Kendallville, ININ47,937$832+77%

756Houghton, MIMI40,028$832+130%

757Las Vegas, NMNM30,311$832+98%

758Tahlequah, OKOK49,196$831+114%

759Blytheville, ARAR37,828$830+97%

760Russellville, ARAR84,932$829+101%

761Dublin, GAGA60,351$829+124%

762Lincoln, ILIL27,182$829+82%

763Nogales, AZAZ50,020$829+75%

764McMinnville, TNTN43,717$827+99%

765Mitchell, SDSD25,913$827+123%

766Oxford, ALAL115,834$826+100%

767Ruston, LALA48,360$825+89%

768Silver City, NMNM27,252$825+97%

769Mansfield, OHOH124,893$824+83%

770Jefferson City, MOMO152,712$822+97%

771Lewistown, PAPA46,127$822+114%

772Washington Court House, OHOH28,552$822+68%

773Weatherford, OKOK39,059$822+121%

774Elkins, WVWV26,882$821+122%

775Lock Haven, PAPA37,870$820+100%

776New Castle, ININ49,137$820+77%

777Toccoa, GAGA27,854$820+94%

778Massena, NYNY105,488$818+91%

779Moultrie, GAGA47,438$818+121%

780Emporia, KSKS34,838$818+97%

781Athens, TNTN71,590$817+104%

782Richmond, ININ66,169$815+83%

783Plainview, TXTX36,700$814+103%

784Gallipolis, OHOH29,072$813+108%

785Platteville, WIWI52,446$813+106%

786Jamestown, NYNY124,126$812+85%

787Wheeling, WVWV134,089$811+124%

788Spencer, IAIA16,202$811+114%

789Huntingdon, PAPA43,001$810+113%

790Lebanon, MOMO36,943$809+118%

791Raymondville, TXTX19,971$809+169%

792Arkansas City, KSKS34,382$809+94%

793Bradford, PAPA38,984$809+94%

794Hastings, NENE40,577$808+93%

795Parkersburg, WVWV87,264$807+91%

796Cumberland, MDMD93,640$806+112%

797Marion, NCNC45,198$806+96%

798Lumberton, NCNC119,941$805+107%

799Celina, OHOH42,737$804+86%

800Bluefield, WVWV96,138$804+115%

801Quincy, ILIL74,146$804+109%

802Martin, TNTN33,261$803+105%

803Somerset, KYKY67,384$803+123%

804Shawano, WIWI45,759$803+92%

805Meadville, PAPA81,792$802+98%

806Indiana, PAPA82,878$800+88%

807Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,025$799+102%

808Freeport, ILIL43,220$798+84%

809Newport, TNTN37,889$798+139%

810Rolla, MOMO45,247$798+102%

811Aberdeen, SDSD41,583$798+119%

812Manitowoc, WIWI81,710$797+84%

813Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,081$797+87%

814Vincennes, ININ35,652$796+98%

815Minden, LALA34,948$795+121%

816Albertville, ALAL103,537$795+96%

817Oil City, PAPA49,346$795+108%

818Bucyrus, OHOH41,896$794+90%

819Farmington, MOMO67,809$794+98%

820Centralia, ILIL36,382$794+114%

821Youngstown, OHOH423,678$794+75%

822Arkadelphia, ARAR20,938$793+100%

823Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880$793+89%

824Waycross, GAGA57,670$793+109%

825Hannibal, MOMO38,969$792+115%

826DuBois, PAPA78,100$791+110%

827Connersville, ININ23,533$791+79%

828Summerville, GAGA25,300$790+108%

829Iron Mountain, MIMI30,575$790+92%

830Galesburg, ILIL47,767$788+92%

831Miami, OKOK30,438$788+122%

832Pikeville, KYKY89,122$787+128%

833Maryville, MOMO20,174$786+101%

834Natchitoches, LALA36,089$786+112%

835Fort Dodge, IAIA36,838$785+92%

836Taylorville, ILIL33,443$785+93%

837Canton, ILIL32,901$785+101%

838Grenada, MSMS30,222$784+116%

839Weirton, WVWV112,468$783+98%

840Forest City, NCNC65,745$783+94%

841Fremont, OHOH58,655$783+69%

842Logansport, ININ37,836$783+78%

843Dyersburg, TNTN36,320$782+84%

844Van Wert, OHOH29,013$782+90%

845Carbondale, ILIL52,501$782+91%

846Yankton, SDSD23,635$781+97%

847Marshall, MNMN25,684$781+76%

848Scottsboro, ALAL54,281$780+111%

849Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,904$780+120%

850Charleston, ILIL46,607$780+78%

851Forrest City, ARAR21,800$779+93%

852Greenville, OHOH51,520$779+74%

853Henderson, KYKY57,184$778+100%

854Laurinburg, NCNC33,322$778+80%

855Cordele, GAGA19,237$778+111%

856Mayfield, KYKY37,050$775+119%

857Beatrice, NENE21,711$774+84%

858Jamestown, NDND21,414$774+111%

859Bogalusa, LALA44,937$774+135%

860Talladega, ALAL91,764$771+125%

861Corbin, KYKY150,040$771+123%

862Union City, TNTN30,067$770+96%

863Vermillion, SDSD15,031$770+75%

864Olean, NYNY75,390$770+81%

865Malvern, ARAR33,451$768+88%

866Vidalia, GAGA36,180$766+104%

867Coshocton, OHOH37,188$765+99%

868Alexander City, ALAL40,953$765+114%

869Atchison, KSKS16,172$765+102%

870Camden, ARAR26,363$765+114%

871Mount Sterling, KYKY48,428$763+111%

872Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,914$763+93%

873Wabash, ININ30,713$762+79%

874Fairmont, MNMN19,440$761+123%

875Great Bend, KSKS24,790$761+95%

876Macomb, ILIL25,916$761+94%

877Mount Airy, NCNC72,287$761+85%

878Paris, TNTN32,896$761+89%

879Moberly, MOMO24,513$760+98%

880Brookhaven, MSMS35,012$760+108%

881Tifton, GAGA51,237$760+83%

882Marinette, WIWI65,515$758+98%

883Salem, OHOH99,377$756+80%

884Glasgow, KYKY56,224$756+105%

885Warren, PAPA37,038$755+88%

886Somerset, PAPA72,004$753+106%

887Corinth, MSMS34,569$751+112%

888Clarksdale, MSMS19,849$749+108%

889Opelousas, LALA80,765$748+134%

890Martinsville, VAVA63,091$745+90%

891Danville, KYKY56,985$743+86%

892Portsmouth, OHOH71,365$742+96%

893Effingham, ILIL44,727$742+77%

894Española, NMNM39,832$740+88%

895Marshall, MOMO23,265$739+89%

896Johnstown, PAPA128,968$739+105%

897Greeneville, TNTN73,831$737+95%

898West Plains, MOMO40,798$733+109%

899Selma, ALAL35,140$733+109%

900Carroll, IAIA20,303$731+81%

901Rio Grande City, TXTX66,319$726+158%

902Rockingham, NCNC42,041$724+79%

903North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,233$723+74%

904St. Marys, PAPA29,926$719+72%

905Kirksville, MOMO29,824$718+81%

906Jacksonville, ILIL37,381$718+76%

907Harrison, ARAR45,654$715+80%

908Natchez, MSMS54,722$709+110%

909Eufaula, ALAL26,861$707+113%

910Douglas, GAGA52,861$701+92%

911Fort Payne, ALAL74,085$693+87%

912Mexico, MOMO24,528$693+80%

913Escanaba, MIMI36,582$692+81%

914Wahpeton, NDND23,019$691+90%

915Fitzgerald, GAGA17,099$688+85%

916Campbellsville, KYKY38,407$685+101%

917Cleveland, MSMS28,262$685+82%

918Greenwood, MSMS34,912$682+108%

919Russellville, ALAL32,449$676+102%

920Alpena, MIMI28,853$673+82%

921Deming, NMNM25,407$650+93%

922Magnolia, ARAR21,894$649+70%

923Kennett, MOMO26,855$648+101%

924Zapata, TXTX13,753$617+131%

925Middlesborough, KYKY22,829$592+92%

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