Which metro area has the highest median gross rent?

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks #1 with $1,172 (2000 Decennial Census).

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

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, Nantucket, MA, Edwards, CO, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2000 Decennial Census data.

How is median gross rent measured?

Median gross rent across all renter-occupied units. Source: US Census Bureau, 2000 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Highest median rent, US metro areas · 2000

US metro areas ranked by median gross rent (2000 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 1990

501Springfield, MOMO500,694$454+39%

502Cadillac, MIMI49,719$454+29%

503Abilene, TXTX185,429$453+26%

504Muskegon, MIMI177,901$453+25%

505Baker City, OROR16,658$453+57%

506Youngstown, OHOH423,678$453+32%

507Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014$452+50%

508Peru, ININ34,487$452+42%

509Dodge City, KSKS33,993$451+34%

510Sterling, COCO20,654$451+62%

511Mansfield, OHOH124,893$451+31%

512Pittsburg, KSKS39,008$451+51%

513Grand Forks, NDND105,046$451+31%

514Fargo, NDND269,528$451+31%

515Guymon, OKOK20,322$450+57%

516Stephenville, TXTX43,911$450+37%

517Ontario, OROR60,085$450+58%

518Lexington, NENE26,255$449+55%

519Safford, AZAZ40,157$449+48%

520Williamsport, PAPA112,587$449+34%

521Laredo, TXTX281,224$449+43%

522Helena, MTMT97,153$449+39%

523Salina, KSKS59,121$448+40%

524Lake City, FLFL74,094$448+44%

525Decatur, ILIL99,300$448+32%

526Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193$448+33%

527Longview, TXTX297,315$448+34%

528Greenville, OHOH51,520$447+37%

529Kingsville, TXTX30,315$447+31%

530Shelby, NCNC103,325$447+37%

531Bedford, ININ45,568$447+44%

532Lake Charles, LALA244,655$447+38%

533Lima, OHOH100,881$446+29%

534Mount Vernon, OHOH64,002$446+39%

535Richmond, ININ66,169$446+49%

536Lawton, OKOK127,590$445+20%

537Texarkana, TXTX146,816$445+31%

538Marshall, MNMN25,684$445+48%

539Erie, PAPA265,832$445+35%

540Las Cruces, NMNM229,091$445+28%

541Lynchburg, VAVA269,169$445+32%

542Grand Island, NENE78,076$444+46%

543Lewisburg, TNTN38,071$444+40%

544Starkville, MSMS62,063$443+46%

545Hermitage, PAPA107,860$443+38%

546New Philadelphia, OHOH92,373$443+42%

547Pocatello, IDID91,591$443+51%

548Bowling Green, KYKY197,180$442+48%

549Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,060$442+29%

550Arcadia, FLFL37,078$442+25%

551Connersville, ININ23,533$442+45%

552Hutchinson, KSKS61,539$442+44%

553La Crosse, WIWI171,182$441+34%

554Henderson, NCNC42,638$441+47%

555Alamogordo, NMNM70,368$441+24%

556Brownwood, TXTX38,711$441+42%

557LaGrange, GAGA107,097$441+41%

558Tullahoma, TNTN69,339$440+39%

559Bay City, MIMI102,123$440+28%

560Jasper, ININ44,016$440+39%

561Logansport, ININ37,836$440+47%

562Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599$440+32%

563Vermillion, SDSD15,031$440+51%

564Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442$439+24%

565Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655$439+35%

566Winchester, TNTN45,579$439+48%

567Augusta, MEME129,067$439+15%

568Sheridan, WYWY33,241$439+35%

569Scranton, PAPA574,418$438+36%

570Cleveland, TNTN134,057$438+38%

571Jamestown, NYNY124,126$438+34%

572Charleston, ILIL46,607$438+32%

573Ruston, LALA48,360$436+34%

574Enid, OKOK61,779$436+29%

575Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850$436+43%

576Mountain Home, ARAR42,982$435+26%

577Willmar, MNMN44,720$435+38%

578Cody, WYWY31,171$435+28%

579Hillsdale, MIMI45,738$434+35%

580Dubuque, IAIA99,381$434+38%

581Houma, LALA199,668$433+36%

582Freeport, ILIL43,220$433+35%

583Laurinburg, NCNC33,322$433+39%

584Manitowoc, WIWI81,710$433+47%

585Price, UTUT20,680$433+38%

586Tiffin, OHOH54,522$433+34%

587Lewiston, MEME116,487$433+16%

588Celina, OHOH42,737$433+34%

589Auburn, ALAL208,013$432+32%

590Bonham, TXTX39,265$432+43%

591Bismarck, NDND139,750$432+28%

592Hays, KSKS29,075$431+48%

593Paragould, ARAR47,411$431+57%

594Shawnee, OKOK75,102$431+33%

595Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666$430+27%

596Chillicothe, OHOH76,429$430+36%

597Othello, WAWA21,488$430+51%

598Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,063$430+30%

599Brainerd, MNMN100,562$429+35%

600Altus, OKOK24,764$429+20%

601Scottsbluff, NENE36,272$429+41%

602Burlington, IAIA44,061$428+37%

603Jonesboro, ARAR139,440$428+39%

604Massena, NYNY105,488$428+29%

605Rock Springs, WYWY41,267$428+22%

606Marion, ININ66,524$428+35%

607Joplin, MOMO208,796$428+46%

608Hammond, LALA141,346$427+44%

609Murray, KYKY39,421$427+57%

610Charleston, WVWV200,170$427+30%

611Alexandria, LALA147,952$426+28%

612Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,081$426+32%

613Sedalia, MOMO44,254$426+34%

614Indiana, PAPA82,878$426+28%

615Evanston, WYWY23,415$426+21%

616Statesboro, GAGA97,977$426+33%

617Terre Haute, ININ169,241$425+42%

618North Platte, NENE33,972$425+48%

619Ludington, MIMI29,040$425+40%

620Wabash, ININ30,713$425+40%

621Winona, MNMN50,523$425+32%

622Cedartown, GAGA45,514$425+34%

623Olean, NYNY75,390$425+35%

624Florence, SCSC201,392$425+31%

625Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,076$425+30%

626Columbus, NENE46,583$424+41%

627Dyersburg, TNTN36,320$424+37%

628Seneca, SCSC83,775$424+39%

629Alma, MIMI41,190$424+27%

630Johnson City, TNTN216,416$423+41%

631Greenville, MSMS40,446$423+33%

632Batesville, ARAR38,785$423+41%

633Morgantown, WVWV141,995$422+28%

634Toccoa, GAGA27,854$422+45%

635Vernal, UTUT38,278$422+43%

636Blytheville, ARAR37,828$422+34%

637Parkersburg, WVWV87,264$422+29%

638St. Joseph, MOMO119,170$421+43%

639Norfolk, NENE49,228$421+44%

640Beatrice, NENE21,711$421+50%

641Salem, OHOH99,377$421+38%

642Picayune, MSMS59,363$421+45%

643Effingham, ILIL44,727$420+44%

644Danville, ILIL71,259$420+30%

645Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880$420+45%

646Greenwood, SCSC95,215$419+45%

647Las Vegas, NMNM30,311$419+58%

648Madison, ININ33,279$419+42%

649Ottumwa, IAIA35,210$419+52%

650Silver City, NMNM27,252$419+39%

651Morristown, TNTN128,867$419+47%

652Shawano, WIWI45,759$419+41%

653Thomasville, GAGA72,958$418+39%

654Bucyrus, OHOH41,896$418+38%

655Crossville, TNTN66,300$418+41%

656St. Marys, PAPA29,926$418+44%

657Florence, ALAL156,609$418+41%

658Jefferson City, MOMO152,712$418+34%

659Hastings, NENE40,577$417+48%

660Huntington, WVWV365,965$417+36%

661Rice Lake, WIWI46,484$417+33%

662Arkansas City, KSKS34,382$417+30%

663Storm Lake, IAIA20,449$417+40%

664Clovis, NMNM65,270$417+28%

665Le Mars, IAIA25,697$416+40%

666North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,233$416+39%

667Searcy, ARAR80,085$416+39%

668Spearfish, SDSD29,459$416+36%

669Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077$416+42%

670Ardmore, OKOK48,910$416+34%

671Beeville, TXTX32,515$416+29%

672Bradford, PAPA38,984$416+42%

673McMinnville, TNTN43,717$416+49%

674McPherson, KSKS30,064$416+39%

675El Campo, TXTX42,060$415+33%

676Enterprise, ALAL56,953$415+28%

677Emporia, KSKS34,838$414+40%

678Tifton, GAGA51,237$414+44%

679Uvalde, TXTX24,963$414+57%

680Bemidji, MNMN47,055$414+29%

681Big Spring, TXTX30,504$414+23%

682Ponca City, OKOK43,490$414+27%

683Sayre, PAPA59,600$414+31%

684Thomaston, GAGA28,500$414+52%

685Great Falls, MTMT85,029$414+30%

686Lafayette, LALA423,758$414+40%

687Oxford, ALAL115,834$413+33%

688Brownsville, TXTX433,946$413+40%

689Decatur, ALAL160,326$413+30%

690Monroe, LALA222,390$412+33%

691Duluth, MNMN281,219$412+41%

692Van Wert, OHOH29,013$412+27%

693Jacksonville, TXTX53,337$412+42%

694Iron Mountain, MIMI30,575$412+21%

695Russellville, ARAR84,932$412+31%

696Galesburg, ILIL47,767$411+38%

697Altoona, PAPA119,541$411+37%

698Bay City, TXTX36,463$411+17%

699Lock Haven, PAPA37,870$411+39%

700Mount Airy, NCNC72,287$411+41%

701Marion, NCNC45,198$411+39%

702Alexandria, MNMN40,120$411+38%

703Blackfoot, IDID51,153$411+45%

704The Villages, FLFL157,772$410+30%

705Pierre, SDSD20,588$409+29%

706Casper, WYWY80,526$409+37%

707Malvern, ARAR33,451$409+38%

708Carbondale, ILIL52,501$409+30%

709Fort Smith, ARAR234,140$408+33%

710Del Rio, TXTX47,835$408+23%

711El Dorado, ARAR36,926$408+31%

712Fort Dodge, IAIA36,838$408+38%

713Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,215$408+38%

714Jacksonville, ILIL37,381$408+31%

715Taylorville, ILIL33,443$407+30%

716Paris, TXTX63,319$407+31%

717Tupelo, MSMS133,167$407+42%

718Kingsport, TNTN314,834$406+35%

719Zanesville, OHOH87,014$406+35%

720Dumas, TXTX21,891$406+22%

721Grand Rapids, MNMN45,404$406+37%

722Albertville, ALAL103,537$406+40%

723Bartlesville, OKOK54,037$406+13%

724Meadville, PAPA81,792$406+33%

725Owensboro, KYKY113,962$406+45%

726Kinston, NCNC55,837$405+41%

727Washington, NCNC44,670$405+40%

728Forest City, NCNC65,745$404+30%

729Rockingham, NCNC42,041$404+34%

730Forrest City, ARAR21,800$403+49%

731Paris, TNTN32,896$403+49%

732Vincennes, ININ35,652$403+30%

733Carroll, IAIA20,303$403+42%

734Cookeville, TNTN152,477$403+45%

735Pampa, TXTX21,786$402+19%

736Farmington, MOMO67,809$402+31%

737Roswell, NMNM63,364$402+20%

738Fairmont, WVWV55,584$401+34%

739Gaffney, SCSC58,275$401+38%

740Watertown, SDSD29,562$401+43%

741McAllen, TXTX921,549$401+42%

742Warren, PAPA37,038$401+32%

743Athens, TNTN71,590$401+49%

744Plainview, TXTX36,700$401+31%

745Danville, VAVA101,137$401+45%

746Sunbury, PAPA107,788$400+38%

747Danville, KYKY56,985$400+48%

748Marietta, OHOH58,389$400+33%

749Marion, ILIL67,225$400+33%

750Odessa, TXTX173,801$400+27%

751New Ulm, MNMN25,517$399+41%

752Clinton, IAIA46,002$399+30%

753Burley, IDID49,308$399+47%

754Harrison, ARAR45,654$398+32%

755Fort Madison, IAIA32,306$398+36%

756Marquette, MIMI68,064$398+20%

757Ozark, ALAL49,912$398+22%

758Cullman, ALAL94,009$398+44%

759Kirksville, MOMO29,824$398+36%

760Mason City, IAIA49,710$397+28%

761Morgan City, LALA46,552$397+36%

762Andrews, TXTX18,914$397+26%

763Weirton, WVWV112,468$396+32%

764Yankton, SDSD23,635$396+38%

765Rolla, MOMO45,247$396+35%

766Woodward, OKOK19,827$396+34%

767Arkadelphia, ARAR20,938$396+45%

768Brookings, SDSD37,635$396+35%

769Muskogee, OKOK66,708$396+34%

770Show Low, AZAZ109,946$396+36%

771Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,025$395+46%

772Gadsden, ALAL103,886$395+41%

773Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,914$395+55%

774Platteville, WIWI52,446$395+30%

775Meridian, MSMS85,419$395+37%

776Americus, GAGA33,394$395+46%

777Española, NMNM39,832$394+38%

778Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$394+30%

779Paducah, KYKY102,259$394+40%

780Decatur, ININ36,650$393+23%

781Macomb, ILIL25,916$393+36%

782Union City, TNTN30,067$393+39%

783Minot, NDND75,694$392+27%

784Maryville, MOMO20,174$392+42%

785Snyder, TXTX16,162$392+19%

786Mount Vernon, ILIL36,147$392+31%

787Martinsville, VAVA63,091$392+24%

788Alice, TXTX45,383$391+47%

789Columbus, MSMS67,144$391+32%

790Fergus Falls, MNMN61,041$391+35%

791Gallipolis, OHOH29,072$391+27%

792Duncan, OKOK44,310$391+33%

793Marshall, MOMO23,265$391+27%

794Martin, TNTN33,261$391+52%

795Richmond, KYKY131,806$390+40%

796Great Bend, KSKS24,790$390+30%

797Canton, ILIL32,901$390+32%

798Henderson, KYKY57,184$390+29%

799Lumberton, NCNC119,941$389+42%

800Tahlequah, OKOK49,196$389+34%

801Orangeburg, SCSC83,177$389+45%

802Fayetteville, TNTN36,853$388+38%

803Worthington, MNMN22,338$388+30%

804Hobbs, NMNM74,749$388+24%

805New Iberia, LALA66,846$388+33%

806McAlester, OKOK43,320$386+35%

807Coshocton, OHOH37,188$385+32%

808Newberry, SCSC39,561$385+39%

809Cambridge, OHOH38,379$385+38%

810Dothan, ALAL156,266$385+38%

811Quincy, ILIL74,146$385+44%

812Lewistown, PAPA46,127$384+34%

813Palatka, FLFL77,734$384+30%

814Moberly, MOMO24,513$384+39%

815Bainbridge, GAGA29,432$384+48%

816Mexico, MOMO24,528$384+39%

817DeRidder, LALA36,673$383+18%

818Escanaba, MIMI36,582$383+29%

819Marinette, WIWI65,515$383+29%

820Clarksburg, WVWV88,142$382+33%

821Oil City, PAPA49,346$382+25%

822Magnolia, ARAR21,894$381+35%

823Riverton, WYWY39,464$381+27%

824Cumberland, MDMD93,640$380+36%

825Huntingdon, PAPA43,001$380+36%

826Austin, MNMN40,971$380+37%

827Summerville, GAGA25,300$380+37%

828Pottsville, PAPA145,085$379+33%

829Spencer, IAIA16,202$379+43%

830Borger, TXTX19,633$379+14%

831Waycross, GAGA57,670$379+36%

832Portsmouth, OHOH71,365$378+35%

833Atchison, KSKS16,172$378+33%

834Ada, OKOK38,528$377+33%

835Greeneville, TNTN73,831$377+39%

836Vernon, TXTX12,481$377+21%

837Cleveland, MSMS28,262$377+46%

838Sikeston, MOMO49,978$377+36%

839Vidalia, GAGA36,180$376+44%

840DuBois, PAPA78,100$376+27%

841Durant, OKOK51,367$375+35%

842Beckley, WVWV109,940$374+32%

843Gallup, NMNM68,119$374+27%

844Bluefield, WVWV96,138$374+30%

845Alamosa, COCO27,896$372+45%

846Weatherford, OKOK39,059$372+23%

847Hereford, TXTX18,626$371+20%

848Jesup, GAGA32,481$371+41%

849Lebanon, MOMO36,943$371+37%

850Fitzgerald, GAGA17,099$371+40%

851Centralia, ILIL36,382$371+26%

852Dublin, GAGA60,351$371+39%

853McComb, MSMS52,640$370+56%

854Mitchell, SDSD25,913$370+37%

855Elkins, WVWV26,882$370+35%

856Fort Payne, ALAL74,085$370+46%

857Moultrie, GAGA47,438$370+39%

858Natchitoches, LALA36,089$370+23%

859Scottsboro, ALAL54,281$370+34%

860Alpena, MIMI28,853$370+21%

861Hannibal, MOMO38,969$369+42%

862Albert Lea, MNMN30,440$368+29%

863Cordele, GAGA19,237$368+37%

864Glasgow, KYKY56,224$368+50%

865Huron, SDSD19,624$366+31%

866Jamestown, NDND21,414$366+28%

867Somerset, PAPA72,004$366+29%

868Brookhaven, MSMS35,012$366+41%

869Douglas, GAGA52,861$364+38%

870Wahpeton, NDND23,019$364+32%

871Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497$364+35%

872Aberdeen, SDSD41,583$363+28%

873Madisonville, KYKY45,127$363+35%

874Washington, ININ34,209$363+31%

875Grenada, MSMS30,222$363+35%

876Wheeling, WVWV134,089$362+30%

877Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,118$362+37%

878Houghton, MIMI40,028$362+30%

879Laurel, MSMS82,281$361+43%

880Mount Sterling, KYKY48,428$361+43%

881Johnstown, PAPA128,968$361+31%

882Minden, LALA34,948$360+30%

883Somerset, KYKY67,384$360+37%

884Clarksdale, MSMS19,849$360+46%

885Alexander City, ALAL40,953$358+41%

886Camden, ARAR26,363$357+25%

887Corinth, MSMS34,569$355+48%

888Miami, OKOK30,438$355+42%

889Mayfield, KYKY37,050$354+35%

890Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,904$354+39%

891Elk City, OKOK22,159$353+30%

892West Plains, MOMO40,798$350+44%

893Selma, ALAL35,140$350+38%

894Corbin, KYKY150,040$345+35%

895Pikeville, KYKY89,122$344+20%

896Talladega, ALAL91,764$344+33%

897Fairmont, MNMN19,440$342+29%

898Campbellsville, KYKY38,407$341+37%

899Sweetwater, TXTX14,117$340+21%

900Natchez, MSMS54,722$338+27%

901Deming, NMNM25,407$337+34%

902Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138$337+29%

903Russellville, ALAL32,449$335+44%

904Rexburg, IDID69,380$335+15%

905Newport, TNTN37,889$334+57%

906Troy, ALAL33,688$334+36%

907Eufaula, ALAL26,861$332+49%

908Williston, NDND41,767$331+24%

909Bogalusa, LALA44,937$330+36%

910Dickinson, NDND39,142$329+25%

911Greenwood, MSMS34,912$328+36%

912Kennett, MOMO26,855$323+41%

913Eagle Pass, TXTX58,823$323+34%

914Opelousas, LALA80,765$320+37%

915Middlesborough, KYKY22,829$309+36%

916Raymondville, TXTX19,971$301+49%

917Rio Grande City, TXTX66,319$281+25%

918Zapata, TXTX13,753$267+12%

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