Which metro area has the highest median gross rent?

Nantucket, MA ranks #1 with $1,714 (2010 American Community Survey).

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

Nantucket, MA, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, Kahului-Wailuku, HI, Honolulu, HI.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2010 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 (2010).

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Highest median rent, US metro areas · 2010

US metro areas ranked by median gross rent (2023 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

501La Crosse, WIWI171,182$622+41%

502Andrews, TXTX18,914$621+56%

503Sanford, NCNC70,258$621+25%

504Lynchburg, VAVA269,169$620+39%

505Elk City, OKOK22,159$620+76%

506Plymouth, ININ46,599$620+24%

507Sheboygan, WIWI118,047$620+29%

508Fort Wayne, ININ466,258$619+24%

509Bloomsburg, PAPA66,193$619+38%

510Show Low, AZAZ109,946$619+56%

511Cleveland, TNTN134,057$619+41%

512Duluth, MNMN281,219$618+50%

513El Paso, TXTX881,291$618+32%

514Big Spring, TXTX30,504$618+49%

515Canton, OHOH400,246$618+28%

516Pine Bluff, ARAR70,211$617+36%

517Winnemucca, NVNV17,267$617+16%

518Stevens Point, WIWI71,943$617+29%

519Davenport, IAIA380,452$616+33%

520El Campo, TXTX42,060$616+48%

521Ludington, MIMI29,040$616+45%

522New Castle, ININ49,137$616+33%

523Erie, PAPA265,832$616+38%

524Chillicothe, OHOH76,429$616+43%

525Cornelia, GAGA50,416$616+32%

526Hermiston, OROR93,721$616+28%

527Spartanburg, SCSC407,656$616+30%

528Texarkana, TXTX146,816$615+38%

529Brainerd, MNMN100,562$614+43%

530Española, NMNM39,832$614+56%

531Lock Haven, PAPA37,870$614+49%

532Bucyrus, OHOH41,896$613+47%

533Fremont, NENE38,057$613+26%

534Jasper, ININ44,016$613+39%

535Toccoa, GAGA27,854$613+45%

536Sioux City, IAIA145,738$613+23%

537Elizabethtown, KYKY128,666$612+42%

538Alice, TXTX45,383$612+56%

539Ozark, ALAL49,912$612+54%

540Borger, TXTX19,633$612+61%

541Pittsburg, KSKS39,008$612+36%

542Lima, OHOH100,881$611+37%

543Hays, KSKS29,075$611+42%

544Selinsgrove, PAPA39,655$611+39%

545Frankfort, KYKY77,874$611+24%

546Kearney, NENE57,962$610+25%

547Greensburg, ININ26,576$610+24%

548Massena, NYNY105,488$610+43%

549Cedar Rapids, IAIA279,285$610+25%

550Scranton, PAPA574,418$609+39%

551Bay City, TXTX36,463$609+48%

552Snyder, TXTX16,162$609+55%

553Vernon, TXTX12,481$609+62%

554Coldwater, MIMI45,993$609+28%

555Fargo, NDND269,528$609+35%

556Crawfordsville, ININ38,954$608+27%

557Dumas, TXTX21,891$608+50%

558Ruston, LALA48,360$608+39%

559Altus, OKOK24,764$608+42%

560Austin, MNMN40,971$608+60%

561Binghamton, NYNY243,189$608+31%

562Hillsdale, MIMI45,738$607+40%

563Moses Lake, WAWA105,727$606+27%

564Celina, OHOH42,737$606+40%

565Muscatine, IAIA41,853$606+32%

566Shawnee, OKOK75,102$605+40%

567Urbana, OHOH38,820$605+29%

568Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$605+54%

569Grand Forks, NDND105,046$605+34%

570Waterloo, IAIA169,189$605+33%

571Starkville, MSMS62,063$604+36%

572Statesboro, GAGA97,977$604+42%

573Safford, AZAZ40,157$604+35%

574Woodward, OKOK19,827$604+53%

575Shelby, NCNC103,325$603+35%

576Sterling, COCO20,654$603+34%

577Shelbyville, TNTN55,273$602+23%

578McAllen, TXTX921,549$601+50%

579Tullahoma, TNTN69,339$601+36%

580Rexburg, IDID69,380$600+79%

581Salina, KSKS59,121$600+34%

582Williamsport, PAPA112,587$600+34%

583Sterling, ILIL54,121$600+30%

584Sturgis, MIMI60,968$600+32%

585Garden City, KSKS37,505$599+22%

586Stephenville, TXTX43,911$599+33%

587Stillwater, OKOK83,889$599+31%

588Pampa, TXTX21,786$599+49%

589Lewiston, IDID65,450$598+26%

590Morgan City, LALA46,552$598+51%

591Norwalk, OHOH58,250$598+26%

592Charleston, ILIL46,607$598+37%

593Corning, NYNY91,855$597+28%

594Bartlesville, OKOK54,037$597+47%

595Huntington, ININ37,224$596+22%

596Dodge City, KSKS33,993$596+32%

597Alma, MIMI41,190$596+41%

598North Platte, NENE33,972$596+40%

599Morgantown, WVWV141,995$596+41%

600Bowling Green, KYKY197,180$595+35%

601Newberry, SCSC39,561$595+55%

602Rice Lake, WIWI46,484$595+43%

603Decatur, ILIL99,300$595+33%

604St. Joseph, MOMO119,170$595+41%

605Dyersburg, TNTN36,320$594+40%

606Enid, OKOK61,779$594+36%

607Indiana, PAPA82,878$594+39%

608Pontiac, ILIL35,057$593+28%

609Terre Haute, ININ169,241$593+39%

610Hickory, NCNC376,890$592+24%

611Kendallville, ININ47,937$592+26%

612Niles, MIMI152,444$592+24%

613Connersville, ININ23,533$592+34%

614Monroe, LALA222,390$591+43%

615Defiance, OHOH38,292$591+25%

616Auburn, ININ44,535$591+23%

617New Philadelphia, OHOH92,373$590+33%

618Richmond, ININ66,169$590+32%

619Alexandria, MNMN40,120$590+44%

620Scottsbluff, NENE36,272$590+38%

621Florence, SCSC201,392$590+39%

622Meridian, MSMS85,419$590+49%

623Madison, ININ33,279$589+41%

624Bemidji, MNMN47,055$588+42%

625McAlester, OKOK43,320$588+52%

626Brigham City, UTUT70,405$588+15%

627Morristown, TNTN128,867$588+40%

628Gadsden, ALAL103,886$587+49%

629Grand Rapids, MNMN45,404$587+45%

630Palatka, FLFL77,734$587+53%

631Mansfield, OHOH124,893$587+30%

632Enterprise, ALAL56,953$586+41%

633Marion, ILIL67,225$586+47%

634Joplin, MOMO208,796$586+37%

635Grand Island, NENE78,076$586+32%

636Mountain Home, ARAR42,982$585+34%

637Raymondville, TXTX19,971$585+94%

638Winona, MNMN50,523$585+38%

639Orangeburg, SCSC83,177$585+50%

640Youngstown, OHOH423,678$584+29%

641Brownsville, TXTX433,946$584+41%

642Danville, ILIL71,259$584+39%

643Del Rio, TXTX47,835$584+43%

644Rolla, MOMO45,247$584+47%

645Seneca, SCSC83,775$584+38%

646Washington, NCNC44,670$584+44%

647Fitzgerald, GAGA17,099$584+57%

648Dubuque, IAIA99,381$584+35%

649Albemarle, NCNC68,830$584+26%

650DeRidder, LALA36,673$583+52%

651Jacksonville, TXTX53,337$583+42%

652Durant, OKOK51,367$582+55%

653Alamogordo, NMNM70,368$582+32%

654Brownwood, TXTX38,711$582+32%

655Olean, NYNY75,390$582+37%

656Jamestown, NYNY124,126$581+33%

657Sedalia, MOMO44,254$581+36%

658Hermitage, PAPA107,860$580+31%

659Winchester, TNTN45,579$580+32%

660Baker City, OROR16,658$580+28%

661Paris, TXTX63,319$579+42%

662Ponca City, OKOK43,490$578+40%

663Cleveland, MSMS28,262$578+53%

664Hutchinson, KSKS61,539$578+31%

665Laurel, MSMS82,281$577+60%

666Greenwood, SCSC95,215$577+38%

667Tiffin, OHOH54,522$577+33%

668Washington, ININ34,209$577+59%

669Carbondale, ILIL52,501$577+41%

670Russellville, ARAR84,932$576+40%

671Pocatello, IDID91,591$576+30%

672Taylorville, ILIL33,443$576+42%

673McPherson, KSKS30,064$576+38%

674Fort Smith, ARAR234,140$575+41%

675Las Vegas, NMNM30,311$575+37%

676Brookings, SDSD37,635$575+45%

677Ontario, OROR60,085$575+28%

678Weatherford, OKOK39,059$575+55%

679Fairmont, WVWV55,584$574+43%

680Vermillion, SDSD15,031$574+30%

681Dothan, ALAL156,266$573+49%

682Freeport, ILIL43,220$573+32%

683Arkansas City, KSKS34,382$573+37%

684Peru, ININ34,487$573+27%

685Jonesboro, ARAR139,440$573+34%

686Natchitoches, LALA36,089$572+55%

687Searcy, ARAR80,085$572+38%

688Dixon, ILIL32,914$571+22%

689Logansport, ININ37,836$571+30%

690Marion, ININ66,524$571+33%

691Greenville, MSMS40,446$570+35%

692Guymon, OKOK20,322$570+27%

693Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,215$570+40%

694Oxford, ALAL115,834$569+38%

695Columbus, MSMS67,144$568+45%

696Fremont, OHOH58,655$568+23%

697Lincoln, ILIL27,182$568+25%

698Paragould, ARAR47,411$568+32%

699Zanesville, OHOH87,014$567+40%

700Riverton, WYWY39,464$567+49%

701Burlington, IAIA44,061$566+32%

702Crossville, TNTN66,300$566+35%

703Roswell, NMNM63,364$566+41%

704Arkadelphia, ARAR20,938$566+43%

705Danville, KYKY56,985$565+41%

706Ottumwa, IAIA35,210$565+35%

707Canton, ILIL32,901$565+45%

708Centralia, ILIL36,382$565+52%

709McComb, MSMS52,640$565+52%

710Americus, GAGA33,394$565+43%

711Charleston, WVWV200,170$564+32%

712Decatur, ININ36,650$564+44%

713Greenville, OHOH51,520$564+26%

714Thomaston, GAGA28,500$564+36%

715Tifton, GAGA51,237$564+36%

716Cullman, ALAL94,009$563+41%

717Ardmore, OKOK48,910$563+35%

718Parkersburg, WVWV87,264$563+33%

719Huntington, WVWV365,965$563+35%

720Lexington, NENE26,255$563+25%

721Jefferson City, MOMO152,712$562+35%

722El Dorado, ARAR36,926$562+38%

723Cordele, GAGA19,237$562+53%

724Laurinburg, NCNC33,322$561+30%

725Muskogee, OKOK66,708$561+42%

726Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,076$561+32%

727Emporia, KSKS34,838$561+35%

728Danville, VAVA101,137$560+40%

729Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,025$560+42%

730Willmar, MNMN44,720$560+29%

731Moberly, MOMO24,513$560+46%

732Columbus, NENE46,583$560+32%

733Athens, TNTN71,590$560+40%

734Minot, NDND75,694$559+43%

735Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,060$559+26%

736Batesville, ARAR38,785$558+32%

737Mason City, IAIA49,710$558+40%

738Altoona, PAPA119,541$557+36%

739Great Falls, MTMT85,029$557+35%

740Florence, ALAL156,609$557+33%

741Watertown, SDSD29,562$556+39%

742Bay City, MIMI102,123$556+26%

743Duncan, OKOK44,310$556+42%

744Wabash, ININ30,713$556+31%

745Mexico, MOMO24,528$556+45%

746Lebanon, MOMO36,943$555+50%

747Storm Lake, IAIA20,449$555+33%

748Worthington, MNMN22,338$554+43%

749Marietta, OHOH58,389$554+39%

750Salem, OHOH99,377$554+32%

751Blytheville, ARAR37,828$554+31%

752Johnson City, TNTN216,416$554+31%

753Galesburg, ILIL47,767$553+35%

754Beatrice, NENE21,711$553+31%

755Bradford, PAPA38,984$553+33%

756Meadville, PAPA81,792$553+36%

757Shawano, WIWI45,759$552+32%

758Marshalltown, IAIA39,890$552+21%

759Van Wert, OHOH29,013$551+34%

760Hastings, NENE40,577$551+32%

761Detroit Lakes, MNMN35,497$550+51%

762Albertville, ALAL103,537$550+35%

763Sayre, PAPA59,600$549+33%

764Vincennes, ININ35,652$549+36%

765Dickinson, NDND39,142$549+67%

766Plainview, TXTX36,700$549+37%

767Marquette, MIMI68,064$548+38%

768Pierre, SDSD20,588$548+34%

769Bismarck, NDND139,750$547+27%

770Manitowoc, WIWI81,710$547+26%

771Bedford, ININ45,568$547+22%

772Decatur, ALAL160,326$547+32%

773Mount Vernon, ILIL36,147$546+39%

774Clarksdale, MSMS19,849$545+51%

775Forrest City, ARAR21,800$544+35%

776Clovis, NMNM65,270$543+30%

777Marshall, MNMN25,684$543+22%

778Pottsville, PAPA145,085$543+43%

779Spearfish, SDSD29,459$543+31%

780Brookhaven, MSMS35,012$543+48%

781Owensboro, KYKY113,962$543+34%

782Price, UTUT20,680$542+25%

783Gaffney, SCSC58,275$541+35%

784Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,081$541+27%

785Silver City, NMNM27,252$541+29%

786Blackfoot, IDID51,153$541+32%

787Alamosa, COCO27,896$541+45%

788Quincy, ILIL74,146$540+40%

789Sunbury, PAPA107,788$539+35%

790Clarksburg, WVWV88,142$539+41%

791Waycross, GAGA57,670$539+42%

792Cookeville, TNTN152,477$539+34%

793Lumberton, NCNC119,941$539+39%

794Madisonville, KYKY45,127$539+48%

795Malvern, ARAR33,451$539+32%

796Mayfield, KYKY37,050$539+52%

797Moultrie, GAGA47,438$539+46%

798Albert Lea, MNMN30,440$539+46%

799Selma, ALAL35,140$538+54%

800Tupelo, MSMS133,167$538+32%

801Kingsport, TNTN314,834$537+32%

802St. Marys, PAPA29,926$537+28%

803Dublin, GAGA60,351$537+45%

804Talladega, ALAL91,764$537+56%

805Paducah, KYKY102,259$537+36%

806Weirton, WVWV112,468$536+35%

807McMinnville, TNTN43,717$536+29%

808Grenada, MSMS30,222$536+48%

809Effingham, ILIL44,727$535+27%

810Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077$535+29%

811Clinton, IAIA46,002$535+34%

812Platteville, WIWI52,446$535+35%

813DuBois, PAPA78,100$534+42%

814Paris, TNTN32,896$534+33%

815Oil City, PAPA49,346$534+40%

816Houghton, MIMI40,028$534+48%

817Jacksonville, ILIL37,381$534+31%

818Martinsville, VAVA63,091$533+36%

819Fergus Falls, MNMN61,041$532+36%

820Henderson, KYKY57,184$531+36%

821Atchison, KSKS16,172$531+40%

822Farmington, MOMO67,809$530+32%

823Othello, WAWA21,488$530+23%

824Richmond, KYKY131,806$529+36%

825Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,904$529+49%

826Summerville, GAGA25,300$529+39%

827Mitchell, SDSD25,913$529+43%

828Troy, ALAL33,688$528+58%

829Greeneville, TNTN73,831$527+40%

830Forest City, NCNC65,745$526+30%

831Le Mars, IAIA25,697$526+26%

832Mount Airy, NCNC72,287$526+28%

833Bainbridge, GAGA29,432$526+37%

834Hannibal, MOMO38,969$526+43%

835Norfolk, NENE49,228$525+25%

836Eagle Pass, TXTX58,823$524+62%

837Gallipolis, OHOH29,072$523+34%

838Fort Dodge, IAIA36,838$523+28%

839Jesup, GAGA32,481$523+41%

840Murray, KYKY39,421$523+22%

841Cumberland, MDMD93,640$523+38%

842Ada, OKOK38,528$522+38%

843Escanaba, MIMI36,582$522+36%

844Douglas, GAGA52,861$522+43%

845Fairmont, MNMN19,440$521+52%

846Great Bend, KSKS24,790$521+34%

847Oskaloosa, IAIA21,880$521+24%

848Glasgow, KYKY56,224$521+42%

849Lewistown, PAPA46,127$520+35%

850Portsmouth, OHOH71,365$520+38%

851Bogalusa, LALA44,937$520+58%

852Miami, OKOK30,438$520+46%

853Warren, PAPA37,038$519+29%

854Zapata, TXTX13,753$518+94%

855Magnolia, ARAR21,894$517+36%

856Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,118$517+43%

857Vidalia, GAGA36,180$517+37%

858Eufaula, ALAL26,861$516+55%

859Williston, NDND41,767$515+56%

860Marinette, WIWI65,515$514+34%

861Coshocton, OHOH37,188$514+34%

862Fort Payne, ALAL74,085$514+39%

863Martin, TNTN33,261$513+31%

864Somerset, KYKY67,384$513+43%

865Fayetteville, TNTN36,853$512+32%

866North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,233$512+23%

867Somerset, PAPA72,004$512+40%

868Marshall, MOMO23,265$511+31%

869Union City, TNTN30,067$511+30%

870Campbellsville, KYKY38,407$511+50%

871Burley, IDID49,308$511+28%

872West Plains, MOMO40,798$510+46%

873Minden, LALA34,948$510+42%

874Cambridge, OHOH38,379$510+32%

875Mount Sterling, KYKY48,428$510+41%

876Bluefield, WVWV96,138$510+36%

877Sikeston, MOMO49,978$509+35%

878Yankton, SDSD23,635$509+29%

879Marion, NCNC45,198$509+24%

880Johnstown, PAPA128,968$509+41%

881Pikeville, KYKY89,122$507+47%

882Fort Madison, IAIA32,306$507+27%

883Harrison, ARAR45,654$504+27%

884Opelousas, LALA80,765$504+57%

885Alexander City, ALAL40,953$501+40%

886Iron Mountain, MIMI30,575$500+21%

887Beckley, WVWV109,940$499+33%

888Tahlequah, OKOK49,196$498+28%

889Natchez, MSMS54,722$497+47%

890Jamestown, NDND21,414$496+36%

891Gallup, NMNM68,119$495+32%

892Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,914$494+25%

893Corbin, KYKY150,040$494+43%

894New Ulm, MNMN25,517$493+24%

895Rockingham, NCNC42,041$493+22%

896Huntingdon, PAPA43,001$492+29%

897Kirksville, MOMO29,824$492+24%

898Maryville, MOMO20,174$488+24%

899Deming, NMNM25,407$487+45%

900Greenwood, MSMS34,912$485+48%

901Scottsboro, ALAL54,281$485+31%

902Wheeling, WVWV134,089$482+33%

903Spencer, IAIA16,202$482+27%

904Newport, TNTN37,889$481+44%

905Russellville, ALAL32,449$481+44%

906Alpena, MIMI28,853$479+29%

907Sweetwater, TXTX14,117$478+41%

908Camden, ARAR26,363$478+34%

909Corinth, MSMS34,569$476+34%

910Aberdeen, SDSD41,583$470+29%

911Kennett, MOMO26,855$469+45%

912Wahpeton, NDND23,019$466+28%

913Carroll, IAIA20,303$465+15%

914Elkins, WVWV26,882$461+25%

915Rio Grande City, TXTX66,319$454+62%

916Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138$447+33%

917Huron, SDSD19,624$443+21%

918Middlesborough, KYKY22,829$399+29%

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