Which metro area has the highest median gross rent?

Nantucket, MA ranks #1 with $1,714 (2010 Decennial Census).

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 Decennial Census data.

How is median gross rent measured?

Median gross rent across all renter-occupied units. Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Highest median rent, US metro areas · 2010

US metro areas ranked by median gross rent (2010 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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