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Lowest median rent, Michigan cities

Michigan cities with the lowest median gross rent (2024 ACS). This list covers the 179 cities in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 179 is $1,080. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Hastings, MI, up 96 places to #9.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01▲2Alpena, MIMI10,088$625+77%

02▼1Escanaba, MIMI12,257$657+76%

03▲35Belding, MIMI6,000$668+59%

04▲1Highland Park, MIMI8,248$688+72%

05▲4Bridgeport, MIMI6,884$710+62%

06▼4Ishpeming, MIMI6,205$733+117%

07▼3Menominee, MIMI8,175$735+105%

08▲4Iron Mountain, MIMI7,469$744+84%

09▲96Hastings, MIMI7,490$745+63%

10Bay City, MIMI31,868$766+94%

11▲12Manistee, MIMI6,157$768+98%

12▲10Albion, MIMI7,474$775+84%

13▲19Owosso, MIMI14,437$784+66%

14Center Line, MIMI8,503$788+190%

15▲30St. Louis, MIMI7,406$794+129%

16▲26Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI13,083$804+102%

17▲2Hillsdale, MIMI8,002$812+109%

18▲28Sturgis, MIMI10,900$826+85%

19▼6Houghton Lake, MIMI5,769$827+101%

20▼3Alma, MIMI9,304$836+105%

21▼13River Rouge, MIMI6,814$839+96%

22▲3Three Rivers, MIMI7,910$839+89%

23▼16Dowagiac, MIMI5,725$840+108%

24▲57Ecorse, MIMI8,893$840+90%

25▼5Cadillac, MIMI10,438$842+98%

26▲13Fraser, MIMI14,496$843+59%

27▲26Mount Clemens, MIMI15,419$847+79%

28▼12Benton Harbor, MIMI8,803$851+91%

29Frankenmuth, MIMI5,197$851+37%

30▲36Ionia, MIMI12,208$852+91%

31▼7Niles, MIMI11,665$855+95%

32▼2Richmond, MIMI5,927$864+69%

33▼18Springfield, MIMI5,246$864+98%

34▲36Trenton, MIMI17,849$880+75%

35▲23St. Johns, MIMI7,780$887+75%

36▼10Charlotte, MIMI9,305$887+98%

37▼9Muskegon Heights, MIMI9,770$889+103%

38▼7Davison, MIMI5,039$891+87%

39▲13Greenville, MIMI9,256$894+101%

40▼6Jackson, MIMI31,022$898+94%

41▼6Ludington, MIMI7,634$902+115%

42▲5Beecher, MIMI8,412$906+77%

43▲46Buena Vista, MIMI5,798$906+90%

44▲6Monroe, MIMI20,076$909+75%

45▼39Gladstone, MIMI5,189$910+138%

46▼9Flint, MIMI79,306$915+92%

47▼36Kingsford, MIMI5,096$917+102%

48▲35Flat Rock, MIMI10,218$919+98%

49▼22Grand Blanc, MIMI7,880$919+72%

50▼7Saginaw, MIMI42,863$922+114%

51Mount Pleasant, MIMI20,925$922+107%

52▼31Big Rapids, MIMI8,623$929+101%

53▼4Grand Haven, MIMI11,038$939+79%

54▲68Shields, MIMI7,402$941+56%

55▼19Coldwater, MIMI14,216$943+96%

56Flushing, MIMI8,175$944+93%

57▲10Zeeland, MIMI5,637$951+60%

58▼1Adrian, MIMI20,191$956+90%

59Battle Creek, MIMI52,021$957+96%

60▲4Eaton Rapids, MIMI5,218$972+106%

61Wyandotte, MIMI24,072$972+85%

62▲24Marysville, MIMI9,868$974+83%

63▲5Wayne, MIMI17,065$974+93%

64▼46Houghton, MIMI8,560$978+170%

65▲4Port Huron, MIMI28,273$982+91%

66▲21Grand Ledge, MIMI7,853$982+79%

67▼12South Monroe, MIMI6,960$987+115%

68▼27Hamtramck, MIMI27,261$989+118%

69▼15Holly, MIMI5,906$992+95%

70▲18Lansing, MIMI113,884$993+99%

71▲42Traverse City, MIMI15,832$995+64%

72▼32Muskegon, MIMI37,224$996+139%

73▼13Lapeer, MIMI9,201$1,002+87%

74Tecumseh, MIMI8,608$1,003+80%

75▼42Petoskey, MIMI5,772$1,006+120%

76▼4Burton, MIMI29,313$1,009+112%

77▼1Marquette, MIMI21,944$1,011+150%

78Fair Plain, MIMI7,330$1,019+107%

79▲12Lincoln Park, MIMI38,529$1,023+96%

80▼32Wixom, MIMI17,313$1,035+98%

81▼16New Baltimore, MIMI12,123$1,039+91%

82▼7Midland, MIMI42,806$1,048+105%

83▲25Romulus, MIMI24,547$1,049+108%

84▲39Saline, MIMI9,001$1,054+75%

85▼12Pontiac, MIMI62,077$1,063+92%

86▲9Eastwood, MIMI6,669$1,065+112%

87▲3Detroit, MIMI649,095$1,074+121%

88▼8Kalamazoo, MIMI72,683$1,078+107%

89▲3Comstock Northwest, MIMI5,391$1,080+88%

90▲4Ypsilanti, MIMI19,766$1,080+110%

91▼28St. Joseph, MIMI7,893$1,081+118%

92▼48Marshall, MIMI6,800$1,088+104%

93▼14Woodhaven, MIMI12,503$1,096+85%

94▲7Riverview, MIMI11,947$1,101+89%

95▲2Taylor, MIMI61,279$1,101+90%

96▲4Melvindale, MIMI12,325$1,110+119%

97▲39Allendale, MIMI26,679$1,111+98%

98▲35Rockford, MIMI6,313$1,111+132%

99▲20St. Clair, MIMI5,833$1,113+96%

100▼38Allegan, MIMI5,127$1,115+137%

101▲1Southgate, MIMI28,931$1,120+85%

102▲5Haslett, MIMI18,559$1,125+92%

103▼21Utica, MIMI5,114$1,131+123%

104▼5Portage, MIMI49,862$1,133+109%

105▼20Grandville, MIMI17,018$1,143+109%

106▲23Garden City, MIMI26,280$1,150+102%

107▲5Westland, MIMI82,333$1,158+85%

108▼31Milan, MIMI5,973$1,162+78%

109▲7Mason, MIMI8,264$1,164+103%

110▲14Waverly, MIMI23,575$1,170+105%

111▼2Inkster, MIMI24,959$1,170+110%

112▲19East Lansing, MIMI49,355$1,171+103%

113▲5Milford, MIMI6,520$1,173+99%

114▲23Madison Heights, MIMI28,297$1,176+100%

115▼5Howell, MIMI9,896$1,177+75%

116▲4St. Clair Shores, MIMI57,872$1,183+90%

117▼33Comstock Park, MIMI10,577$1,189+94%

118▼15Holland, MIMI35,372$1,193+117%

119▼13Wyoming, MIMI78,588$1,196+115%

120▲29Brighton, MIMI7,904$1,198+79%

121▼28Walker, MIMI25,881$1,202+127%

122▼24Plymouth, MIMI9,164$1,217+109%

123▲4Warren, MIMI137,138$1,225+105%

124▼9Westwood, MIMI8,867$1,233+111%

125▲17Roseville, MIMI46,863$1,233+117%

126▲4Dundee, MIMI6,008$1,242+144%

127▼23Freeland, MIMI7,557$1,245+109%

128▲12Allen Park, MIMI27,445$1,246+109%

129▲15Northview, MIMI15,268$1,247+104%

130▼59Swartz Creek, MIMI5,827$1,247+146%

131▼14Lambertville, MIMI9,955$1,248+84%

132▼18Clawson, MIMI11,312$1,253+101%

133▼22Cutlerville, MIMI18,780$1,254+109%

134▼6Kentwood, MIMI54,776$1,260+115%

135▲3Hudsonville, MIMI7,964$1,264+122%

136▼15Grand Rapids, MIMI201,183$1,266+138%

137▼11New Haven, MIMI6,749$1,268+200%

138▲12Fenton, MIMI11,774$1,275+98%

139▲7Sterling Heights, MIMI133,931$1,292+101%

140▲8Okemos, MIMI26,396$1,298+93%

141▲10South Lyon, MIMI12,107$1,310+87%

142▲1Ferndale, MIMI19,212$1,311+112%

143▼18Hazel Park, MIMI14,937$1,314+127%

144▼5Holt, MIMI25,316$1,317+142%

145▼49Temperance, MIMI8,914$1,321+114%

146▲10Livonia, MIMI92,603$1,322+82%

147▲8Eastpointe, MIMI33,814$1,325+147%

148▼7Dearborn, MIMI105,611$1,327+107%

149▼15Whitmore Lake, MIMI7,878$1,329+87%

150▼5Dearborn Heights, MIMI60,664$1,331+92%

151▲3Farmington, MIMI11,409$1,340+83%

152▲7Southfield, MIMI76,111$1,340+68%

153▼21Norton Shores, MIMI25,088$1,341+137%

154▼1Rochester, MIMI12,824$1,350+113%

155▲2Harper Woods, MIMI14,860$1,351+87%

156▲8Grosse Pointe Park, MIMI11,095$1,379+106%

157▲4Royal Oak, MIMI57,583$1,381+116%

158Oak Park, MIMI29,072$1,396+87%

159▲14Grosse Pointe Farms, MIMI9,735$1,408+63%

160▼13Walled Lake, MIMI7,320$1,419+116%

161▲2Auburn Hills, MIMI25,925$1,477+97%

162▼10Byron Center, MIMI7,403$1,517+96%

163▼3Berkley, MIMI15,145$1,526+117%

164▼29Lake Fenton, MIMI6,417$1,547+121%

165Farmington Hills, MIMI83,291$1,551+85%

166▲2Troy, MIMI88,733$1,602+98%

167▲8Chelsea, MIMI5,424$1,619+138%

168▼6Northville, MIMI6,013$1,623+128%

169▲1Rochester Hills, MIMI77,539$1,644+99%

170▼1Ann Arbor, MIMI122,233$1,649+122%

171▲3Grosse Pointe, MIMI5,490$1,725+91%

172Novi, MIMI67,319$1,747+114%

173▼2East Grand Rapids, MIMI11,663$1,862+130%

174▲3Grosse Pointe Woods, MIMI15,792$1,879+112%

175▲3Birmingham, MIMI21,923$1,902+91%

176▼10Forest Hills, MIMI28,695$1,958+150%

177▼10Beverly Hills, MIMI10,449$2,077+137%

178▼2Jenison, MIMI17,582$2,306+174%

179Huntington Woods, MIMI6,274$2,493+105%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES