Which metro area has the lowest median gross rent?

Middlesborough, KY ranks #1 with $592 (2024 American Community Survey).

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

Middlesborough, KY, Zapata, TX, Kennett, MO, Magnolia, AR, Deming, NM.

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).

RANKING · 2024 ACS · 425 SHOWN OF 925

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

501La Crosse, WIWI171,182$999+126%

502Bay City, TXTX36,463$999+143%

503Wausau, WIWI139,432$999+106%

504Houma, LALA199,668$1,000+131%

505Susanville, CACA28,117$1,000+78%

506Rutland, VTVT59,653$1,000+93%

507Fort Wayne, ININ466,258$1,001+101%

508Scranton, PAPA574,418$1,002+129%

509Hammond, LALA141,346$1,003+135%

510Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138$1,003+109%

511Seymour, ININ47,370$1,004+103%

512Sioux City, IAIA145,738$1,004+102%

513The Dalles, OROR26,310$1,008+107%

514Bloomington, ILIL171,419$1,009+89%

515Gillette, WYWY48,145$1,009+118%

516Dodge City, KSKS33,993$1,010+124%

517Lewiston, MEME116,487$1,010+133%

518Oxford, MSMS71,972$1,012+122%

519Franklin, KYKY20,788$1,012+116%

520Sterling, COCO20,654$1,013+125%

521Rome, GAGA101,378$1,014+113%

522Bismarck, NDND139,750$1,014+135%

523Valdosta, GAGA153,276$1,015+118%

524Casper, WYWY80,526$1,016+148%

525Midland, MIMI83,754$1,016+104%

526LaGrange, GAGA107,097$1,016+131%

527Sanford, NCNC70,258$1,017+105%

528Enterprise, ALAL56,953$1,018+145%

529Baraboo, WIWI66,652$1,018+100%

530Minot, NDND75,694$1,019+160%

531Snyder, TXTX16,162$1,020+160%

532Shreveport, LALA383,474$1,021+122%

533Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014$1,021+126%

534Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,553$1,022+121%

535Rockford, ILIL337,242$1,024+98%

536Lewiston, IDID65,450$1,025+116%

537Fort Morgan, COCO30,306$1,025+113%

538Eau Claire, WIWI176,647$1,025+118%

539Laredo, TXTX281,224$1,027+129%

540Auburn, ALAL208,013$1,028+138%

541Muskegon, MIMI177,901$1,028+127%

542Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638$1,028+104%

543Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992$1,029+118%

544Payson, AZAZ53,801$1,030+106%

545Huntsville, TXTX83,842$1,031+103%

546Cambridge, MDMD33,628$1,032+126%

547Big Spring, TXTX30,504$1,034+150%

548Taos, NMNM34,564$1,034+95%

549Akron, OHOH701,780$1,035+90%

550Watertown, WIWI86,505$1,035+84%

551Sebring, FLFL111,122$1,035+116%

552Bonham, TXTX39,265$1,035+140%

553Janesville, WIWI166,472$1,037+91%

554Manhattan, KSKS136,122$1,038+121%

555South Bend, ININ324,538$1,039+98%

556Longview, TXTX297,315$1,040+132%

557Dayton, OHOH826,554$1,041+94%

558Palestine, TXTX59,805$1,041+128%

559Bangor, MEME157,967$1,041+122%

560St. Simons, GAGA118,524$1,042+113%

561Ottawa, KSKS26,299$1,042+124%

562Coos Bay, OROR63,992$1,042+109%

563Kingsville, TXTX30,315$1,043+133%

564Warsaw, ININ80,892$1,043+108%

565Little Rock, ARAR777,607$1,043+100%

566Champaign, ILIL239,979$1,043+99%

567El Campo, TXTX42,060$1,046+152%

568Gainesville, TXTX44,461$1,047+129%

569Elkhart, ININ208,774$1,047+94%

570New Bern, NCNC127,358$1,047+115%

571Roanoke, VAVA316,547$1,048+115%

572Garden City, KSKS37,505$1,048+113%

573Athens, TXTX88,595$1,048+126%

574Pullman, WAWA48,512$1,049+118%

575Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775$1,050+90%

576St. Cloud, MNMN205,854$1,050+121%

577Shelbyville, TNTN55,273$1,051+115%

578Columbia, MOMO219,062$1,052+109%

579Mobile, ALAL411,658$1,052+121%

580Bemidji, MNMN47,055$1,053+154%

581Columbus, GAGA324,830$1,054+124%

582Roseburg, OROR111,951$1,055+116%

583Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653$1,055+107%

584El Centro, CACA181,411$1,056+110%

585Brattleboro, VTVT45,204$1,056+91%

586Sumter, SCSC105,067$1,057+129%

587Monroe, MIMI156,004$1,059+93%

588Elmira, NYNY80,415$1,059+115%

589Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273$1,060+117%

590Fremont, NENE38,057$1,060+119%

591Appleton, WIWI249,876$1,060+102%

592Owatonna, MNMN37,464$1,061+125%

593Aberdeen, WAWA78,144$1,062+112%

594Twin Falls, IDID123,901$1,063+118%

595Spartanburg, SCSC407,656$1,064+125%

596Burlington, NCNC186,177$1,064+91%

597Syracuse, NYNY652,273$1,064+98%

598Beeville, TXTX32,515$1,065+156%

599Cedar City, UTUT67,141$1,065+128%

600Helena, MTMT97,153$1,066+138%

601Waynesville, NCNC63,369$1,067+135%

602Blacksburg, VAVA181,616$1,070+129%

603Cañon City, COCO50,039$1,070+116%

604Greensboro, NCNC805,945$1,070+97%

605Glens Falls, NYNY124,373$1,070+101%

606Sevierville, TNTN101,342$1,072+109%

607Mankato, MNMN104,907$1,073+120%

608Corsicana, TXTX57,181$1,076+137%

609Lufkin, TXTX88,154$1,076+133%

610El Paso, TXTX881,291$1,078+131%

611Lafayette, ININ228,468$1,078+99%

612Lincoln, NENE352,081$1,080+110%

613Racine, WIWI198,919$1,080+97%

614Okeechobee, FLFL42,608$1,082+123%

615Faribault, MNMN69,939$1,083+109%

616Jackson, MSMS609,847$1,085+120%

617Lake Charles, LALA244,655$1,087+143%

618Gulfport, MSMS431,329$1,087+106%

619Lansing, MIMI479,722$1,087+100%

620Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,102$1,091+95%

621Iowa City, IAIA182,711$1,091+101%

622Staunton, VAVA129,692$1,092+123%

623Chambersburg, PAPA160,652$1,093+140%

624Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795$1,093+107%

625Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791$1,093+140%

626Kankakee, ILIL105,525$1,097+104%

627Pittsfield, MAMA128,224$1,097+120%

628Centralia, WAWA88,062$1,097+99%

629Brigham City, UTUT70,405$1,097+115%

630Lawrence, KSKS120,920$1,099+96%

631Abilene, TXTX185,429$1,099+142%

632Holland, MIMI123,188$1,100+114%

633Louisville, KYKY1,402,509$1,100+125%

634Amarillo, TXTX276,235$1,101+133%

635Hobbs, NMNM74,749$1,101+184%

636Beaumont, TXTX399,310$1,103+132%

637Montgomery, ALAL388,747$1,104+116%

638Billings, MTMT193,603$1,106+135%

639Monticello, NYNY80,586$1,106+103%

640Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666$1,107+132%

641Morehead City, NCNC70,469$1,108+117%

642Bennington, VTVT36,630$1,109+106%

643Kerrville, TXTX54,037$1,109+107%

644Yakima, WAWA259,185$1,109+108%

645Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,063$1,109+158%

646Lebanon, PAPA146,380$1,110+136%

647Pueblo, COCO169,277$1,111+127%

648Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442$1,112+153%

649Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137$1,112+129%

650Petoskey, MIMI33,775$1,112+117%

651Gettysburg, PAPA107,594$1,115+119%

652Moses Lake, WAWA105,727$1,116+134%

653Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813$1,117+131%

654Knoxville, TNTN968,137$1,118+144%

655Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858$1,122+115%

656Sandpoint, IDID54,420$1,122+117%

657Williston, NDND41,767$1,123+239%

658Rochester, NYNY1,056,149$1,125+90%

659St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421$1,125+109%

660Idaho Falls, IDID173,851$1,125+139%

661Jefferson, GAGA99,265$1,126+125%

662Columbus, ININ85,729$1,127+98%

663Boone, NCNC54,786$1,127+106%

664Victoria, TXTX99,864$1,128+128%

665Baton Rouge, LALA888,699$1,131+140%

666Waco, TXTX308,807$1,133+135%

667Greenville, SCSC1,014,101$1,134+125%

668Springfield, MAMA464,338$1,136+112%

669Des Moines, IAIA758,539$1,137+108%

670Augusta, GAGA641,231$1,139+130%

671Lexington, KYKY535,174$1,139+121%

672Lubbock, TXTX368,431$1,139+135%

673Chattanooga, TNTN594,530$1,140+134%

674Kalispell, MTMT115,429$1,142+136%

675Stephenville, TXTX43,911$1,146+155%

676Rapid City, SDSD156,934$1,148+138%

677Whitewater, WIWI106,127$1,150+96%

678Port Angeles, WAWA78,202$1,152+117%

679Putnam, CTCT98,096$1,155–

680Bloomington, ININ165,231$1,156+112%

681Huntsville, ALAL556,444$1,158+140%

682Elko, NVNV56,682$1,158+100%

683College Station, TXTX287,476$1,159+110%

684Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766$1,159+134%

685Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459$1,159+102%

686Cheyenne, WYWY102,938$1,160+145%

687Barre, VTVT59,652$1,163+124%

688San Angelo, TXTX122,065$1,163+154%

689Hagerstown, MDMD315,280$1,163+139%

690Brenham, TXTX38,288$1,165+143%

691Laconia, NHNH65,147$1,167+98%

692Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155$1,169+142%

693Fayetteville, ARAR622,177$1,169+133%

694Warner Robins, GAGA208,091$1,169+120%

695Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201$1,170+137%

696Columbia, SCSC879,918$1,171+118%

697Missoula, MTMT128,698$1,175+123%

698Albuquerque, NMNM925,279$1,176+106%

699Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010$1,176+94%

700Greenfield, MAMA70,698$1,177+118%

701Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645$1,178+116%

702Astoria, OROR40,926$1,180+117%

703Pahrump, NVNV57,336$1,181+118%

704Reading, PAPA440,072$1,181+117%

705Grand Junction, COCO162,845$1,182+124%

706Logan, UTUT160,889$1,182+134%

707Red Bluff, CACA64,665$1,184+144%

708Omaha, NENE1,009,836$1,185+118%

709Montrose, COCO44,591$1,188+128%

710Hinesville, GAGA91,870$1,188+129%

711Bishop, CACA18,158$1,189+130%

712Torrington, CTCT114,690$1,193–

713York, PAPA473,197$1,193+125%

714Grants Pass, OROR87,867$1,194+124%

715Traverse City, MIMI156,972$1,197+109%

716Newport, OROR50,636$1,201+109%

717Fayetteville, NCNC395,412$1,204+110%

718Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,912$1,204+146%

719Harrisburg, PAPA617,427$1,205+116%

720Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083$1,205+107%

721Longview, WAWA114,885$1,206+133%

722State College, PAPA157,393$1,207+114%

723Killeen, TXTX511,497$1,210+125%

724Athens, GAGA224,148$1,210+129%

725Tallahassee, FLFL397,442$1,210+117%

726Memphis, TNTN1,341,412$1,212+120%

727Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685$1,212+123%

728Watertown, NYNY111,540$1,213+150%

729Clarksville, TNTN349,001$1,213+140%

730Walla Walla, WAWA62,361$1,218+150%

731New Orleans, LALA970,849$1,218+139%

732Lebanon, NHNH224,500$1,219+124%

733Kenosha, WIWI168,448$1,219+107%

734Detroit, MIMI4,390,913$1,219+105%

735Crescent City, CACA26,410$1,233+138%

736Rochester, MNMN231,184$1,233+146%

737Kingsland, GAGA60,143$1,235+124%

738Seaford, DEDE277,140$1,238+144%

739Tyler, TXTX252,549$1,238+139%

740Brookings, OROR22,621$1,241+126%

741Mountain Home, IDID29,465$1,243+163%

742Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695$1,243+114%

743Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$1,245+216%

744Carson, NVNV58,571$1,248+92%

745Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682$1,252+118%

746Spokane, WAWA608,012$1,252+138%

747Gainesville, FLFL359,036$1,253+137%

748Pinehurst, NCNC110,619$1,254+138%

749Wenatchee, WAWA128,414$1,254+133%

750Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,551$1,255+111%

751Columbus, OHOH2,242,028$1,256+120%

752Easton, MDMD38,238$1,256+128%

753Odessa, TXTX173,801$1,259+215%

754Hudson, NYNY60,168$1,260+128%

755Jacksonville, NCNC217,175$1,265+144%

756Salisbury, MDMD131,872$1,267+136%

757The Villages, FLFL157,772$1,269+210%

758Kennewick, WAWA324,334$1,272+136%

759Hailey, IDID32,436$1,272+86%

760Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191$1,276+137%

761Keene, NHNH78,269$1,276+114%

762Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219$1,277+72%

763Daphne, ALAL267,761$1,277+126%

764Ocala, FLFL442,660$1,277+149%

765Visalia, CACA485,146$1,280+148%

766Asheville, NCNC422,345$1,281+142%

767Vineland, NJNJ157,148$1,282+108%

768Albany, NYNY915,835$1,283+116%

769Shelton, WAWA71,165$1,285+122%

770Eureka, CACA131,647$1,287+140%

771Bakersfield, CACA927,068$1,300+151%

772Sonora, CACA53,160$1,302+113%

773Andrews, TXTX18,914$1,305+229%

774Sherman, TXTX153,613$1,310+153%

775Ukiah, CACA88,122$1,317+120%

776Redding, CACA181,648$1,317+134%

777Providence, RIRI1,708,161$1,318+141%

778Madison, WIWI709,685$1,319+116%

779Fallon, NVNV25,851$1,319+122%

780Albany, OROR132,843$1,320+128%

781Waterbury, CTCT463,349$1,330–

782Hanford, CACA154,327$1,331+150%

783Slidell, LALA279,108$1,332+125%

784Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527$1,340+153%

785Ellensburg, WAWA48,803$1,341+170%

786Gainesville, GAGA226,568$1,341+117%

787Merced, CACA297,260$1,343+159%

788Winchester, VAVA152,332$1,344+141%

789Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245$1,345+111%

790Wilmington, NCNC492,772$1,350+131%

791Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552$1,351+125%

792Dover, DEDE194,786$1,354+136%

793Eugene, OROR381,584$1,355+124%

794Lancaster, PAPA563,159$1,357+137%

795Sebastian, FLFL172,799$1,357+121%

796Medford, OROR221,795$1,358+127%

797Concord, NHNH158,078$1,360+122%

798Allentown, PAPA887,615$1,362+132%

799Lakeland, FLFL874,790$1,363+172%

800Norwich, CTCT284,015$1,365–

801Clearlake, CACA67,772$1,368+141%

802San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140$1,371+150%

803Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047$1,372+105%

804Los Alamos, NMNM19,407$1,375+106%

805Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808$1,378+97%

806Yuba City, CACA187,478$1,380+177%

807Amherst, MAMA164,065$1,388+120%

808Santa Fe, NMNM156,907$1,389+101%

809Salem, OROR445,814$1,391+143%

810Fresno, CACA1,203,383$1,392+159%

811East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179$1,393+112%

812Midland, TXTX193,139$1,394+204%

813Pensacola, FLFL544,949$1,405+163%

814Corvallis, OROR97,728$1,410+136%

815Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830$1,410+137%

816Ithaca, NYNY104,047$1,411+131%

817Panama City, FLFL231,174$1,412+173%

818Chico, CACA209,211$1,414+151%

819Hood River, OROR23,720$1,417+163%

820Hartford, CTCT1,171,426$1,418–

821Durham, NCNC625,485$1,419+122%

822Kingston, NYNY183,330$1,425+128%

823Worcester, MAMA888,502$1,426+146%

824Granbury, TXTX70,501$1,428+164%

825Savannah, GAGA438,314$1,434+150%

826Anchorage, AKAK405,821$1,436+97%

827Chicago, ILIL9,434,123$1,442+115%

828Juneau city and, AKAK31,609$1,444+67%

829Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295$1,446+126%

830Houston, TXTX7,904,627$1,457+145%

831Fairbanks, AKAK93,972$1,459+115%

832Portland, MEME577,635$1,460+147%

833Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214$1,463+113%

834Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212$1,464+134%

835Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368$1,473+134%

836Boise City, IDID864,243$1,473+156%

837Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864$1,492+161%

838Richmond, VAVA1,389,338$1,492+136%

839Durango, COCO56,898$1,504+130%

840Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213$1,504+142%

841Ketchikan, AKAK13,549$1,505+94%

842Hilo, HIHI210,043$1,510+134%

843Nashville, TNTN2,197,416$1,512+155%

844Deltona, FLFL746,933$1,513+149%

845Charlottesville, VAVA228,597$1,515+134%

846Ogden, UTUT672,784$1,519+155%

847Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720$1,521+124%

848Port Townsend, WAWA33,970$1,522+156%

849Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118$1,523+128%

850New Haven, CTCT578,741$1,525–

851Provo, UTUT773,426$1,530+165%

852Burlington, VTVT227,803$1,535+143%

853Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975$1,536+130%

854Greeley, COCO378,426$1,539+173%

855Bellingham, WAWA236,392$1,555+150%

856Palm Bay, FLFL663,982$1,556+158%

857St. George, UTUT213,670$1,566+164%

858Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500$1,567+153%

859Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377$1,567+147%

860Reno, NVNV578,734$1,574+136%

861Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721$1,580+152%

862Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154$1,593+105%

863Charleston, SCSC889,263$1,599+172%

864Tampa, FLFL3,418,895$1,607+167%

865Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966$1,607+143%

866Steamboat Springs, COCO38,451$1,614+158%

867Dallas, TXTX8,477,157$1,617+150%

868Manchester, NHNH433,415$1,623+134%

869Modesto, CACA557,719$1,623+166%

870Trenton, NJNJ399,289$1,623+123%

871Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226$1,626+127%

872Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377$1,639+131%

873Crestview, FLFL315,098$1,648+185%

874Bend, OROR266,376$1,653+170%

875Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182$1,660+129%

876Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657$1,662+143%

877Truckee, CACA101,911$1,677+125%

878Barnstable, MAMA233,539$1,678+132%

879Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938$1,692+157%

880Bozeman, MTMT128,740$1,694+205%

881Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781$1,700+155%

882Jackson, WYWY36,587$1,701+150%

883Colorado Springs, COCO781,796$1,702+157%

884Austin, TXTX2,620,945$1,705+138%

885Cape Coral, FLFL875,607$1,712+165%

886Rifle, COCO80,099$1,715+135%

887Fort Collins, COCO377,292$1,716+153%

888Portland, OROR2,542,282$1,719+156%

889Stockton, CACA823,815$1,734+181%

890Lacey, WAWA304,261$1,736+165%

891Orlando, FLFL2,957,672$1,744+154%

892North Port, FLFL948,158$1,747+158%

893Lexington Park, MDMD211,176$1,752+126%

894Bremerton, WAWA283,374$1,822+173%

895Breckenridge, COCO39,069$1,826+130%

896Sacramento, CACA2,477,274$1,838+170%

897Riverside, CACA4,769,007$1,854+184%

898Naples, FLFL417,131$1,862+147%

899Kapaa, HIHI73,400$1,870+153%

900Miami, FLFL6,391,072$1,875+167%

901Denver, COCO3,092,037$1,890+157%

902New York, NYNY20,112,448$1,903+141%

903Kahului, HIHI160,674$1,916+143%

904Bridgeport, CTCT978,179$1,916–

905Boulder, COCO328,560$1,966+138%

906San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367$1,992+177%

907Heber, UTUT81,655$1,993+135%

908Seattle, WAWA4,161,883$1,997+174%

909Key West, FLFL80,406$1,999+144%

910Boston, MAMA5,034,221$2,008+160%

911Edwards, COCO54,291$2,019+100%

912Washington, DCDC6,465,724$2,028+143%

913Salinas, CACA433,729$2,055+165%

914Los Angeles, CACA12,844,441$2,071+175%

915Honolulu, HIHI988,703$2,083+160%

916Santa Maria, CACA442,065$2,131+157%

917Santa Rosa, CACA486,444$2,158+150%

918Vallejo, CACA455,376$2,163+171%

919Nantucket, MAMA14,758$2,213+118%

920Napa, CACA132,949$2,237+173%

921San Diego, CACA3,282,248$2,246+195%

922Santa Cruz, CACA258,852$2,264+145%

923Oxnard, CACA830,851$2,317+160%

924San Francisco, CACA4,630,041$2,490+163%

925San Jose, CACA1,984,473$2,827+141%

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES