Which metro area has the lowest median gross rent?

Middlesborough, KY ranks #1 with $399 (2010 American Community Survey).

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

Middlesborough, KY, Huron, SD, Town of Pecos, TX, Rio Grande City-Roma, TX, Elkins, WV.

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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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

501Palestine, TXTX59,805$647+42%

502Casper, WYWY80,526$648+58%

503Rapid City, SDSD156,934$648+34%

504Helena, MTMT97,153$648+45%

505Chattanooga, TNTN594,530$648+33%

506Billings, MTMT193,603$649+38%

507Huntsville, ALAL556,444$649+35%

508Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599$649+48%

509Brevard, NCNC34,211$649+39%

510Green Bay, WIWI336,756$649+29%

511Owatonna, MNMN37,464$650+38%

512Cañon City, COCO50,039$650+31%

513Peoria, ILIL363,505$650+36%

514Frankfort, ININ33,322$651+32%

515Odessa, TXTX173,801$651+63%

516Rocky Mount, NCNC148,486$652+38%

517Macomb, ILIL25,916$652+66%

518Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,691$652+41%

519Pueblo, COCO169,277$652+33%

520Cody, WYWY31,171$652+50%

521Twin Falls, IDID123,901$652+34%

522Warrensburg, MOMO56,670$653+37%

523Menomonie, WIWI46,223$653+42%

524Lawton, OKOK127,590$654+47%

525San Angelo, TXTX122,065$654+43%

526Aberdeen, WAWA78,144$655+31%

527Cortland, NYNY45,850$655+39%

528Nogales, AZAZ50,020$655+38%

529Branson, MOMO57,001$655+36%

530Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,850$655+50%

531Staunton, VAVA129,692$656+34%

532Pinehurst, NCNC110,619$657+24%

533Walla Walla, WAWA62,361$657+35%

534Athens, OHOH63,197$657+40%

535Sandusky, OHOH112,777$657+32%

536Mountain Home, IDID29,465$658+39%

537Washington Court House, OHOH28,552$658+35%

538Greenville, SCSC1,014,101$658+30%

539Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138$659+38%

540Sidney, OHOH48,065$659+32%

541Evansville, ININ273,786$659+44%

542Appleton, WIWI249,876$659+26%

543Lincoln, NENE352,081$661+28%

544Seneca Falls, NYNY32,883$661+27%

545Milledgeville, GAGA44,029$661+38%

546Flint, MIMI401,093$662+31%

547Hot Springs, ARAR99,695$662+38%

548Idaho Falls, IDID173,851$662+41%

549St. Cloud, MNMN205,854$662+40%

550Uvalde, TXTX24,963$663+60%

551Saginaw, MIMI187,688$663+33%

552Monticello, ININ25,164$664+26%

553Michigan City, ININ111,294$664+34%

554Franklin, KYKY20,788$665+42%

555Louisville, KYKY1,402,509$665+36%

556Wichita Falls, TXTX149,448$666+40%

557Amsterdam, NYNY50,046$666+44%

558Lake Charles, LALA244,655$666+49%

559Red Wing, MNMN48,195$667+40%

560Warsaw, ININ80,892$667+33%

561Cheyenne, WYWY102,938$668+41%

562Seymour, ININ47,370$668+35%

563Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638$668+32%

564Lake City, FLFL74,094$669+49%

565Sevierville, TNTN101,342$669+30%

566Bangor, MEME157,967$669+43%

567Springfield, ILIL206,033$669+34%

568Corsicana, TXTX57,181$670+48%

569Rome, GAGA101,378$670+41%

570Batavia, NYNY58,416$670+30%

571Sheridan, WYWY33,241$670+53%

572Shreveport, LALA383,474$670+46%

573Greensboro, NCNC805,945$671+24%

574Victoria, TXTX99,864$672+36%

575Greenville, NCNC182,936$672+43%

576Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273$672+37%

577Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653$672+32%

578Ames, IAIA128,090$673+24%

579Beaumont, TXTX399,310$673+41%

580South Bend, ININ324,538$675+29%

581Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795$675+28%

582Picayune, MSMS59,363$675+60%

583Valdosta, GAGA153,276$676+45%

584Fort Morgan, COCO30,306$676+40%

585Amarillo, TXTX276,235$676+43%

586Alexandria, LALA147,952$676+59%

587Jackson, MIMI159,552$678+34%

588Oxford, MSMS71,972$678+49%

589Mankato, MNMN104,907$679+39%

590Chambersburg, PAPA160,652$680+49%

591Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813$681+41%

592Longview, WAWA114,885$681+31%

593Klamath Falls, OROR70,274$681+43%

594Rockford, ILIL337,242$682+32%

595Lexington, KYKY535,174$682+32%

596Greencastle, ININ37,876$682+48%

597El Centro, CACA181,411$682+35%

598Augusta, GAGA641,231$683+38%

599Rochester, MNMN231,184$683+36%

600Farmington, NMNM120,340$683+49%

601Hammond, LALA141,346$683+60%

602Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,553$684+48%

603Ottawa, KSKS26,299$684+47%

604Fayetteville, ARAR622,177$684+36%

605Wenatchee, WAWA128,414$685+27%

606Roanoke, VAVA316,547$685+40%

607Waynesville, NCNC63,369$685+51%

608The Villages, FLFL157,772$688+68%

609Beeville, TXTX32,515$688+65%

610Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014$690+52%

611Laredo, TXTX281,224$690+54%

612Newport, OROR50,636$691+20%

613Abilene, TXTX185,429$691+52%

614Bloomington, ILIL171,419$692+30%

615Grants Pass, OROR87,867$692+30%

616St. Simons, GAGA118,524$693+41%

617Roseburg, OROR111,951$693+42%

618Des Moines, IAIA758,539$693+27%

619Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645$693+27%

620Spokane, WAWA608,012$694+32%

621Lufkin, TXTX88,154$695+51%

622Mobile, ALAL411,658$695+46%

623Elkhart, ININ208,774$695+28%

624Clarksville, TNTN349,001$696+38%

625Payson, AZAZ53,801$696+39%

626Janesville, WIWI166,472$698+29%

627Syracuse, NYNY652,273$698+30%

628Burlington, NCNC186,177$699+25%

629Huntsville, TXTX83,842$699+37%

630Morehead City, NCNC70,469$699+37%

631Columbia, MOMO219,062$699+39%

632Dayton, OHOH826,554$699+30%

633Baraboo, WIWI66,652$700+38%

634Lafayette, ININ228,468$700+29%

635Ruidoso, NMNM19,844$701+50%

636Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137$701+44%

637Missoula, MTMT128,698$701+33%

638Hood River, OROR23,720$702+30%

639Wilson, NCNC81,150$704+50%

640Beaver Dam, WIWI89,097$704+33%

641Cambridge, MDMD33,628$704+54%

642Centralia, WAWA88,062$704+28%

643Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858$705+35%

644Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775$707+28%

645Lubbock, TXTX368,431$707+46%

646Little Rock, ARAR777,607$707+35%

647Kalispell, MTMT115,429$707+46%

648Racine, WIWI198,919$708+29%

649New Bern, NCNC127,358$710+46%

650Kennewick, WAWA324,334$711+32%

651Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,332$713+52%

652Petoskey, MIMI33,775$713+39%

653Asheville, NCNC422,345$713+35%

654Jefferson, GAGA99,265$714+43%

655Bloomington, ININ165,231$714+31%

656Champaign, ILIL239,979$715+36%

657Pittsfield, MAMA128,224$715+43%

658Sebring, FLFL111,122$715+49%

659Arcadia, FLFL37,078$715+62%

660Waco, TXTX308,807$715+48%

661Sandpoint, IDID54,420$716+38%

662Sherman, TXTX153,613$716+38%

663Baton Rouge, LALA888,699$716+52%

664Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791$717+58%

665Columbus, GAGA324,830$717+52%

666Taos, NMNM34,564$718+35%

667Iowa City, IAIA182,711$719+33%

668Bennington, VTVT36,630$720+34%

669Astoria, OROR40,926$720+33%

670Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,912$720+47%

671College Station, TXTX287,476$721+31%

672Kankakee, ILIL105,525$721+34%

673Athens, GAGA224,148$722+37%

674Brenham, TXTX38,288$725+51%

675Akron, OHOH701,780$726+33%

676Lansing, MIMI479,722$726+34%

677Rutland, VTVT59,653$727+41%

678Kerrville, TXTX54,037$728+36%

679Gettysburg, PAPA107,594$728+43%

680Watertown, WIWI86,505$729+29%

681Faribault, MNMN69,939$729+40%

682Omaha, NENE1,009,836$730+34%

683Yuma, AZAZ224,449$730+44%

684Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766$730+47%

685Salem, OROR445,814$731+28%

686Columbus, ININ85,729$731+28%

687Brattleboro, VTVT45,204$731+32%

688Rochester, NYNY1,056,149$732+24%

689Monroe, MIMI156,004$733+34%

690Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201$733+49%

691Oneonta, NYNY60,589$733+51%

692Hagerstown, MDMD315,280$734+51%

693Jackson, MSMS609,847$735+49%

694Warner Robins, GAGA208,091$736+38%

695St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421$736+37%

696Albany, OROR132,843$737+27%

697Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685$737+35%

698Columbia, SCSC879,918$738+37%

699Montgomery, ALAL388,747$738+44%

700Gainesville, TXTX44,461$739+61%

701Corvallis, OROR97,728$740+24%

702Boone, NCNC54,786$740+35%

703Albuquerque, NMNM925,279$741+30%

704Springfield, MAMA464,338$741+39%

705Columbus, OHOH2,242,028$742+30%

706Reading, PAPA440,072$743+36%

707Manhattan, KSKS136,122$745+59%

708Elko, NVNV56,682$747+29%

709York, PAPA473,197$748+41%

710Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155$749+55%

711Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666$749+57%

712Boise City, IDID864,243$750+30%

713Harrisburg, PAPA617,427$750+35%

714Hudson, NYNY60,168$751+36%

715Glens Falls, NYNY124,373$751+41%

716Tyler, TXTX252,549$752+45%

717Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830$754+27%

718Visalia, CACA485,146$755+46%

719Midland, TXTX193,139$755+65%

720Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695$756+30%

721Ellensburg, WAWA48,803$757+52%

722Brookings, OROR22,621$757+38%

723Clewiston, FLFL61,546$759+59%

724Whitewater, WIWI106,127$761+29%

725Hinesville, GAGA91,870$763+47%

726San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140$764+39%

727Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682$764+33%

728Port Angeles, WAWA78,202$766+44%

729Ogden, UTUT672,784$766+29%

730Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864$768+35%

731Traverse City, MIMI156,972$768+34%

732Port Townsend, WAWA33,970$769+29%

733Eugene, OROR381,584$769+27%

734Watertown, NYNY111,540$769+58%

735Red Bluff, CACA64,665$770+58%

736Greeley, COCO378,426$770+37%

737Provo, UTUT773,426$772+33%

738Memphis, TNTN1,341,412$772+40%

739Fayetteville, NCNC395,412$774+35%

740Durham, NCNC625,485$776+21%

741Lawrence, KSKS120,920$779+39%

742Nashville, TNTN2,197,416$780+31%

743Barre, VTVT59,652$780+50%

744Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191$782+45%

745Fallon, NVNV25,851$782+31%

746Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010$784+29%

747State College, PAPA157,393$784+39%

748Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527$787+49%

749Kenosha, WIWI168,448$787+34%

750Montrose, COCO44,591$788+51%

751Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,551$788+33%

752Okeechobee, FLFL42,608$788+62%

753Shelton, WAWA71,165$789+36%

754Lancaster, PAPA563,159$789+38%

755Kingsland, GAGA60,143$789+43%

756Detroit, MIMI4,390,913$789+32%

757Bishop, CACA18,158$793+54%

758Gillette, WYWY48,145$795+72%

759Monticello, NYNY80,586$795+46%

760Bellingham, WAWA236,392$798+28%

761Merced, CACA297,260$798+54%

762Rock Springs, WYWY41,267$801+87%

763Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,102$801+43%

764Madison, WIWI709,685$801+31%

765Jacksonville, NCNC217,175$802+55%

766Greenfield, MAMA70,698$805+49%

767Bozeman, MTMT128,740$807+45%

768Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459$808+41%

769Bakersfield, CACA927,068$810+56%

770Grand Junction, COCO162,845$810+54%

771Wilmington, NCNC492,772$811+39%

772Killeen, TXTX511,497$814+51%

773Medford, OROR221,795$814+36%

774Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377$814+29%

775Hanford, CACA154,327$815+53%

776Gainesville, FLFL359,036$817+55%

777Laconia, NHNH65,147$817+39%

778Gainesville, GAGA226,568$817+32%

779Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720$819+21%

780Colorado Springs, COCO781,796$819+24%

781Daphne, ALAL267,761$821+45%

782Gulfport, MSMS431,329$822+56%

783Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442$823+87%

784Fresno, CACA1,203,383$825+53%

785Albany, NYNY915,835$826+39%

786Eureka, CACA131,647$827+54%

787Allentown, PAPA887,615$827+41%

788Lebanon, NHNH224,500$827+52%

789Ocala, FLFL442,660$829+62%

790Bend, OROR266,376$829+35%

791Granbury, TXTX70,501$832+54%

792Yuba City, CACA187,478$832+67%

793Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552$834+39%

794Lakeland, FLFL874,790$835+67%

795Hailey, IDID32,436$835+22%

796Portland, MEME577,635$841+42%

797Tallahassee, FLFL397,442$844+51%

798Pensacola, FLFL544,949$844+58%

799Houston, TXTX7,904,627$845+42%

800Crescent City, CACA26,410$845+63%

801Clearlake, CACA67,772$845+49%

802Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295$847+32%

803Portland, OROR2,542,282$849+26%

804Fort Collins, COCO377,292$849+25%

805Ithaca, NYNY104,047$851+39%

806Pahrump, NVNV57,336$852+57%

807Providence, RIRI1,708,161$853+56%

808Amherst, MAMA164,065$853+35%

809Panama City, FLFL231,174$854+65%

810Dallas, TXTX8,477,157$855+32%

811Redding, CACA181,648$857+52%

812Chico, CACA209,211$861+53%

813Charleston, SCSC889,263$862+47%

814Worcester, MAMA888,502$862+49%

815Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214$866+26%

816Santa Fe, NMNM156,907$866+26%

817New Orleans, LALA970,849$866+70%

818Savannah, GAGA438,314$868+51%

819Vineland, NJNJ157,148$869+41%

820Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975$872+31%

821Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083$879+51%

822St. George, UTUT213,670$880+48%

823Salisbury, MDMD131,872$882+65%

824Jackson, WYWY36,587$884+30%

825Carson, NVNV58,571$885+36%

826Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368$888+41%

827Ukiah, CACA88,122$888+48%

828Winchester, VAVA152,332$888+59%

829Susanville, CACA28,117$895+60%

830Tampa, FLFL3,418,895$896+49%

831Seaford, DEDE277,140$896+77%

832Palm Bay, FLFL663,982$897+49%

833Austin, TXTX2,620,945$898+25%

834Sebastian, FLFL172,799$899+46%

835Sonora, CACA53,160$901+47%

836Concord, NHNH158,078$902+47%

837Denver, COCO3,092,037$902+23%

838Deltona, FLFL746,933$904+49%

839Keene, NHNH78,269$906+52%

840Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938$906+38%

841Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500$909+47%

842Chicago, ILIL9,434,123$910+36%

843Richmond, VAVA1,389,338$910+44%

844Vernal, UTUT38,278$911+116%

845Reno, NVNV578,734$912+37%

846Easton, MDMD38,238$912+65%

847Bremerton, WAWA283,374$914+37%

848Dover, DEDE194,786$916+60%

849Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182$916+26%

850Burlington, VTVT227,803$922+46%

851Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212$927+48%

852Lacey, WAWA304,261$928+42%

853Heber, UTUT81,655$930+10%

854East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179$936+42%

855Kingston, NYNY183,330$939+50%

856Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657$941+38%

857Modesto, CACA557,719$941+54%

858Charlottesville, VAVA228,597$942+46%

859Durango, COCO56,898$944+44%

860Slidell, LALA279,108$944+59%

861Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118$944+41%

862Crestview, FLFL315,098$945+63%

863Ketchikan, AKAK13,549$956+23%

864Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966$958+45%

865Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047$960+43%

866Cape Coral, FLFL875,607$962+49%

867Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808$968+38%

868North Port, FLFL948,158$970+43%

869Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213$972+56%

870Stockton, CACA823,815$972+58%

871Los Alamos, NMNM19,407$974+46%

872Seattle, WAWA4,161,883$976+34%

873Steamboat Springs, COCO38,451$982+57%

874Boulder, COCO328,560$986+20%

875Anchorage, AKAK405,821$988+35%

876Orlando, FLFL2,957,672$993+45%

877Manchester, NHNH433,415$1,007+45%

878Hilo, HIHI210,043$1,009+56%

879Fairbanks, AKAK93,972$1,009+49%

880Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721$1,010+61%

881Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245$1,010+58%

882Sacramento, CACA2,477,274$1,021+50%

883Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154$1,027+32%

884Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377$1,034+45%

885Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226$1,036+45%

886Trenton, NJNJ399,289$1,046+44%

887Naples, FLFL417,131$1,054+40%

888Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781$1,069+60%

889Miami, FLFL6,391,072$1,074+53%

890Barnstable, MAMA233,539$1,075+49%

891Juneau city and, AKAK31,609$1,084+26%

892Riverside, CACA4,769,007$1,089+67%

893Rifle, COCO80,099$1,100+51%

894Breckenridge, COCO39,069$1,105+39%

895San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367$1,118+55%

896Truckee, CACA101,911$1,119+50%

897Salinas, CACA433,729$1,123+45%

898Boston, MAMA5,034,221$1,129+46%

899Lexington Park, MDMD211,176$1,160+50%

900New York, NYNY20,112,448$1,170+48%

901Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219$1,180+59%

902Kapaa, HIHI73,400$1,187+61%

903Los Angeles, CACA12,844,441$1,189+58%

904Vallejo, CACA455,376$1,195+50%

905Santa Rosa, CACA486,444$1,201+39%

906Napa, CACA132,949$1,211+48%

907Edwards, COCO54,291$1,225+22%

908San Diego, CACA3,282,248$1,228+61%

909Key West, FLFL80,406$1,257+53%

910Santa Maria, CACA442,065$1,265+52%

911Santa Cruz, CACA258,852$1,266+37%

912San Francisco, CACA4,630,041$1,296+37%

913Washington, DCDC6,465,724$1,308+57%

914Honolulu, HIHI988,703$1,312+64%

915Kahului, HIHI160,674$1,312+67%

916Oxnard, CACA830,851$1,391+56%

917San Jose, CACA1,984,473$1,394+19%

918Nantucket, MAMA14,758$1,714+69%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES