Which metro area has the lowest median gross rent?

Middlesborough, KY ranks #1 with $399 (2010 Decennial Census).

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 Decennial Census data.

How is median gross rent measured?

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

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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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