Which metro area has the lowest median gross rent?

Zapata, TX ranks #1 with $513 (2020 Decennial Census).

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

Zapata, TX, Deming, NM, Escanaba, MI, Greenwood, MS, Middlesborough, KY.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 Decennial Census data.

How is median gross rent measured?

Median gross rent across all renter-occupied units. Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census.

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

501Moses Lake, WAWA105,727$813+71%

502Warrensburg, MOMO56,670$813+71%

503Twin Falls, IDID123,901$814+67%

504Enid, OKOK61,779$814+87%

505Appleton, WIWI249,876$814+55%

506Winnemucca, NVNV17,267$815+53%

507Spartanburg, SCSC407,656$816+72%

508Sterling, COCO20,654$816+81%

509Cedar City, UTUT67,141$816+74%

510Borger, TXTX19,633$817+116%

511Dumas, TXTX21,891$818+101%

512Laramie, WYWY38,558$818+76%

513Idaho Falls, IDID173,851$820+74%

514Elkhart, ININ208,774$820+52%

515Evansville, ININ273,786$820+79%

516La Crosse, WIWI171,182$820+86%

517Lake City, FLFL74,094$821+83%

518Pahrump, NVNV57,336$821+52%

519The Dalles, OROR26,310$821+68%

520Burlington, NCNC186,177$822+48%

521Sparta, WIWI46,572$822+81%

522Menomonie, WIWI46,223$822+78%

523Lake Charles, LALA244,655$823+84%

524Bangor, MEME157,967$823+76%

525Thomasville, GAGA72,958$823+97%

526Safford, AZAZ40,157$824+84%

527Othello, WAWA21,488$824+92%

528Springfield, ILIL206,033$824+65%

529Port Lavaca, TXTX19,599$825+88%

530Red Wing, MNMN48,195$825+73%

531Lufkin, TXTX88,154$826+79%

532Buffalo, NYNY1,155,653$827+62%

533Bemidji, MNMN47,055$827+100%

534Oneonta, NYNY60,589$827+71%

535Dayton, OHOH826,554$827+54%

536Wichita, KSKS663,809$827+65%

537Aberdeen, WAWA78,144$828+66%

538Hammond, LALA141,346$828+94%

539Eau Claire, WIWI176,647$828+76%

540Palestine, TXTX59,805$829+82%

541Muscatine, IAIA41,853$829+80%

542Petoskey, MIMI33,775$829+62%

543Beaver Dam, WIWI89,097$830+57%

544Garden City, KSKS37,505$831+69%

545Greensboro, NCNC805,945$831+53%

546Mineral Wells, TXTX30,791$832+83%

547Auburn, ALAL208,013$832+93%

548Logan, UTUT160,889$833+65%

549Spirit Lake, IAIA18,077$833+100%

550Okeechobee, FLFL42,608$833+71%

551Hattiesburg, MSMS158,014$833+84%

552Pittsburgh, PAPA2,421,992$833+76%

553Cleveland, OHOH2,165,775$833+51%

554Uvalde, TXTX24,963$834+101%

555Rockford, ILIL337,242$834+62%

556Plattsburgh, NYNY78,138$835+74%

557Payson, AZAZ53,801$836+67%

558Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,063$836+94%

559Fargo, NDND269,528$838+86%

560Holland, MIMI123,188$838+63%

561Longview, TXTX297,315$838+87%

562Roanoke, VAVA316,547$838+72%

563Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,102$839+50%

564Sioux Falls, SDSD314,638$841+67%

565Bloomington, ILIL171,419$842+58%

566Pullman, WAWA48,512$842+75%

567Houma, LALA199,668$842+94%

568Rutland, VTVT59,653$843+63%

569Franklin, KYKY20,788$844+80%

570St. Cloud, MNMN205,854$844+78%

571Coos Bay, OROR63,992$845+69%

572Little Rock, ARAR777,607$846+62%

573Casper, WYWY80,526$846+107%

574La Grande, OROR25,900$846+74%

575Kalamazoo, MIMI263,795$846+60%

576St. Simons, GAGA118,524$846+73%

577Helena, MTMT97,153$847+89%

578El Centro, CACA181,411$847+68%

579Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,666$847+77%

580Bay City, TXTX36,463$851+107%

581Yuma, AZAZ224,449$851+68%

582Laredo, TXTX281,224$851+90%

583Knoxville, TNTN968,137$851+86%

584Rock Springs, WYWY41,267$852+99%

585Huntsville, ALAL556,444$852+77%

586Clovis, NMNM65,270$853+105%

587Pueblo, COCO169,277$853+74%

588Cañon City, COCO50,039$853+72%

589Chattanooga, TNTN594,530$854+76%

590Shreveport, LALA383,474$854+86%

591Bennington, VTVT36,630$854+59%

592Jefferson, GAGA99,265$854+70%

593El Paso, TXTX881,291$854+83%

594Lafayette, ININ228,468$855+58%

595Columbia, MOMO219,062$857+70%

596Beaumont, TXTX399,310$857+80%

597Taos, NMNM34,564$857+61%

598Akron, OHOH701,780$858+57%

599Tulsa, OKOK1,069,273$858+76%

600Town of Pecos, TXTX12,138$859+155%

601Bonham, TXTX39,265$859+99%

602Sheridan, WYWY33,241$859+96%

603Waco, TXTX308,807$859+78%

604Champaign, ILIL239,979$859+64%

605Janesville, WIWI166,472$860+58%

606Beeville, TXTX32,515$860+107%

607Syracuse, NYNY652,273$861+60%

608Elmira, NYNY80,415$862+75%

609Cambridge, MDMD33,628$865+90%

610Yakima, WAWA259,185$868+63%

611Lincoln, NENE352,081$868+69%

612Watertown, WIWI86,505$869+54%

613Big Spring, TXTX30,504$869+110%

614Mobile, ALAL411,658$869+83%

615Mountain Home, IDID29,465$869+84%

616Monroe, MIMI156,004$870+58%

617Roseburg, OROR111,951$870+78%

618Staunton, VAVA129,692$873+78%

619Bismarck, NDND139,750$873+102%

620New Bern, NCNC127,358$873+79%

621Racine, WIWI198,919$874+59%

622Louisville, KYKY1,402,509$874+78%

623Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,858$877+69%

624Fayetteville, ARAR622,177$878+75%

625Lebanon, PAPA146,380$879+87%

626Greenville, SCSC1,014,101$882+75%

627Faribault, MNMN69,939$882+70%

628Lexington, KYKY535,174$883+71%

629Brattleboro, VTVT45,204$883+60%

630Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,813$883+82%

631Ames, IAIA128,090$884+63%

632Gillette, WYWY48,145$884+91%

633Kalispell, MTMT115,429$884+83%

634Rapid City, SDSD156,934$884+83%

635Athens, GAGA224,148$885+68%

636Jackson, MSMS609,847$886+80%

637Monticello, NYNY80,586$886+63%

638Fallon, NVNV25,851$888+49%

639Columbus, GAGA324,830$888+88%

640Pinehurst, NCNC110,619$889+68%

641Amarillo, TXTX276,235$890+88%

642Gulfport, MSMS431,329$891+69%

643Lansing, MIMI479,722$892+64%

644Abilene, TXTX185,429$892+97%

645Huntsville, TXTX83,842$893+75%

646San Angelo, TXTX122,065$894+95%

647Pittsfield, MAMA128,224$894+79%

648Longview, WAWA114,885$895+73%

649Brookings, OROR22,621$896+63%

650Blacksburg, VAVA181,616$896+92%

651Missoula, MTMT128,698$897+71%

652Mankato, MNMN104,907$897+84%

653Billings, MTMT193,603$898+91%

654Glens Falls, NYNY124,373$898+68%

655Kingsville, TXTX30,315$898+101%

656Whitewater, WIWI106,127$899+53%

657Fort Morgan, COCO30,306$902+87%

658Chambersburg, PAPA160,652$905+99%

659Minot, NDND75,694$905+131%

660Kankakee, ILIL105,525$906+68%

661Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,645$908+67%

662Warner Robins, GAGA208,091$909+71%

663Sherman, TXTX153,613$909+75%

664Hobbs, NMNM74,749$911+135%

665Rochester, NYNY1,056,149$912+54%

666Sandpoint, IDID54,420$913+76%

667Birmingham, ALAL1,197,766$913+84%

668Traverse City, MIMI156,972$913+60%

669Cody, WYWY31,171$914+110%

670Oxford, MSMS71,972$914+101%

671Clarksville, TNTN349,001$916+81%

672Montgomery, ALAL388,747$916+79%

673Anderson Creek, NCNC150,137$916+88%

674Centralia, WAWA88,062$916+66%

675Bloomington, ININ165,231$917+69%

676Lubbock, TXTX368,431$918+89%

677Springfield, MAMA464,338$920+72%

678Morehead City, NCNC70,469$921+80%

679Albuquerque, NMNM925,279$922+61%

680St. Louis, MOMO2,814,421$922+71%

681Kerrville, TXTX54,037$922+72%

682Brenham, TXTX38,288$922+92%

683Boone, NCNC54,786$925+69%

684Dickinson, NDND39,142$926+182%

685Harrisonburg, VAVA140,155$928+92%

686Susanville, CACA28,117$928+65%

687Augusta, GAGA641,231$929+88%

688Baton Rouge, LALA888,699$929+97%

689Ocala, FLFL442,660$929+81%

690Victoria, TXTX99,864$929+87%

691Killeen, TXTX511,497$929+73%

692Grants Pass, OROR87,867$930+74%

693Spokane, WAWA608,012$931+77%

694Des Moines, IAIA758,539$931+70%

695Tucson, AZAZ1,074,685$931+71%

696Gettysburg, PAPA107,594$932+83%

697Columbia, SCSC879,918$932+74%

698Cheyenne, WYWY102,938$933+97%

699Rochester, MNMN231,184$933+86%

700Gainesville, TXTX44,461$934+104%

701The Villages, FLFL157,772$935+128%

702Fayetteville, NCNC395,412$937+64%

703Bishop, CACA18,158$938+82%

704Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,083$938+61%

705Barre, VTVT59,652$938+81%

706Hailey, IDID32,436$939+38%

707Kenosha, WIWI168,448$939+59%

708Columbus, ININ85,729$940+65%

709Memphis, TNTN1,341,412$941+71%

710College Station, TXTX287,476$942+71%

711Wenatchee, WAWA128,414$943+75%

712Manhattan, KSKS136,122$943+101%

713Hudson, NYNY60,168$944+71%

714Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,010$945+56%

715Newport, OROR50,636$945+64%

716Crescent City, CACA26,410$946+82%

717Walla Walla, WAWA62,361$946+94%

718Gainesville, FLFL359,036$949+80%

719Omaha, NENE1,009,836$950+75%

720Elizabeth City, NCNC42,201$951+93%

721Stephenville, TXTX43,911$951+111%

722Reading, PAPA440,072$951+74%

723Lawrence, KSKS120,920$952+70%

724Elko, NVNV56,682$953+65%

725Tyler, TXTX252,549$955+85%

726Astoria, OROR40,926$957+76%

727Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,912$958+96%

728Iowa City, IAIA182,711$958+77%

729Greenfield, MAMA70,698$959+77%

730Hagerstown, MDMD315,280$960+97%

731Port Townsend, WAWA33,970$962+62%

732Grand Junction, COCO162,845$963+83%

733Harrisburg, PAPA617,427$965+73%

734Tallahassee, FLFL397,442$967+73%

735Indianapolis, ININ2,205,695$968+67%

736Carlsbad, NMNM62,509$970+146%

737Kingsland, GAGA60,143$970+76%

738Port Angeles, WAWA78,202$971+83%

739Columbus, OHOH2,242,028$971+70%

740Asheville, NCNC422,345$972+84%

741Red Bluff, CACA64,665$972+100%

742York, PAPA473,197$972+83%

743Visalia, CACA485,146$974+89%

744Detroit, MIMI4,390,913$975+64%

745Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,551$975+64%

746Montrose, COCO44,591$980+88%

747Carson, NVNV58,571$982+51%

748Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,552$982+64%

749Gainesville, GAGA226,568$987+59%

750Kennewick, WAWA324,334$991+84%

751Fredericksburg, TXTX28,527$993+88%

752Bakersfield, CACA927,068$994+92%

753Sebastian, FLFL172,799$994+62%

754Keene, NHNH78,269$996+67%

755Kansas City, MOMO2,270,682$997+73%

756New Orleans, LALA970,849$997+96%

757Eureka, CACA131,647$1,002+87%

758Salisbury, MDMD131,872$1,003+87%

759Boise City, IDID864,243$1,005+75%

760Williston, NDND41,767$1,005+204%

761Lebanon, NHNH224,500$1,007+85%

762Hinesville, GAGA91,870$1,007+94%

763Granbury, TXTX70,501$1,009+87%

764Providence, RIRI1,708,161$1,013+85%

765Wilmington, NCNC492,772$1,014+73%

766Lakeland, FLFL874,790$1,014+102%

767Watertown, NYNY111,540$1,018+109%

768State College, PAPA157,393$1,019+80%

769Ocean Pines, MDMD54,459$1,020+78%

770Shelton, WAWA71,165$1,025+77%

771Sonora, CACA53,160$1,025+68%

772Clearlake, CACA67,772$1,028+81%

773Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,442$1,029+134%

774Jacksonville, NCNC217,175$1,029+99%

775Hanford, CACA154,327$1,030+93%

776Daphne, ALAL267,761$1,032+82%

777Fresno, CACA1,203,383$1,034+92%

778Charlotte, NCNC2,938,830$1,035+74%

779Corpus Christi, TXTX451,191$1,036+92%

780Albany, OROR132,843$1,037+79%

781Coeur d'Alene, IDID191,864$1,037+82%

782Eugene, OROR381,584$1,037+72%

783Laconia, NHNH65,147$1,039+77%

784Winchester, VAVA152,332$1,040+86%

785Punta Gorda, FLFL217,212$1,042+66%

786Albany, NYNY915,835$1,045+76%

787Salem, OROR445,814$1,045+82%

788Panama City, FLFL231,174$1,047+102%

789Seaford, DEDE277,140$1,049+107%

790Ellensburg, WAWA48,803$1,050+111%

791Lancaster, PAPA563,159$1,050+84%

792Merced, CACA297,260$1,054+103%

793Durham, NCNC625,485$1,055+65%

794Medford, OROR221,795$1,057+77%

795San Antonio, TXTX2,813,140$1,057+93%

796Yuba City, CACA187,478$1,059+113%

797Madison, WIWI709,685$1,062+74%

798Concord, NHNH158,078$1,066+74%

799Los Alamos, NMNM19,407$1,071+61%

800Pensacola, FLFL544,949$1,073+101%

801Odessa, TXTX173,801$1,073+168%

802Worcester, MAMA888,502$1,074+85%

803Redding, CACA181,648$1,075+91%

804Vineland, NJNJ157,148$1,082+76%

805Ogden, UTUT672,784$1,082+82%

806Chico, CACA209,211$1,087+93%

807Allentown, PAPA887,615$1,088+86%

808Santa Fe, NMNM156,907$1,092+58%

809Amherst, MAMA164,065$1,095+74%

810Andrews, TXTX18,914$1,095+176%

811Provo, UTUT773,426$1,095+89%

812St. George, UTUT213,670$1,099+85%

813Portland, MEME577,635$1,108+87%

814Dover, DEDE194,786$1,110+94%

815Palm Bay, FLFL663,982$1,111+84%

816Crestview, FLFL315,098$1,118+93%

817Bellingham, WAWA236,392$1,119+80%

818Kingston, NYNY183,330$1,119+79%

819Savannah, GAGA438,314$1,121+95%

820Easton, MDMD38,238$1,122+103%

821Raleigh, NCNC1,595,720$1,131+67%

822Bozeman, MTMT128,740$1,131+104%

823Ukiah, CACA88,122$1,134+89%

824Deltona, FLFL746,933$1,137+87%

825Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,245$1,137+78%

826Reno, NVNV578,734$1,137+71%

827Hood River, OROR23,720$1,138+112%

828Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,500$1,140+84%

829Nashville, TNTN2,197,416$1,141+92%

830Atlantic City, NJNJ372,047$1,141+71%

831Greeley, COCO378,426$1,143+103%

832Slidell, LALA279,108$1,143+93%

833Ithaca, NYNY104,047$1,144+87%

834Corvallis, OROR97,728$1,145+92%

835Mount Vernon, WAWA132,975$1,145+71%

836Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,295$1,146+79%

837Tampa, FLFL3,418,895$1,152+92%

838East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,179$1,154+75%

839Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,154$1,156+49%

840Ann Arbor, MIMI370,214$1,161+69%

841Houston, TXTX7,904,627$1,161+96%

842Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,377$1,163+84%

843Richmond, VAVA1,389,338$1,168+84%

844Chicago, ILIL9,434,123$1,170+74%

845Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,938$1,173+78%

846Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,226$1,181+65%

847Steamboat Springs, COCO38,451$1,182+89%

848Flagstaff, AZAZ144,368$1,185+88%

849Ketchikan, AKAK13,549$1,188+53%

850Charleston, SCSC889,263$1,191+103%

851Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,721$1,194+91%

852Durango, COCO56,898$1,195+82%

853Dallas, TXTX8,477,157$1,198+85%

854Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,118$1,202+80%

855Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,808$1,204+72%

856Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,966$1,204+82%

857Modesto, CACA557,719$1,210+98%

858Atlanta, GAGA6,482,182$1,212+67%

859Hilo, HIHI210,043$1,214+88%

860Manchester, NHNH433,415$1,217+75%

861Bend, OROR266,376$1,219+99%

862Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,213$1,222+97%

863Burlington, VTVT227,803$1,225+94%

864Cape Coral, FLFL875,607$1,225+90%

865Midland, TXTX193,139$1,230+168%

866Colorado Springs, COCO781,796$1,230+86%

867Charlottesville, VAVA228,597$1,249+93%

868Anchorage, AKAK405,821$1,258+72%

869Jackson, WYWY36,587$1,258+85%

870Oak Harbor, WAWA85,657$1,260+84%

871Juneau city and, AKAK31,609$1,262+46%

872Orlando, FLFL2,957,672$1,263+84%

873North Port, FLFL948,158$1,267+87%

874Rifle, COCO80,099$1,269+74%

875Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,377$1,270+79%

876Lacey, WAWA304,261$1,275+95%

877Stockton, CACA823,815$1,286+108%

878Fairbanks, AKAK93,972$1,297+91%

879Trenton, NJNJ399,289$1,311+80%

880Truckee, CACA101,911$1,315+76%

881Austin, TXTX2,620,945$1,315+84%

882Portland, OROR2,542,282$1,334+98%

883Fort Collins, COCO377,292$1,340+98%

884Bremerton, WAWA283,374$1,349+102%

885Barnstable, MAMA233,539$1,362+88%

886Naples, FLFL417,131$1,374+82%

887Breckenridge, COCO39,069$1,379+73%

888Sacramento, CACA2,477,274$1,383+103%

889Baltimore, MDMD2,857,781$1,390+109%

890Riverside, CACA4,769,007$1,395+113%

891Miami, FLFL6,391,072$1,411+101%

892Kapaa, HIHI73,400$1,423+93%

893Lexington Park, MDMD211,176$1,447+87%

894Heber, UTUT81,655$1,458+72%

895Denver, COCO3,092,037$1,464+99%

896San Luis Obispo, CACA282,367$1,535+113%

897Kahului, HIHI160,674$1,543+96%

898Boston, MAMA5,034,221$1,547+100%

899New York, NYNY20,112,448$1,547+96%

900Seattle, WAWA4,161,883$1,576+116%

901Boulder, COCO328,560$1,582+92%

902Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,219$1,589+114%

903Salinas, CACA433,729$1,600+106%

904Edwards, COCO54,291$1,611+60%

905Los Angeles, CACA12,844,441$1,629+116%

906Vallejo, CACA455,376$1,684+111%

907Washington, DCDC6,465,724$1,697+103%

908Santa Maria, CACA442,065$1,697+104%

909Key West, FLFL80,406$1,714+109%

910San Diego, CACA3,282,248$1,732+128%

911Santa Rosa, CACA486,444$1,743+102%

912Napa, CACA132,949$1,775+117%

913Honolulu, HIHI988,703$1,779+122%

914Nantucket, MAMA14,758$1,781+75%

915Santa Cruz, CACA258,852$1,843+99%

916Oxnard, CACA830,851$1,854+108%

917San Francisco, CACA4,630,041$2,030+115%

918San Jose, CACA1,984,473$2,359+101%

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