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Metro Areas by Median Gross Rent

Median gross rent includes rent plus utilities paid by renters. It's the most direct measure of housing affordability for non-owners.

All 935 metro areas ranked by Median Gross Rent, from highest to lowest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Metro Areas Median Gross Rent ↓
1 ZIP Code 22060 $3,154
2 ZIP Code 11020 $2,845
3 ZIP Code 11980 $2,814
4 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area $2,794
5 ZIP Code 10580 $2,764
6 ZIP Code 33180 $2,480
7 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area $2,426
8 ZIP Code 22180 $2,335
9 ZIP Code 11360 $2,329
10 ZIP Code 11940 $2,273
11 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area $2,248
12 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area $2,172
13 ZIP Code 41740 $2,154
14 Napa, CA Metro Area $2,141
15 Vallejo, CA Metro Area $2,088
16 ZIP Code 12540 $2,077
17 ZIP Code 21140 $2,071
18 ZIP Code 20180 $2,071
19 Nantucket, MA Micro Area $2,070
20 Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area $2,054
21 ZIP Code 32820 $2,053
22 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area $2,050
23 ZIP Code 12060 $2,043
24 Edwards, CO Micro Area $2,032
25 ZIP Code 11420 $2,032
26 ZIP Code 33140 $2,020
27 Salinas, CA Metro Area $1,995
28 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area $1,987
29 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area $1,975
30 Heber, UT Micro Area $1,941
31 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area $1,940
32 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area $1,932
33 ZIP Code 32940 $1,904
34 Boulder, CO Metro Area $1,893
35 ZIP Code 27980 $1,863
36 ZIP Code 11580 $1,852
37 Kapaa, HI Micro Area $1,810
38 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area $1,805
39 ZIP Code 20740 $1,788
40 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area $1,770
41 ZIP Code 40140 $1,756
42 Naples-Marco Island, FL Metro Area $1,752
43 ZIP Code 10980 $1,748
44 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area $1,729
45 ZIP Code 27540 $1,718
46 ZIP Code 23060 $1,696
47 Lexington Park, MD Metro Area $1,694
48 ZIP Code 11220 $1,688
49 ZIP Code 31820 $1,655
50 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area $1,654
51 ZIP Code 12420 $1,646
52 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area $1,637
53 Rifle, CO Micro Area $1,637
54 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area $1,635
55 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area $1,634
56 Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area $1,633
57 ZIP Code 21640 $1,625
58 ZIP Code 19460 $1,622
59 ZIP Code 21220 $1,621
60 ZIP Code 21060 $1,620
61 ZIP Code 10940 $1,600
62 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area $1,597
63 Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area $1,596
64 Jackson, WY-ID Micro Area $1,577
65 ZIP Code 23140 $1,575
66 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area $1,568
67 ZIP Code 12020 $1,562
68 ZIP Code 30620 $1,555
69 Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA Micro Area $1,544
70 ZIP Code 22840 $1,536
71 Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area $1,532
72 ZIP Code 15540 $1,531
73 ZIP Code 30340 $1,529
74 Modesto, CA Metro Area $1,528
75 ZIP Code 16820 $1,528
76 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area $1,518
77 ZIP Code 19810 $1,517
78 Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area $1,515
79 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area $1,509
80 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metro Area $1,506
81 ZIP Code 29420 $1,506
82 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area $1,497
83 ZIP Code 18020 $1,493
84 ZIP Code 38940 $1,491
85 Reno, NV Metro Area $1,491
86 Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area $1,488
87 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area $1,486
88 ZIP Code 38060 $1,478
89 ZIP Code 37220 $1,468
90 Bellingham, WA Metro Area $1,465
91 St. George, UT Metro Area $1,464
92 ZIP Code 30180 $1,464
93 New Haven, CT Metro Area $1,463
94 Juneau, AK Micro Area $1,462
95 Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area $1,459
96 ZIP Code 12520 $1,457
97 ZIP Code 37340 $1,456
98 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area $1,448
99 ZIP Code 33020 $1,444
100 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area $1,439