Data / Median gross rent (monthly)

Median gross rent (monthly)

Monthly gross rent of renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars of the last year of the period. Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated cost of utilities and fuels paid by the renter. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A median, not an average, of what all renters pay, including long-standing leases, so it is lower than asking rents for new listings. Medians outside the published range are coded 99 (under 100) or 3,501 (3,500 or more) and marked as estimated.

Rankings

US states by median gross rent (monthly), 2024

Top 15. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

CaliforniaCalifornia: 2,036 USD2,036HawaiiHawaii: 1,971 USD1,971District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia: 1,954 USD1,954MassachusettsMassachusetts: 1,762 USD1,762ColoradoColorado: 1,761 USD1,761WashingtonWashington: 1,760 USD1,760New JerseyNew Jersey: 1,720 USD1,720MarylandMaryland: 1,705 USD1,705FloridaFlorida: 1,669 USD1,669New YorkNew York: 1,621 USD1,621NevadaNevada: 1,597 USD1,597VirginiaVirginia: 1,579 USD1,579ArizonaArizona: 1,543 USD1,543OregonOregon: 1,525 USD1,525UtahUtah: 1,496 USD1,496

Full ranking of states

Places with data

Published for countries, regions and states, provinces and counties.

Countries

Regions and states

Provinces and counties

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Which places have the highest median gross rent (monthly)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"median_gross_rent","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=median_gross_rent&level=region&within=United%20States

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.