# Counties in California by median gross rent (monthly), 2024

All 56 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable. 1 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `median_gross_rent`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: 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.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25064.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-gross-rent/california-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/median-gross-rent/california-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | San Mateo County | 2,922 |
| 2 | Santa Clara County | 2,857 |
| 3 | Marin County | 2,668 |
| 4 | San Francisco County | 2,476 |
| 5 | Orange County | 2,434 |
| 6 | Contra Costa County | 2,375 |
| 7 | Alameda County | 2,357 |
| 8 | Ventura County | 2,317 |
| 9 | Santa Cruz County | 2,264 |
| 10 | San Diego County | 2,246 |
| 11 | Napa County | 2,237 |
| 12 | Solano County | 2,163 |
| 13 | Sonoma County | 2,158 |
| 14 | Santa Barbara County | 2,131 |
| 15 | Placer County | 2,069 |
| 16 | Monterey County | 2,055 |
| 17 | San Benito County | 1,992 |
| 17 | San Luis Obispo County | 1,992 |
| 19 | Los Angeles County | 1,954 |
| 20 | Riverside County | 1,901 |
| 21 | Yolo County | 1,857 |
| 22 | San Bernardino County | 1,801 |
| 23 | Sacramento County | 1,790 |
| 24 | San Joaquin County | 1,734 |
| 25 | El Dorado County | 1,715 |
| 26 | Nevada County | 1,677 |
| 27 | Mono County | 1,629 |
| 28 | Calaveras County | 1,625 |
| 29 | Stanislaus County | 1,623 |
| 30 | Sutter County | 1,439 |
| 31 | Amador County | 1,421 |
| 32 | Butte County | 1,414 |
| 33 | Fresno County | 1,392 |
| 34 | Madera County | 1,390 |
| 35 | Lake County | 1,368 |
| 36 | Merced County | 1,343 |
| 37 | Kings County | 1,331 |
| 38 | Mendocino County | 1,317 |
| 38 | Shasta County | 1,317 |
| 40 | Yuba County | 1,311 |
| 41 | Mariposa County | 1,305 |
| 42 | Tuolumne County | 1,302 |
| 43 | Kern County | 1,300 |
| 44 | Humboldt County | 1,287 |
| 45 | Tulare County | 1,280 |
| 46 | Del Norte County | 1,233 |
| 47 | Plumas County | 1,194 |
| 48 | Inyo County | 1,189 |
| 49 | Tehama County | 1,184 |
| 50 | Colusa County | 1,157 |
| 51 | Glenn County | 1,120 |
| 52 | Siskiyou County | 1,091 |
| 53 | Trinity County | 1,073 |
| 54 | Imperial County | 1,056 |
| 55 | Lassen County | 1,000 |
| 56 | Modoc County | 836 |