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Median gross rent, 2024

Dollars per month, renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Select a state on the map or in the table for its profile.

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Median gross rent, 2024, by state

Dollars per month. Shaded in five groups of about ten states each. Rank 1 is the highest value.

Dollars per month

  • Step 1 of 5, lightest: $800 to under $1,050
  • Step 2 of 5, shade: $1,050 to under $1,200
  • Step 3 of 5, shade: $1,200 to under $1,450
  • Step 4 of 5, shade: $1,450 to under $1,700
  • Step 5 of 5, strongest: $1,700 to $2,200

United States: $1,487, plus or minus $3

Data table

All 50 states and DC, A to Z. The Z statistic is Census’s test against the state ranked directly above; a value between -1.645 and 1.645 means the two are not statistically different.

State2024Margin of error (90%)Rank (1 = highest)Not statistically different from the next higher stateZ vs. next higher
Alabama$1,077±$1640yes0.14
Alaska$1,444±$4821yes1.05
Arizona$1,672±$1911no2.45
Arkansas$982±$1348yes0.66
California$2,104±$91n/a (rank 1)
Colorado$1,822±$156yes0.16
Connecticut$1,550±$2417yes0.25
Delaware$1,530±$4718yes0.62
District of Columbia$1,931±$433yes0.32
Florida$1,812±$97yes0.94
Georgia$1,506±$1819yes0.78
Hawaii$1,942±$362no7.18
Idaho$1,384±$2923yes1.03
Illinois$1,322±$1225yes1.43
Indiana$1,104±$1136yes0.78
Iowa$981±$1549yes0.08
Kansas$1,079±$1839yes0.90
Kentucky$998±$1945yes0.05
Louisiana$1,064±$1542yes0.24
Maine$1,210±$3031no2.14
Maryland$1,721±$149no6.33
Massachusetts$1,848±$244no2.77
Michigan$1,168±$1133yes0.34
Minnesota$1,291±$1727yes0.81
Mississippi$990±$1547yes0.32
Missouri$1,067±$1441yes0.77
Montana$1,177±$4232yes1.05
Nebraska$1,102±$1737yes0.16
Nevada$1,709±$1610yes0.93
New Hampshire$1,558±$4616yes1.08
New Jersey$1,800±$158yes1.13
New Mexico$1,117±$2535yes1.53
New York$1,634±$1113yes1.02
North Carolina$1,338±$1424no2.35
North Dakota$980±$3050yes0.05
Ohio$1,090±$938yes1.03
Oklahoma$1,044±$1043no1.82
Oregon$1,597±$1714no3.01
Pennsylvania$1,252±$1230yes1.08
Rhode Island$1,418±$4622yes0.64
South Carolina$1,272±$2829yes0.61
South Dakota$999±$3144no2.27
Tennessee$1,284±$1628yes0.49
Texas$1,475±$820no2.59
Utah$1,593±$2715yes0.21
Vermont$1,319±$5426yes0.09
Virginia$1,646±$1612no1.72
Washington$1,824±$145yes1.42
West Virginia$883±$1951no4.49
Wisconsin$1,142±$1034no2.88
Wyoming$998±$3845yes0.00

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table-based Summary File. ACS 2024 1-year detailed table B25064 (B25064_E001, B25064_M001) · retrieved Oct. 2, 2026 · 51 rows · as of 2024 · annual. File: ACS 2024 1-year detailed table B25064 (B25064_E001, B25064_M001). Download CSV

Highest to lowest

An equals sign (equals sign) marks a state that is not statistically different from the next higher state: the gap between them is too small, given their margins of error, to say which is higher. The test is the Census Bureau’s: two estimates differ at the 90 percent confidence level when their difference, divided by the square root of the sum of their squared standard errors, is above 1.645 or below -1.645. Census cautions that overlapping confidence intervals are not a valid test, so the marks come from the test itself (U.S. Census Bureau, “Instructions for Applying Statistical Testing to American Community Survey Data” (2024)). The test compares neighbors only and does not adjust for making many comparisons; a run of marks is a group of states that cannot be put in order with confidence. Here 37 of the 50 neighboring pairs are not statistically different.

Median gross rent, 2024, highest to lowest
RankStateValueMargin of errorNot statistically different from the next higher state
1California$2,104±$9Not applicable, rank 1
2Hawaii$1,942±$36No
3District of Columbia$1,931±$43Yes
4Massachusetts$1,848±$24No
5Washington$1,824±$14Yes
6Colorado$1,822±$15Yes
7Florida$1,812±$9Yes
8New Jersey$1,800±$15Yes
9Maryland$1,721±$14No
10Nevada$1,709±$16Yes
11Arizona$1,672±$19No
12Virginia$1,646±$16No
13New York$1,634±$11Yes
14Oregon$1,597±$17No
15Utah$1,593±$27Yes
16New Hampshire$1,558±$46Yes
17Connecticut$1,550±$24Yes
18Delaware$1,530±$47Yes
19Georgia$1,506±$18Yes
20Texas$1,475±$8No
21Alaska$1,444±$48Yes
22Rhode Island$1,418±$46Yes
23Idaho$1,384±$29Yes
24North Carolina$1,338±$14No
25Illinois$1,322±$12Yes
26Vermont$1,319±$54Yes
27Minnesota$1,291±$17Yes
28Tennessee$1,284±$16Yes
29South Carolina$1,272±$28Yes
30Pennsylvania$1,252±$12Yes
31Maine$1,210±$30No
32Montana$1,177±$42Yes
33Michigan$1,168±$11Yes
34Wisconsin$1,142±$10No
35New Mexico$1,117±$25Yes
36Indiana$1,104±$11Yes
37Nebraska$1,102±$17Yes
38Ohio$1,090±$9Yes
39Kansas$1,079±$18Yes
40Alabama$1,077±$16Yes
41Missouri$1,067±$14Yes
42Louisiana$1,064±$15Yes
43Oklahoma$1,044±$10No
44South Dakota$999±$31No
45Kentucky$998±$19Yes
45Wyoming$998±$38Yes
47Mississippi$990±$15Yes
48Arkansas$982±$13Yes
49Iowa$981±$15Yes
50North Dakota$980±$30Yes
51West Virginia$883±$19No
Not rankedUnited States For reference, not ranked$1,487±$3

About this measure

Period
2024 (ACS 1-year estimates, interviews from January through December 2024)
As of
, retrieved
Units
Dollars per month, renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent
Uncertainty
Published by the source, at the 90 percent confidence level.
Data
Download the CSV (all 50 states and DC, with the rank, the test and every input column)
  • Covers: renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent.