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The cheapest states to rent in

Median gross rent.

Census ACS 5-year, table B25064: the median rent actually paid by people already living here, including utilities. Different from the asking-rent index above, which tracks what new leases are listed at — asking rent runs higher and moves sooner. This one covers every county, including Connecticut's planning regions, where the asking-rent index is still published for the counties abolished in 2022.

  1. 1West Virginia$868
  2. 2North Dakota$931
  3. 3Arkansas$938
  4. 4South Dakota$941
  5. 5Iowa$957
  6. 6Kentucky$957
  7. 7Mississippi$966
  8. 8Oklahoma$1,002
  9. 9Alabama$1,008
  10. 10Wyoming$1,010
  11. 11Missouri$1,030
  12. 12Ohio$1,030
  13. 13Nebraska$1,049
  14. 14Kansas$1,051
  15. 15Louisiana$1,056
  16. 16Indiana$1,063
  17. 17Wisconsin$1,071
  18. 18New Mexico$1,073
  19. 19Montana$1,074
  20. 20Michigan$1,117
  21. 21Maine$1,169
  22. 22Tennessee$1,171
  23. 23South Carolina$1,194
  24. 24North Carolina$1,215
  25. 25Pennsylvania$1,224
  26. 26Vermont$1,239
  27. 27Idaho$1,251
  28. 28Minnesota$1,272
  29. 29Illinois$1,292
  30. 30Rhode Island$1,357
  31. 31Delaware$1,378
  32. 32Texas$1,386
  33. 33Alaska$1,397
  34. 34Georgia$1,397
  35. 35New Hampshire$1,488
  36. 36Utah$1,489
  37. 37Oregon$1,497
  38. 38Arizona$1,518
  39. 39Connecticut$1,537
  40. 40Nevada$1,580
  41. 41Virginia$1,599
  42. 42Florida$1,644
  43. 43New York$1,671
  44. 44Washington$1,712
  45. 45New Jersey$1,719
  46. 46Colorado$1,727
  47. 47Maryland$1,732
  48. 48Massachusetts$1,788
  49. 49District of Columbia$1,954
  50. 50Hawaii$1,972
  51. 51California$2,042
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built