Rankings · Housing

Lowest rent by state

Typical monthly rent.

Zillow's Observed Rent Index: a smoothed measure of typical asking rent across single-family homes, condos and apartments. Useful if you plan to rent before buying, or as a check on whether local incomes support local housing at all.

  1. 1Iowa$1,176
  2. 2North Dakota$1,200
  3. 3West Virginia$1,273
  4. 4South Dakota$1,312
  5. 5Arkansas$1,321
  6. 6Oklahoma$1,335
  7. 7Indiana$1,358
  8. 8Kentucky$1,369
  9. 9Kansas$1,380
  10. 10Wisconsin$1,390
  11. 11Nebraska$1,392
  12. 12Missouri$1,403
  13. 13Ohio$1,405
  14. 14Alabama$1,418
  15. 15Louisiana$1,419
  16. 16Michigan$1,480
  17. 17Mississippi$1,483
  18. 18Wyoming$1,500
  19. 19Texas$1,570
  20. 20New Mexico$1,578
  21. 21Tennessee$1,585
  22. 22Pennsylvania$1,602
  23. 23Minnesota$1,619
  24. 24North Carolina$1,623
  25. 25South Carolina$1,642
  26. 26Montana$1,654
  27. 27Idaho$1,681
  28. 28Arizona$1,690
  29. 29Utah$1,728
  30. 30Georgia$1,764
  31. 31Oregon$1,772
  32. 32Nevada$1,797
  33. 33Alaska$1,816
  34. 34Vermont$1,837
  35. 35Maine$1,858
  36. 36Delaware$1,968
  37. 37Colorado$1,983
  38. 38Illinois$2,014
  39. 39Washington$2,017
  40. 40Maryland$2,042
  41. 41Virginia$2,061
  42. 42Florida$2,166
  43. 43New Hampshire$2,184
  44. 44Rhode Island$2,272
  45. 45District of Columbia$2,532
  46. 46New Jersey$2,550
  47. 47Massachusetts$2,720
  48. 48California$2,789
  49. 49New York$2,875
  50. 50Hawaii$3,174

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: Connecticut. Zillow publishes this only where there are enough rental listings for a reliable index — about 1,350 of 3,144 counties. Rural counties usually have none, and no figure is estimated in their place.

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Source: Zillow ZORI (state figures population-weighted from counties). · How this is built