Housing rent level, regional price parity: U.S. states ranked (2024)
Measure: Housing rent level, regional price parity (U.S. = 100). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Cost of living (regional price parities) by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.
National value: 100.6 (United States).
Small states, hard to see on the map:
- Lowest: 54.2 to 71.1
- Group 2: 71.1 to 80.5
- Group 3: 80.5 to 93.9
- Group 4: 93.9 to 117
- Highest: 117 to 155
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.
| 1 | District of Columbia | 155 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | California | 154.3 |
| 3 | New Jersey | 134.3 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 128.1 |
| 5 | Colorado | 127.4 |
| 6 | Washington | 126 |
| 7 | Hawaii | 125.3 |
| 8 | New York | 122.2 |
| 9 | Florida | 122.1 |
| 10 | Maryland | 121.1 |
| 11 | Connecticut | 117 |
| 12 | New Hampshire | 114.9 |
| 13 | Nevada | 114.1 |
| 14 | Oregon | 108.6 |
| 15 | Utah | 107.8 |
| 16 | Arizona | 106.8 |
| 16 | Virginia | 106.8 |
| 18 | Rhode Island | 105.6 |
| 19 | Delaware | 102 |
| 20 | Texas | 96.5 |
| 21 | Illinois | 93.9 |
| 22 | Alaska | 93.8 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 91.3 |
| 24 | Idaho | 90 |
| 25 | Georgia | 88.7 |
| 26 | Vermont | 86.5 |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | 85.1 |
| 28 | Montana | 84.6 |
| 29 | Michigan | 82.3 |
| 30 | North Carolina | 81.4 |
| 31 | South Carolina | 80.5 |
| 32 | Wisconsin | 79.3 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 79.1 |
| 34 | Maine | 78.9 |
| 35 | Nebraska | 75.2 |
| 36 | Indiana | 73.9 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 73.6 |
| 38 | Ohio | 73 |
| 39 | North Dakota | 71.4 |
| 40 | Kansas | 71.2 |
| 41 | Wyoming | 71.1 |
| 42 | Missouri | 69.9 |
| 43 | South Dakota | 67.6 |
| 44 | Iowa | 65.3 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 64.3 |
| 46 | Louisiana | 63.1 |
| 47 | Oklahoma | 62.8 |
| 48 | Alabama | 61.8 |
| 49 | Arkansas | 58.2 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 56.5 |
| 51 | West Virginia | 54.2 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SARPP: Regional price parities by state
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SARPI: Real personal income and real personal consumption expenditures (PCE) by state. Reference period: 2024.
Cite this ranking
U.S. states ranked by housing rent level, regional price parity (U.S. = 100) (2024). Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Accounts, Tables SARPP and SARPI; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-housing-rent-level-regional-price-parity/