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Median gross rent: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Median gross rent. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median gross rent and rent burden by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-10-29
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (Table B25064) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table B25070) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 1,557 (United States).

Washington: 1,873Idaho: 1,462Montana: 1,208North Dakota: 1,071Minnesota: 1,357Michigan: 1,220Ohio: 1,155Pennsylvania: 1,329New York: 1,704Vermont: 1,338New Hampshire: 1,742Maine: 1,329Arizona: 1,698California: 2,160New Mexico: 1,145Texas: 1,515Louisiana: 1,105Mississippi: 1,033Alabama: 1,121Florida: 1,866Georgia: 1,575South Carolina: 1,395North Carolina: 1,412Virginia: 1,734District of Columbia: 2,075Maryland: 1,822Delaware: 1,614New Jersey: 1,885Connecticut: 1,679Rhode Island: 1,531Massachusetts: 1,962Oregon: 1,629Utah: 1,646Wyoming: 1,087Nevada: 1,692Colorado: 1,839South Dakota: 1,089Nebraska: 1,194Kansas: 1,134Oklahoma: 1,107Iowa: 1,026Missouri: 1,142Wisconsin: 1,219Illinois: 1,419Kentucky: 1,072Arkansas: 1,055Tennessee: 1,356West Virginia: 921Indiana: 1,187Alaska: 1,500Hawaii: 2,009

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 2,075 $
  • RI 1,531 $
  • DE 1,614 $
  • CT 1,679 $
  • NJ 1,885 $
  • MD 1,822 $
  • MA 1,962 $
  • VT 1,338 $
  • NH 1,742 $
  • Lowest: 921 to 1,121 $
  • Group 2: 1,121 to 1,329 $
  • Group 3: 1,329 to 1,515 $
  • Group 4: 1,515 to 1,734 $
  • Highest: 1,734 to 2,160 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1California2,160
2District of Columbia2,075
3Hawaii2,009
4Massachusetts1,962
5New Jersey1,885
6Washington1,873
7Florida1,866
8Colorado1,839
9Maryland1,822
10New Hampshire1,742
11Virginia1,734
12New York1,704
13Arizona1,698
14Nevada1,692
15Connecticut1,679
16Utah1,646
17Oregon1,629
18Delaware1,614
19Georgia1,575
20Rhode Island1,531
21Texas1,515
22Alaska1,500
23Idaho1,462
24Illinois1,419
25North Carolina1,412
26South Carolina1,395
27Minnesota1,357
28Tennessee1,356
29Vermont1,338
30Maine1,329
30Pennsylvania1,329
32Michigan1,220
33Wisconsin1,219
34Montana1,208
35Nebraska1,194
36Indiana1,187
37Ohio1,155
38New Mexico1,145
39Missouri1,142
40Kansas1,134
41Alabama1,121
42Oklahoma1,107
43Louisiana1,105
44South Dakota1,089
45Wyoming1,087
46Kentucky1,072
47North Dakota1,071
48Arkansas1,055
49Mississippi1,033
50Iowa1,026
51West Virginia921

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B25064: Median Gross Rent (Dollars)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B25070: Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income in the Past 12 Months. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by median gross rent (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables B25064 and B25070; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-gross-rent/

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