US Cities With the Cheapest Rent (2026)
US cities ranked by lowest median gross rent. Source: US Census Bureau.
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ranking-top (set NEXT_PUBLIC_ADSENSE_CLIENT to serve real ads)- Dayton, OH$830/mo rent
- Cleveland, OH$851/mo rent
- Toledo, OH$854/mo rent
- Green Bay, WI$864/mo rent
- Brownsville, TX$872/mo rent
- Springfield, MO$878/mo rent
- Cedar Rapids, IA$886/mo rent
- Akron, OH$887/mo rent
- Davenport, IA$890/mo rent
- Cincinnati, OH$893/mo rent
- Fargo, ND$900/mo rent
- Fort Wayne, IN$904/mo rent
- Rockford, IL$906/mo rent
- Las Cruces, NM$907/mo rent
- Springfield, IL$913/mo rent
- Wichita, KS$915/mo rent
- Evansville, IN$917/mo rent
- Peoria, IL$917/mo rent
- Edinburg, TX$920/mo rent
- Topeka, KS$926/mo rent
- Syracuse, NY$932/mo rent
- South Bend, IN$935/mo rent
- St. Louis, MO$938/mo rent
- Pueblo, CO$940/mo rent
- Buffalo, NY$942/mo rent
- Shreveport, LA$945/mo rent
- Wichita Falls, TX$949/mo rent
- Lansing, MI$954/mo rent
- McAllen, TX$955/mo rent
- Winston-Salem, NC$956/mo rent
- Tulsa, OK$958/mo rent
- Sioux Falls, SD$965/mo rent
- Macon-Bibb County, GA$967/mo rent
- Laredo, TX$968/mo rent
- El Paso, TX$976/mo rent
- Jackson, MS$980/mo rent
- Tuscaloosa, AL$980/mo rent
- Milwaukee, WI$982/mo rent
- Mobile, AL$985/mo rent
- Detroit, MI$989/mo rent
- Tucson, AZ$991/mo rent
- Beaumont, TX$992/mo rent
- Des Moines, IA$995/mo rent
- Rochester, NY$995/mo rent
- Birmingham, AL$995/mo rent
- Amarillo, TX$997/mo rent
- Columbia, MO$997/mo rent
- Lincoln, NE$998/mo rent
- Norman, OK$1,004/mo rent
- Little Rock, AR$1,006/mo rent