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What's a Normal Rent Per Month?
"Normal" rent depends entirely on where you live. Across 30 major US cities tracked by RentDataNow, the average one-bedroom rent is $1,515 a month and the average two-bedroom is $1,780. But those averages span a range from $820 in Wichita to $2,842 in San Francisco. What's normal in Indianapolis is well below average in Denver and unthinkable in New York...
Henry Jo·Jun 5, 2026, 11:45 AM EDT
Frisco vs McKinney Rent Prices in 2026
Frisco and McKinney are the two most searched suburbs in the northern Dallas corridor. They sit adjacent to each other along the US-75 and Dallas North Tollway corridors, share similar demographics, and are both anchored by highly regarded school districts. They're also, as of April 2026, priced identically: both have a median rent of $1,772 a month...
Jennifer Han·Jun 4, 2026, 11:51 AM EDT
The Most Undervalued Rental Markets in America Right Now
Using our Rent Reality Score, these ten large US cities are renting furthest below their own 10-year trend. Metro Phoenix, Florida’s Gulf Coast, and Austin lead the list of the best rental values in America.
Jennifer Han·Jun 3, 2026, 11:50 AM EDTTrending Up
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Rent data used to be scattered, paywalled, or six months out of date. We built RentDataNow to fix that, combining researched data, HUD fair market rents, Census surveys, and real submissions from renters like you.
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Learn more about our methodology →Understanding Rent Prices Across America
Median rent is the midpoint of all rents in an area: half the listings are above it, half below. Averages get skewed by a handful of pricey outliers; the median doesn’t. We pull from public housing surveys, private sources, and renter-submitted data to keep the numbers grounded in what people are actually paying.
A city’s median rent can hide a lot. One neighborhood might run $900/month while another a few miles away is $1,500. That’s why we track rent at the ZIP code level. You can compare specific areas side by side instead of relying on one number for an entire city.
When you’re looking for a place, search the city or ZIP on RentDataNow, check whether rents have been rising or falling over recent months, and look at nearby ZIPs. Moving a few miles can mean a real difference in what you pay. Data updates frequently and includes submissions from actual renters, so you’re not working from Census figures that are two years old.