Rents are 2% below what Danville's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $4,324 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Danville usually run 1.3% below trend in January and 1.9% above it in July, about $138 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Danville is 0.2% below its high of $4,332 in August 2026, at $4,324 as of September 2026.
Rent in Danville changed +3.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 336 California cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Danville rose 20.5% while median household income rose 44.4% ($160,808 to $232,216). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Danville is 27% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($232,216) is $5,805 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($5,305).
San Ramon, 4 miles away, rents for 28% less ($3,121/mo), about $14,400 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Danville. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Danville, CA is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 73.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Danville, CA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Danville, CA has shifted from $3,566 to $4,324, up 21.3% since 2021. On the earnings side, the typical household in Danville, CA now reports about $232,216, up from $181,453 in 2021. With wages climbing faster than rent over the same window, renters here have a bit more breathing room than they did five years back. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 70.4% to 73.9% across the same window. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Danville, CA reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Danville is $4,324/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,520/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $3,490/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,865/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $4,465/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($232,216/yr), Danville ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.3% over the past year.
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