Rents are 11% below what Inglewood'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 $2,487 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
February. Asking rents in Inglewood usually run 0.4% below trend in February and 0.6% above it in July, about $25 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Inglewood is 0% below its high of $2,488 in August 2025, at $2,487 as of September 2026.
Rent in Inglewood changed +0.6% 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 Inglewood rose 26.8% while median household income rose 33.7% ($54,400 to $72,750). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Inglewood is 26% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($72,750) is $1,819 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($1,698); a 1-bedroom is $1,914.
The priciest of 5 ZIP codes in Inglewood, 90304 ($2,873/mo), costs 28% more than the cheapest, 90303 ($2,244/mo).
Hawthorne, 3 miles away, rents for 14% less ($2,151/mo), about $4,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Inglewood. 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
Inglewood, CA is majority renter-occupied, 25.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Inglewood, CA has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Inglewood, CA paid around $1,976 a month. That figure now sits near $2,487, up 25.9% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $62,845 to $72,750 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.8% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Inglewood, CA losing about 3,637 residents over the five-year window, down 3.4% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 22.5% to 25.2% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Inglewood, CA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Inglewood is $2,487/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,698/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,416/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,914/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,082/mo.
At 41% of local median household income ($72,750/yr), Inglewood ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.6% over the past year.
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