Rents are right about where Los Alamitos's 10-year trend predicts.
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 $3,143 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
Rent in Los Alamitos is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in April 2022.
Rent in Los Alamitos changed +4.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 336 California cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($97,155) is $2,429 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($2,300); a 2-bedroom is $2,720.
Stanton, 4 miles away, rents for 15% less ($2,683/mo), about $5,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Los Alamitos. 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
Los Alamitos, CA is majority renter-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 44.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Los Alamitos, CA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2022, rent in Los Alamitos, CA has increased by $540 per month, settling near $3,143 after starting the period at $2,603. Median household income grew from $91,051 to $97,155 between 2021 and 2024, a 6.7% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 14.0 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. About 57.6% of households rent today, against 55.5% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Los Alamitos, 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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Los Alamitos rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Los Alamitos is $3,143/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,200/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,720/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,300/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,680/mo.
At 39% of local median household income ($97,155/yr), Los Alamitos ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.1% over the past year.
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