Rents are right about where Marina Del Rey'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 $4,009 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
December. Asking rents in Marina Del Rey usually run 0.8% below trend in December and 0.6% above it in September, about $56 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Marina Del Rey is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2016.
Rent in Marina Del Rey changed +2.0% 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 Marina Del Rey rose 14.5% while median household income rose 24.1% ($118,162 to $146,623). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Marina Del Rey is 20.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($146,623) is $3,666 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($3,120); a 2-bedroom is $3,940.
Santa Monica, 4 miles away, rents for 12% less ($3,516/mo), about $5,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Marina Del Rey. 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
Marina Del Rey, CA is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 74.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Marina Del Rey, CA has changed in 5 years
Rent in Marina Del Rey, CA has increased 24.4% since 2021, going from about $3,222 per month to roughly $4,009 today. Median household income grew from $132,746 to $146,623 between 2021 and 2024, a 10.5% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 13.9 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 9,355 to 9,176 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.9% change. About 94.4% of households rent today, against 92.1% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 72.8% to 74.9%. Taken together, the five-year picture in Marina Del Rey, 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 Marina Del Rey is $4,009/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,790/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $3,940/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $3,120/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $5,010/mo.
At 33% of local median household income ($146,623/yr), Marina Del Rey ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.0% over the past year.
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