Rents are 11% below what Redlands'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 $2,398 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 Redlands usually run 0.5% below trend in February and 0.7% above it in August, about $29 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Redlands is 0.2% below its high of $2,404 in August 2026, at $2,398 as of September 2026.
Rent in Redlands changed +1.8% 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 Redlands rose 39.5% while median household income rose 40.4% ($74,839 to $105,041). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Redlands is 40.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($105,041) is $2,626 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($2,115); a 2-bedroom is $2,635.
Colton, 7 miles away, rents for 20% less ($1,929/mo), about $5,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Redlands. 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
Redlands, CA is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 41.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Redlands, CA has changed in 5 years
Rent in Redlands, CA has climbed 27.3% since 2021, going from about $1,883 per month to roughly $2,398 today. Census figures show median household income at $105,041 today, compared with $87,184 five years earlier. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 6.8 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 72,649 to 73,375 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.0% change. About 43.2% of households rent today, against 41.4% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher slipped from 43.9% to 41.5%. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Redlands is $2,398/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,030/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,635/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,115/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,520/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($105,041/yr), Redlands ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.8% over the past year.
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