Rents are 4% below what Redondo Beach'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 $3,483 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 Redondo Beach usually run 0.6% below trend in December and 0.7% above it in July, about $45 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Redondo Beach is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in Redondo Beach changed +2.6% 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 Redondo Beach rose 26.7% while median household income rose 32.4% ($113,499 to $150,245). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Redondo Beach is 32.7% 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 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($150,245) is $3,756 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($3,290); a 3-bedroom is $4,180.
Torrance, 3 miles away, rents for 14% less ($3,006/mo), about $5,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Redondo Beach. 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
Redondo Beach, CA is roughly split between renters and owners, has a median income above the national average, 67% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Redondo Beach, CA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Redondo Beach, CA has increased by $763 per month, settling near $3,483 after starting the period at $2,720. Median household income grew from $123,874 to $150,245 between 2021 and 2024, a 21.3% shift. 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 70,998 to 69,291 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.4% change. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 64.7% to 67%. Taken together, the five-year picture in Redondo Beach, 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 Redondo Beach is $3,483/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,325/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $3,290/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,610/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $4,180/mo.
At 28% of local median household income ($150,245/yr), Redondo Beach ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.6% over the past year.
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