Rents are 3% below what Suisun City'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 $2,683 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
March. Asking rents in Suisun City usually run 1.2% below trend in March and 1% above it in September, about $59 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Suisun City is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in March 2021.
Rent in Suisun City changed +1.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 336 California cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($94,787) is $2,370 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($2,000); a 2-bedroom is $2,550.
Vallejo, 17 miles away, rents for 18% less ($2,200/mo), about $5,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Suisun City. 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
Suisun City, CA is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 21.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Suisun City, CA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Suisun City, CA has increased by $420 per month, settling near $2,683 after starting the period at $2,263. Median household income grew from $86,405 to $94,787 between 2021 and 2024, a 9.7% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 8.9 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Suisun City, 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 Suisun City is $2,683/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,820/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,550/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,000/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,410/mo.
At 34% of local median household income ($94,787/yr), Suisun City ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.6% over the past year.
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