Rents are 5% below what West Hollywood'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 $3,292 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
January. Asking rents in West Hollywood usually run 0.6% below trend in January and 0.3% above it in September, about $30 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in West Hollywood is 0% below its high of $3,292 in August 2026, at $3,292 as of September 2026.
Rent in West Hollywood changed +1.1% 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 West Hollywood rose 13.9% while median household income rose 31% ($74,044 to $96,995). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in West Hollywood is 18.5% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
30% of the median household income ($96,995) is $2,425 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($2,590).
Burbank, 7 miles away, rents for 16% less ($2,752/mo), about $6,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for West Hollywood. 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
West Hollywood, CA is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 64.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How West Hollywood, CA has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in West Hollywood, CA paid around $2,710 a month. That figure now sits near $3,292, up 21.5% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $78,719 to $96,995 between 2021 and 2024, a 23.2% shift. Census counts show West Hollywood, CA losing about 794 residents over the five-year window, down 2.2% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 61.1% to 64.2% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in West Hollywood, 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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West Hollywood rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in West Hollywood is $3,292/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $2,590/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $3,660/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,900/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $4,650/mo.
At 41% of local median household income ($96,995/yr), West Hollywood ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.1% over the past year.
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