Rents are 14% below what Clermont'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 $2,013 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 Clermont usually run 0.8% below trend in February and 0.7% above it in July, about $30 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Clermont is 1.5% below its high of $2,043 in March 2025, at $2,013 as of September 2026.
Rent in Clermont changed -1.0% over the year to September 2026. Across the 270 Florida cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Clermont rose 40.4% while median household income rose 27.1% ($64,736 to $82,306). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Clermont is 35.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($82,306) is $2,058 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,895); a 2-bedroom is $2,155.
Polk City, 20 miles away, rents for 15% less ($1,716/mo), about $3,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Clermont. 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
Clermont, FL is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, 37.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Clermont, FL has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Clermont, FL paid around $1,557 a month. That figure now sits near $2,013, up 29.3% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $69,930 to $82,306 between 2021 and 2024, a 17.7% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Clermont, FL adding about 5,291 residents over the five-year window, up 12.7% on net. The renter share has risen from 28.7% to 31.9%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 33.9% to 37.8% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Clermont, FL 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 Clermont is $2,013/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,800/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,155/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,895/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,740/mo.
At 29% of local median household income ($82,306/yr), Clermont ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.0% over the past year.
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