The California rental market
California tracks median rent across 379 cities, ranging from Porterville at $1,252/mo to Montecito at $19,875/mo. The state average of $2,997/mo runs about 55% above the national median of $1,930/mo.
Across California cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +3.4% over the past year. 355 of 405 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 50 fall below it. The largest rental markets are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose.
405 cities
CityMedian rentYoY
Adelanto
Pop. 37,964
$1,919/mo
+4.5%
→Agoura Hills
Pop. 19,721
$4,355/mo
+12.7%
→Alameda
Pop. 77,238
$2,883/mo
+12.1%
→Albany
Pop. 19,414
$3,145/mo
+25.9%
→Alhambra
Pop. 81,022
$2,393/mo
-0.4%
→Aliso Viejo
Pop. 51,113
$3,459/mo
+4.3%
→Alpine
Pop. 210
$2,249/mo
-1.0%
→Altadena
Pop. 41,705
$3,958/mo
—
→American Canyon
Pop. 21,691
$3,183/mo
—
→Anaheim
Pop. 344,521
$2,687/mo
+0.5%
→Anderson
Pop. 11,255
$1,598/mo
—
→Antelope
Pop. 48,301
$2,324/mo
+4.0%
→Antioch
Pop. 116,477
$2,710/mo
-5.3%
→Apple Valley
Pop. 75,473
$1,924/mo
+1.7%
→Aptos
Pop. 6,404
$4,395/mo
+17.2%
→Arcadia
Pop. 55,170
$3,290/mo
-2.2%
→Arcata
Pop. 18,607
$1,549/mo
-1.6%
→Arroyo Grande
Pop. 18,372
$2,886/mo
—
→Atascadero
Pop. 29,712
$2,461/mo
+16.6%
→Atwater
Pop. 32,162
$1,724/mo
—
→Auburn
Pop. 13,768
$2,163/mo
+3.0%
→Azusa
Pop. 49,031
$2,772/mo
+4.3%
→Bakersfield
Pop. 411,986
$1,930/mo
+4.0%
→Baldwin Park
Pop. 70,138
$2,717/mo
—
→Banning
Pop. 31,093
$2,054/mo
-8.2%
→Barstow
Pop. 25,100
$1,429/mo
+13.4%
→Beaumont
Pop. 56,266
$2,846/mo
-0.3%
→Bellflower
Pop. 76,819
$2,518/mo
+9.8%
→Belmont
Pop. 27,337
$3,090/mo
+2.6%
→Benicia
Pop. 26,749
$2,446/mo
-7.3%
→Berkeley
Pop. 120,257
$3,136/mo
+4.7%
→Beverly Hills
Pop. 31,624
$4,051/mo
-9.0%
→Big Bear City
Pop. 11,431
$2,173/mo
+5.0%
→Big Bear Lake
Pop. 5,041
$2,014/mo
-0.4%
→Bonita
Pop. 12,652
$2,709/mo
—
→Boulder Creek
Pop. 4,632
$3,000/mo
—
→Brea
Pop. 47,469
$2,813/mo
+3.4%
→Brentwood
Pop. 65,208
$3,231/mo
+2.4%
→Buena Park
Pop. 82,871
$2,666/mo
-6.2%
→Burbank
Pop. 5,333
$2,785/mo
-3.9%
→Burlingame
Pop. 30,525
$3,492/mo
+2.9%
→Calabasas
Pop. 22,669
$3,616/mo
-21.8%
→California City
Pop. 14,414
$1,680/mo
-1.4%
→Calimesa
Pop. 10,902
$2,248/mo
—
→Camarillo
Pop. 70,186
$2,971/mo
-1.0%
→Campbell
Pop. 42,781
$3,218/mo
+11.3%
→Capitola
Pop. 9,689
$3,319/mo
+8.4%
→Carlsbad
Pop. 114,373
$3,472/mo
+2.5%
→Carmel-by-the-Sea
Pop. 3,162
$5,538/mo
+33.3%
→Carmichael
Pop. 76,948
$1,825/mo
+2.4%
→Carpinteria
Pop. 13,036
$4,183/mo
-3.4%
→Carson
Pop. 92,871
$3,159/mo
+0.9%
→Castaic
Pop. 17,999
$3,892/mo
—
→Castro Valley
Pop. 65,001
$2,713/mo
+2.1%
→Cathedral City
Pop. 52,267
$2,679/mo
-0.6%
→Ceres
Pop. 49,342
$2,044/mo
—
→Cerritos
Pop. 47,867
$3,636/mo
+5.8%
→Chico
Pop. 102,188
$1,632/mo
+3.5%
→Chino
Pop. 92,652
$3,303/mo
+2.8%
→Chino Hills
Pop. 77,927
$3,078/mo
-2.7%
→Chula Vista
Pop. 276,375
$2,992/mo
+3.1%
→Citrus Heights
Pop. 86,995
$1,855/mo
-2.0%
→Claremont
Pop. 36,595
$3,095/mo
-8.9%
→Clearlake
Pop. 16,659
$1,463/mo
—
→Clovis
Pop. 124,725
$2,357/mo
+6.1%
→Colton
Pop. 53,772
$2,017/mo
+6.8%
→Compton
Pop. 92,698
$2,413/mo
+5.7%
→Concord
Pop. 124,035
$2,521/mo
+0.8%
→Corona
Pop. 159,670
$2,734/mo
+2.7%
→Coronado
Pop. 19,015
$5,338/mo
-1.7%
→Corte Madera
Pop. 10,077
$5,685/mo
—
→Costa Mesa
Pop. 110,330
$3,041/mo
+1.0%
→Coto de Caza
Pop. 15,190
$5,900/mo
—
→Covina
Pop. 49,888
$2,463/mo
+1.9%
→Crestline
Pop. 9,835
$2,158/mo
+27.4%
→Cudahy
Pop. 22,087
$2,350/mo
—
→Culver City
Pop. 39,931
$3,374/mo
+0.2%
→Cupertino
Pop. 58,566
$4,086/mo
+9.1%
→Cypress
Pop. 49,498
$3,014/mo
-1.3%
→Daly City
Pop. 101,964
$2,762/mo
+9.2%
→Dana Point
Pop. 32,790
$4,285/mo
+16.2%
→Danville
Pop. 43,401
$4,292/mo
+10.3%
→Davis
Pop. 66,978
$2,498/mo
+6.8%
→Del Mar
Pop. 3,903
$9,283/mo
-24.4%
→Desert Hot Springs
Pop. 33,200
$1,848/mo
-3.6%
→Diamond Bar
Pop. 53,355
$3,294/mo
+7.0%
→Discovery Bay
Pop. 14,911
$3,538/mo
+14.5%
→Dixon
Pop. 19,683
$2,763/mo
—
→Downey
Pop. 110,939
$2,240/mo
+2.5%
→Duarte
Pop. 22,184
$2,863/mo
-2.0%
→Dublin
Pop. 70,803
$3,096/mo
+0.4%
→East Los Angeles
Pop. 111,647
$2,289/mo
+5.1%
→East Palo Alto
Pop. 29,069
$4,218/mo
—
→Eastvale
Pop. 70,633
$3,568/mo
+6.0%
→El Cajon
Pop. 104,449
$2,286/mo
-1.8%
→El Centro
Pop. 44,240
$1,742/mo
—
→El Cerrito
Pop. 5,325
$2,651/mo
+10.6%
→El Dorado Hills
Pop. 51,026
$3,002/mo
+3.3%
→El Monte
Pop. 106,109
$2,462/mo
+0.3%
→El Segundo
Pop. 16,769
$2,969/mo
-4.0%
→El Sobrante
$2,453/mo
—
→Elk Grove
Pop. 179,155
$2,669/mo
+2.8%
→Emeryville
Pop. 13,081
$2,985/mo
+6.8%
→Encinitas
Pop. 61,480
$4,217/mo
+5.8%
→Escondido
Pop. 149,668
$2,543/mo
-0.3%
→Eureka
Pop. 26,010
$1,466/mo
+4.9%
→Exeter
Pop. 10,258
$1,724/mo
—
→Fair Oaks
Pop. 32,799
$2,024/mo
+2.7%
→Fairfax
Pop. 7,516
$2,925/mo
—
→Fairfield
Pop. 120,785
$2,447/mo
+0.6%
→Fallbrook
Pop. 32,112
$3,105/mo
+14.7%
→Florence-Graham
Pop. 60,690
$2,858/mo
—
→Florin
Pop. 50,211
$2,151/mo
—
→Folsom
Pop. 83,916
$2,611/mo
+6.8%
→Fontana
Pop. 214,169
$3,065/mo
+0.9%
→Fortuna
Pop. 12,326
$1,268/mo
—
→Foster City
Pop. 32,792
$3,922/mo
+8.2%
→Fountain Valley
Pop. 56,258
$2,820/mo
+2.0%
→Fremont
Pop. 228,295
$3,146/mo
+7.6%
→Fresno
Pop. 545,970
$1,886/mo
+14.0%
→Fullerton
Pop. 140,968
$2,762/mo
+1.1%
→Galt
Pop. 25,962
$2,482/mo
—
→Garden Grove
Pop. 170,964
$2,597/mo
+3.9%
→Gardena
Pop. 59,422
$2,383/mo
+1.8%
→Gilroy
Pop. 59,004
$2,696/mo
-9.5%
→Glendale
Pop. 190,748
$2,776/mo
-0.1%
→Glendora
Pop. 50,926
$3,055/mo
+5.8%
→Goleta
Pop. 32,685
$4,028/mo
+6.3%
→Grand Terrace
Pop. 13,078
$2,070/mo
+2.0%
→Granite Bay
Pop. 21,673
$3,459/mo
—
→Grass Valley
Pop. 14,113
$1,954/mo
-5.3%
→Grover Beach
Pop. 12,604
$2,605/mo
—
→Guerneville
Pop. 4,100
$2,375/mo
—
→Hacienda Heights
Pop. 54,291
$3,283/mo
-3.5%
→Half Moon Bay
Pop. 11,391
$3,917/mo
—
→Hanford
Pop. 59,754
$2,102/mo
+28.5%
→Hawthorne
Pop. 85,191
$2,054/mo
+4.4%
→Hayward
Pop. 158,801
$2,551/mo
-0.1%
→Healdsburg
Pop. 11,243
$3,241/mo
+6.7%
→Hemet
Pop. 91,326
$1,978/mo
+2.0%
→Hercules
Pop. 26,302
$2,869/mo
+1.8%
→Hermosa Beach
Pop. 19,063
$3,915/mo
+4.1%
→Hesperia
Pop. 100,775
$2,191/mo
-2.1%
→Highland
Pop. 56,675
$2,234/mo
-4.9%
→Hollister
Pop. 43,811
$2,950/mo
+10.2%
→Huntington Beach
Pop. 195,240
$3,001/mo
-0.3%
→Huntington Park
Pop. 53,108
$1,795/mo
-8.7%
→Imperial
Pop. 21,430
$2,300/mo
—
→Imperial Beach
Pop. 25,764
$2,965/mo
+9.3%
→Indio
Pop. 91,950
$2,554/mo
+1.0%
→Inglewood
Pop. 104,569
$2,548/mo
+1.9%
→Irvine
Pop. 311,690
$3,300/mo
+0.2%
→Isla Vista
Pop. 13,920
$3,850/mo
—
→Joshua Tree
Pop. 6,234
$2,195/mo
-1.2%
→Jurupa Valley
Pop. 107,011
$2,498/mo
-1.6%
→Kingsburg
Pop. 12,755
$1,848/mo
—
→La Canada Flintridge
$6,304/mo
—
→La Crescenta-Montrose
Pop. 19,660
$3,256/mo
+3.9%
→La Habra
Pop. 61,970
$2,645/mo
-2.1%
→La Mesa
Pop. 60,797
$2,620/mo
+0.2%
→La Mirada
Pop. 47,180
$2,938/mo
-1.2%
→La Puente
Pop. 37,142
$2,370/mo
—
→La Quinta
Pop. 38,707
$3,788/mo
+11.3%
→La Riviera
Pop. 11,492
$1,839/mo
—
→La Verne
Pop. 30,600
$2,784/mo
+3.4%
→Ladera Ranch
Pop. 23,793
$3,474/mo
+11.8%
→Lafayette
Pop. 25,285
$3,544/mo
+32.8%
→Laguna Beach
Pop. 22,710
$5,501/mo
+8.3%
→Laguna Hills
Pop. 30,740
$2,956/mo
-2.1%
→Laguna Niguel
Pop. 64,139
$3,235/mo
+3.3%
→Laguna Woods
Pop. 17,289
$2,966/mo
+8.8%
→Lake Arrowhead
Pop. 10,639
$2,299/mo
+9.1%
→Lake Elsinore
Pop. 72,461
$2,552/mo
+2.5%
→Lake Forest
Pop. 86,281
$3,101/mo
+4.4%
→Lakeport
Pop. 5,113
$1,800/mo
—
→Lakeside
$2,253/mo
+0.4%
→Lakewood
Pop. 79,850
$3,448/mo
-0.6%
→Lancaster
Pop. 169,169
$2,362/mo
-2.2%
→Larkspur
Pop. 12,854
$3,720/mo
+14.8%
→Lathrop
Pop. 35,052
$3,053/mo
+5.3%
→Lawndale
Pop. 30,781
$3,091/mo
-1.1%
→Lemon Grove
Pop. 27,686
$2,585/mo
-1.5%
→Lemoore
Pop. 27,102
$1,730/mo
-4.8%
→Lincoln
Pop. 4,241
$3,058/mo
+5.0%
→Livermore
Pop. 85,522
$2,937/mo
-2.4%
→Lodi
Pop. 67,607
$1,982/mo
+3.7%
→Loma Linda
Pop. 25,122
$2,207/mo
-4.5%
→Lomita
Pop. 20,225
$3,148/mo
+3.3%
→Lompoc
Pop. 43,646
$2,322/mo
+13.4%
→Long Beach
Pop. 455,548
$2,307/mo
+2.3%
→Los Alamitos
Pop. 11,794
$3,256/mo
+4.8%
→Los Altos
Pop. 30,698
$7,055/mo
+8.2%
→Los Angeles
Pop. 3,857,263
$2,755/mo
+0.4%
→Los Banos
Pop. 47,593
$2,307/mo
+2.1%
→Los Gatos
Pop. 32,786
$3,784/mo
+2.7%
→Los Osos
Pop. 14,166
$2,721/mo
—
→Lynwood
Pop. 64,578
$2,114/mo
+3.5%
→Madera
Pop. 67,831
$2,380/mo
+6.3%
→Malibu
Pop. 10,421
$17,114/mo
+4.1%
→Manhattan Beach
Pop. 34,210
$5,540/mo
-5.9%
→Manteca
Pop. 89,043
$2,509/mo
+1.9%
→Marina
Pop. 22,563
$3,420/mo
-2.3%
→Marina del Rey
Pop. 9,176
$3,823/mo
-1.3%
→Martinez
Pop. 36,903
$2,372/mo
+0.7%
→Marysville
Pop. 12,726
$1,804/mo
+11.3%
→Maywood
Pop. 24,317
$1,788/mo
—
→McKinleyville
Pop. 17,113
$1,611/mo
+7.2%
→Menifee
Pop. 110,305
$2,760/mo
+5.6%
→Menlo Park
Pop. 32,727
$4,117/mo
+8.7%
→Merced
Pop. 91,953
$1,851/mo
+2.7%
→Mill Valley
Pop. 14,012
$4,392/mo
+45.0%
→Millbrae
Pop. 22,689
$3,782/mo
+6.7%
→Milpitas
Pop. 78,578
$3,463/mo
+9.2%
→Modesto
Pop. 219,215
$1,996/mo
-1.4%
→Monrovia
Pop. 37,571
$2,979/mo
+3.4%
→Montclair
Pop. 37,810
$2,565/mo
+1.1%
→Monte Sereno
Pop. 3,461
$7,150/mo
—
→Montebello
Pop. 61,045
$2,376/mo
+7.2%
→Montecito
Pop. 9,031
$19,875/mo
—
→Monterey
Pop. 29,613
$2,758/mo
-3.1%
→Monterey Park
Pop. 59,132
$2,447/mo
-2.8%
→Moorpark
Pop. 35,854
$2,833/mo
-6.3%
→Moraga
Pop. 16,769
$3,731/mo
—
→Moreno Valley
Pop. 211,666
$2,343/mo
—
→Morgan Hill
Pop. 45,425
$3,560/mo
+4.4%
→Morro Bay
Pop. 10,692
$2,507/mo
+0.2%
→Mountain View
Pop. 83,732
$4,077/mo
+5.5%
→Murrieta
Pop. 112,064
$2,512/mo
-0.4%
→Napa
Pop. 78,239
$2,763/mo
-0.1%
→National City
Pop. 58,893
$2,418/mo
-0.7%
→Newark
Pop. 46,903
$3,502/mo
+6.1%
→Newman
Pop. 12,316
$1,295/mo
—
→Newport Beach
Pop. 83,845
$4,177/mo
+5.0%
→Nipomo
Pop. 17,516
$3,520/mo
—
→Norwalk
Pop. 99,789
$2,792/mo
+8.3%
→Novato
Pop. 52,546
$3,752/mo
-1.1%
→Oak Park
Pop. 13,757
$3,351/mo
+0.8%
→Oakdale
Pop. 23,194
$1,874/mo
—
→Oakland
Pop. 439,418
$2,544/mo
+4.9%
→Oakley
Pop. 45,183
$3,305/mo
+4.8%
→Oceanside
Pop. 172,242
$2,930/mo
+1.9%
→Oildale
Pop. 34,687
$1,353/mo
+7.5%
→Ojai
Pop. 7,577
$3,935/mo
—
→Olivehurst
Pop. 18,444
$2,304/mo
—
→Ontario
Pop. 180,547
$2,583/mo
+5.8%
→Orange
Pop. 138,266
$3,239/mo
+3.5%
→Orangevale
Pop. 35,958
$2,088/mo
+5.5%
→Orinda
Pop. 19,514
$5,300/mo
—
→Orland
Pop. 8,357
$1,675/mo
—
→Oroville
Pop. 19,752
$1,429/mo
+2.8%
→Oxnard
Pop. 200,928
$2,904/mo
-3.1%
→Pacific Grove
Pop. 14,951
$3,087/mo
+5.7%
→Pacifica
Pop. 37,261
$3,597/mo
+13.1%
→Palm Desert
Pop. 51,990
$2,692/mo
+3.2%
→Palm Springs
Pop. 45,070
$2,179/mo
+4.2%
→Palmdale
Pop. 164,634
$2,752/mo
-1.5%
→Palo Alto
Pop. 67,237
$4,170/mo
+12.7%
→Palos Verdes Estates
Pop. 12,925
$6,967/mo
-5.1%
→Paradise
Pop. 241
$1,646/mo
+3.0%
→Paramount
Pop. 52,050
$2,573/mo
+2.9%
→Pasadena
Pop. 136,969
$2,907/mo
-1.6%
→Paso Robles
$2,528/mo
-2.5%
→Patterson
Pop. 24,693
$2,559/mo
—
→Perris
Pop. 80,511
$2,826/mo
+1.1%
→Petaluma
Pop. 59,247
$2,756/mo
-0.4%
→Pico Rivera
Pop. 60,272
$2,324/mo
+8.5%
→Pine Mountain Club
Pop. 2,838
$1,823/mo
—
→Pinole
Pop. 18,761
$3,200/mo
—
→Pismo Beach
Pop. 8,014
$2,969/mo
-11.8%
→Pittsburg
Pop. 76,257
$2,395/mo
-2.1%
→Placentia
Pop. 52,826
$2,788/mo
+3.5%
→Placerville
Pop. 10,762
$1,855/mo
+15.2%
→Pleasant Hill
Pop. 34,235
$2,772/mo
+8.1%
→Pleasanton
Pop. 76,960
$3,040/mo
+7.2%
→Pollock Pines
Pop. 6,212
$2,098/mo
—
→Pomona
Pop. 147,943
$2,449/mo
-0.7%
→Port Hueneme
Pop. 21,582
$2,815/mo
-4.5%
→Porterville
Pop. 63,157
$1,252/mo
+3.5%
→Poway
Pop. 48,713
$3,021/mo
-6.3%
→Ramona
Pop. 22,634
$2,215/mo
+2.8%
→Rancho Cordova
Pop. 81,849
$2,288/mo
+6.4%
→Rancho Cucamonga
Pop. 175,411
$2,812/mo
-0.5%
→Rancho Mirage
Pop. 17,563
$4,055/mo
-8.2%
→Rancho Mission Viejo
Pop. 11,971
$3,927/mo
+2.1%
→Rancho Palos Verdes
Pop. 40,864
$5,464/mo
+15.9%
→Rancho Santa Margarita
Pop. 46,990
$2,799/mo
-2.6%
→Red Bluff
Pop. 14,549
$1,524/mo
+17.3%
→Redding
Pop. 93,409
$1,618/mo
+6.0%
→Redlands
Pop. 73,375
$2,389/mo
+4.2%
→Redondo Beach
Pop. 69,291
$3,426/mo
+0.2%
→Redwood City
Pop. 82,447
$3,804/mo
+7.6%
→Reedley
Pop. 25,609
$1,680/mo
—
→Rialto
Pop. 104,143
$2,728/mo
+1.1%
→Richmond
Pop. 115,505
$2,562/mo
+4.3%
→Ridgecrest
Pop. 28,225
$1,329/mo
-1.8%
→Riverbank
Pop. 25,166
$2,321/mo
—
→Riverside
Pop. 319,069
$2,364/mo
+2.7%
→Rocklin
Pop. 73,327
$2,409/mo
+1.4%
→Rohnert Park
Pop. 44,575
$2,566/mo
+5.5%
→Rosamond
Pop. 21,473
$2,366/mo
—
→Rosemead
Pop. 50,013
$2,918/mo
+1.9%
→Rosemont
Pop. 23,766
$1,927/mo
+0.1%
→Roseville
Pop. 155,955
$2,577/mo
+5.3%
→Rowland Heights
Pop. 45,911
$2,850/mo
+19.5%
→Running Springs
Pop. 4,917
$2,086/mo
—
→Sacramento
Pop. 528,706
$2,020/mo
+1.9%
→Salinas
Pop. 161,761
$2,514/mo
-1.9%
→San Anselmo
Pop. 12,679
$3,695/mo
—
→San Bernardino
Pop. 222,724
$1,958/mo
+3.6%
→San Bruno
Pop. 42,307
$3,232/mo
+7.5%
→San Carlos
Pop. 29,614
$4,213/mo
+14.3%
→San Clemente
Pop. 63,273
$3,367/mo
+6.3%
→San Diego
Pop. 1,389,526
$2,942/mo
+3.2%
→San Dimas
Pop. 33,789
$2,821/mo
+0.5%
→San Francisco
Pop. 830,235
$4,101/mo
+20.1%
→San Gabriel
Pop. 38,392
$2,654/mo
-0.3%
→San Jacinto
Pop. 55,180
$2,476/mo
-15.8%
→San Jose
Pop. 990,138
$3,329/mo
+7.2%
→San Juan Capistrano
Pop. 35,095
$4,164/mo
+5.9%
→San Leandro
Pop. 87,826
$2,434/mo
-0.8%
→San Lorenzo
Pop. 29,171
$2,187/mo
—
→San Luis Obispo
Pop. 48,491
$3,352/mo
-2.1%
→San Marcos
Pop. 94,882
$3,073/mo
+1.4%
→San Marino
Pop. 12,216
$6,172/mo
—
→San Mateo
Pop. 103,105
$3,561/mo
+7.1%
→San Pablo
Pop. 31,720
$2,294/mo
—
→San Rafael
Pop. 60,433
$3,009/mo
+4.9%
→San Ramon
Pop. 85,993
$2,945/mo
+7.8%
→Santa Ana
Pop. 312,534
$2,854/mo
+3.2%
→Santa Barbara
Pop. 87,779
$4,070/mo
+6.6%
→Santa Clara
Pop. 130,256
$3,727/mo
+7.1%
→Santa Clarita
Pop. 230,221
$2,837/mo
+3.8%
→Santa Cruz
Pop. 61,607
$3,585/mo
+6.4%
→Santa Maria
Pop. 110,462
$2,468/mo
+0.9%
→Santa Monica
Pop. 91,169
$3,606/mo
+2.8%
→Santa Paula
Pop. 31,376
$2,450/mo
—
→Santa Rosa
Pop. 177,090
$2,534/mo
+0.1%
→Santee
Pop. 59,332
$2,853/mo
+8.6%
→Saratoga
Pop. 30,319
$6,366/mo
+11.9%
→Sausalito
Pop. 7,141
$3,741/mo
-13.8%
→Scotts Valley
Pop. 12,044
$3,657/mo
—
→Seal Beach
Pop. 24,722
$2,960/mo
+0.1%
→Seaside
Pop. 31,814
$2,773/mo
-6.0%
→Sebastopol
Pop. 7,445
$2,793/mo
-11.6%
→Shafter
Pop. 21,193
$1,925/mo
—
→Shingle Springs
Pop. 3,801
$2,254/mo
+0.2%
→Sierra Madre
Pop. 10,940
$3,254/mo
+1.9%
→Simi Valley
Pop. 125,634
$2,882/mo
+0.8%
→Solana Beach
Pop. 12,823
$5,292/mo
+47.4%
→Solvang
Pop. 6,034
$3,617/mo
—
→Sonoma
Pop. 10,670
$2,935/mo
+2.9%
→Soquel
Pop. 10,679
$3,598/mo
—
→South Gate
Pop. 91,483
$2,006/mo
+12.6%
→South Lake Tahoe
Pop. 21,269
$2,609/mo
+21.2%
→South Pasadena
Pop. 26,068
$2,689/mo
-3.0%
→South San Francisco
Pop. 64,305
$3,872/mo
+14.4%
→Spring Valley
$2,460/mo
+2.4%
→Stanton
Pop. 39,402
$2,833/mo
+5.7%
→Stevenson Ranch
Pop. 20,990
$3,001/mo
+4.2%
→Stockton
Pop. 322,326
$1,979/mo
+0.8%
→Suisun City
Pop. 29,286
$2,625/mo
+6.1%
→Sunnyvale
Pop. 154,236
$3,628/mo
+8.7%
→Taft
Pop. 7,125
$1,133/mo
+2.7%
→Tehachapi
Pop. 11,946
$1,892/mo
-8.4%
→Temecula
Pop. 111,167
$2,822/mo
+1.5%
→Temple City
Pop. 35,430
$3,373/mo
+0.6%
→Templeton
Pop. 9,580
$3,348/mo
—
→Thousand Oaks
Pop. 125,205
$3,396/mo
+1.5%
→Tiburon
Pop. 9,012
$4,815/mo
-12.6%
→Topanga
Pop. 8,885
$7,150/mo
—
→Torrance
Pop. 142,130
$3,012/mo
+6.9%
→Tracy
Pop. 96,966
$2,666/mo
+3.2%
→Truckee
Pop. 17,066
$4,236/mo
-11.7%
→Tulare
Pop. 70,945
$1,814/mo
+4.9%
→Turlock
Pop. 72,502
$2,059/mo
+0.8%
→Tustin
Pop. 78,981
$3,191/mo
+1.6%
→Twentynine Palms
Pop. 27,355
$1,369/mo
-2.4%
→Ukiah
Pop. 16,304
$2,056/mo
—
→Union City
Pop. 67,464
$2,717/mo
+9.4%
→Upland
Pop. 79,257
$2,392/mo
+2.0%
→Vacaville
Pop. 102,596
$2,483/mo
+0.3%
→Vallejo
Pop. 124,268
$2,131/mo
+2.0%
→Ventura
$2,843/mo
+2.7%
→Victorville
Pop. 137,627
$2,209/mo
+1.6%
→View Park-Windsor Hills
Pop. 11,230
$3,898/mo
—
→Visalia
Pop. 143,939
$1,845/mo
+3.6%
→Vista
Pop. 99,114
$2,669/mo
+1.1%
→Walnut Creek
Pop. 70,088
$2,871/mo
+7.9%
→Watsonville
Pop. 51,712
$3,064/mo
+5.8%
→West Covina
Pop. 107,037
$2,644/mo
+1.5%
→West Hollywood
Pop. 34,884
$3,133/mo
+1.8%
→West Sacramento
Pop. 54,927
$2,216/mo
+0.6%
→Westlake Village
Pop. 7,743
$4,659/mo
+14.1%
→Westminster
Pop. 89,860
$2,564/mo
+0.9%
→Westmont
Pop. 34,123
$2,255/mo
-10.4%
→Whittier
Pop. 86,165
$2,326/mo
+2.2%
→Wildomar
Pop. 37,277
$2,689/mo
+7.9%
→Winchester
Pop. 4,555
$3,442/mo
+9.2%
→Windsor
Pop. 26,081
$3,800/mo
—
→Winters
Pop. 7,583
$2,763/mo
—
→Woodland
Pop. 61,854
$2,479/mo
+15.2%
→Yorba Linda
Pop. 67,170
$3,977/mo
+4.8%
→Yuba City
Pop. 69,471
$1,917/mo
+1.1%
→Yucaipa
Pop. 54,421
$1,912/mo
-7.3%
→Yucca Valley
Pop. 21,770
$1,912/mo
+13.7%
→California rent questions
What is the average rent in California?
The average median rent across 379 tracked cities in California is $2,997/mo, about 55% above the national median of $1,930/mo.
Which California city has the highest rent?
Montecito has the highest median rent in California at $19,875/mo.
Which California city has the most affordable rent?
Porterville is the most affordable tracked city in California, with a median rent of $1,252/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in California?
Across California cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +3.4% over the past year.
How does California rent compare to the rest of the country?
355 of 405 tracked California cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,930/mo, and 50 fall below it.
What are the largest rental markets in California?
By population, the largest rental markets in California are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose. Each has its own rent data, trends, and ZIP-level breakdowns on RentDataNow.
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