The most and least expensive ZIP codes to rent in America
ZIP code 81611 in Aspen, CO is the most expensive in America at $18,041/month — about 26× the cheapest US ZIP, 65613 in Bolivar, MO.
City-wide averages hide enormous variation: a single city can hold a ZIP code renting for four times the price of one across town. This study ranks rent at the ZIP-code level using the Zillow Observed Rent Index for May 2026, covering 7,293 US ZIP codes with reliable rent data. The typical ZIP on the list rents for about $1,809/month; the extremes run far wider.
The most expensive ZIP code in America is 81611 in Aspen, CO, at $18,041/month — roughly 26× the rent of the cheapest, 65613 in Bolivar, MO ($694/month).
The 25 most expensive ZIP codes to rent in
| # | ZIP code | Median rent | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81611 — Aspen, CO | $18,041 | +38.3% |
| 2 | 90265 — Malibu, CA | $17,114 | +5.0% |
| 3 | 08402 — Margate City, NJ | $17,000 | -27.9% |
| 4 | 93108 — Montecito, CA | $16,181 | +47.1% |
| 5 | 11942 — East Quogue, NY | $14,500 | — |
| 6 | 11946 — Hampton Bays, NY | $13,103 | +56.4% |
| 7 | 90077 — Los Angeles, CA | $11,469 | — |
| 8 | 90210 — Beverly Hills, CA | $11,384 | +6.6% |
| 9 | 90067 — Los Angeles, CA | $11,111 | — |
| 10 | 90402 — Santa Monica, CA | $10,667 | +17.8% |
| 11 | 06880 — Westport, CT | $10,158 | +121.6% |
| 12 | 90272 — Los Angeles, CA | $9,975 | +23.6% |
| 13 | 10538 — Larchmont, NY | $9,558 | — |
| 14 | 07626 — Cresskill, NJ | $8,750 | — |
| 15 | 92625 — Newport Beach, CA | $8,745 | +8.3% |
| 16 | 33149 — Key Biscayne, FL | $8,143 | +16.2% |
| 17 | 10007 — New York, NY | $8,135 | +22.5% |
| 18 | 34102 — Naples, FL | $7,907 | -14.5% |
| 19 | 10282 — New York, NY | $7,753 | +14.9% |
| 20 | 06807 — Greenwich, CT | $7,400 | — |
| 21 | 34242 — Siesta Key, FL | $7,291 | — |
| 22 | 34228 — Longboat Key, FL | $7,209 | — |
| 23 | 90290 — Topanga, CA | $7,150 | — |
| 24 | 33480 — Palm Beach, FL | $7,144 | +28.1% |
| 25 | 06840 — New Canaan, CT | $7,092 | — |
The 25 cheapest ZIP codes to rent in
At the other end, these ZIP codes have the lowest median rent of any we track. They cluster in the rural Midwest and South, where housing supply is ample and local wages are lower.
| # | ZIP code | Median rent | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65613 — Bolivar, MO | $694 | — |
| 2 | 67501 — Hutchinson, KS | $695 | -1.0% |
| 3 | 74601 — Ponca City, OK | $748 | — |
| 4 | 67530 — Great Bend, KS | $748 | — |
| 5 | 31701 — Albany, GA | $751 | — |
| 6 | 46041 — Frankfort, IN | $752 | — |
| 7 | 63501 — Kirksville, MO | $774 | -17.3% |
| 8 | 16127 — Grove City, PA | $777 | — |
| 9 | 52807 — Davenport, IA | $780 | +3.6% |
| 10 | 58075 — Wahpeton, ND | $787 | — |
| 11 | 50208 — Newton, IA | $788 | — |
| 12 | 24740 — Princeton, WV | $788 | — |
| 13 | 52732 — Clinton, IA | $792 | — |
| 14 | 61920 — Charleston, IL | $795 | — |
| 15 | 45701 — Athens, OH | $797 | — |
| 16 | 26062 — Weirton, WV | $800 | — |
| 17 | 16503 — Erie, PA | $800 | — |
| 18 | 61455 — Macomb, IL | $803 | — |
| 19 | 66801 — Emporia, KS | $808 | +10.4% |
| 20 | 57069 — Vermillion, SD | $813 | — |
| 21 | 59301 — Miles City, MT | $813 | — |
| 22 | 67211 — Wichita, KS | $814 | -11.6% |
| 23 | 72901 — Fort Smith, AR | $816 | +3.8% |
| 24 | 44703 — Canton, OH | $816 | -4.6% |
| 25 | 35501 — Jasper, AL | $817 | — |
The most expensive ZIP code in every state
Even states without a famous luxury market have a single priciest ZIP. This table lists the highest-rent ZIP code in each state, sorted by rent.
Key findings
- 81611 (Aspen, CO) is the most expensive ZIP code to rent in America at $18,041/month.
- 65613 (Bolivar, MO) is the cheapest, at $694/month — about 26× cheaper than the priciest.
- The most-expensive ZIP codes concentrate in coastal California, the New York metro, and resort towns; the cheapest are spread across the rural Midwest and South.
- ZIP-level data exposes intra-city gaps that citywide medians erase — the spread between a metro's priciest and cheapest ZIP often exceeds the spread between entire cities.
Why ZIP codes beat city averages
A citywide median answers "what does this city cost?" but renters actually choose neighborhoods, and neighborhoods map to ZIP codes. Within a single large city, the gap between the most and least expensive ZIP can run several thousand dollars a month. Looking at rent by ZIP code is the closest a public dataset gets to neighborhood-level pricing. Click any ZIP above to see its full rent profile, bedroom breakdown, and nearby ZIP comparisons.
This study ranks median rent at the ZIP-code level using the Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), a smoothed repeat-rent index, for April 2026. Unlike the citywide studies on this site, the unit of analysis here is the individual ZIP code.
The universe is every US ZIP code with a published ZORI reading for the month (7,293 ZIP codes). ZIP codes with a median below $400/month are excluded as data artifacts, and those above $20,000/month are excluded as luxury statistical outliers — consistent with the outlier handling used across RentDataNow. Year-over-year change compares the latest month to the same calendar month one year earlier, where a prior reading exists.
The "most expensive ZIP in every state" table selects the single highest-rent qualifying ZIP code per state. Figures describe the typical rent in each ZIP, not any individual unit.
The full underlying dataset is available as a CSV for verification, republishing, or extending the analysis.
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RentDataNow Data Team (2026). "The most and least expensive ZIP codes to rent in America." RentDataNow. Retrieved from https://rentdatanow.com/studies/most-and-least-expensive-zip-codes-to-rent
- ZORI (Zillow Observed Rent Index), ZIP-code level — monthly median rent by ZIP, smoothed repeat-rent methodology. Public download at zillow.com/research/data.
- RentDataNow ZIP pages — every row links to the full rent profile, bedroom breakdown, and nearby-ZIP comparison for that ZIP code.
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