Average Rent by City and ZIP Code (2026)

What a rental actually earns is the number every other number depends on. These pages show typical asking rent across 8,474 ZIP codes and 567 cities, so you can price a unit you own or sanity check the rent assumption on a deal you are underwriting.

Rent estimates by state

Alabama$1,431 median Alaska$1,802 median Arizona$1,743 median Arkansas$1,310 median California$2,780 median Colorado$2,016 median Connecticut$2,241 median Delaware$1,918 median District of Columbia$2,542 median Florida$2,095 median Georgia$1,813 median Hawaii$2,993 median Idaho$1,747 median Illinois$1,885 median Indiana$1,348 median Iowa$1,218 median Kansas$1,334 median Kentucky$1,404 median Louisiana$1,458 median Maine$2,130 median Maryland$2,026 median Massachusetts$2,803 median Michigan$1,474 median Minnesota$1,669 median Mississippi$1,474 median Missouri$1,434 median Montana$1,498 median Nebraska$1,371 median Nevada$1,830 median New Hampshire$2,233 median New Jersey$2,583 median New Mexico$1,535 median New York$2,750 median North Carolina$1,680 median North Dakota$1,247 median Ohio$1,414 median Oklahoma$1,337 median Oregon$1,748 median Pennsylvania$1,584 median Rhode Island$2,155 median South Carolina$1,678 median South Dakota$1,341 median Tennessee$1,622 median Texas$1,605 median Utah$1,757 median Vermont$1,967 median Virginia$2,029 median Washington$2,039 median West Virginia$1,350 median Wisconsin$1,400 median Wyoming$1,361 median

Where this data comes from

Rents are the Zillow Observed Rent Index, a smoothed measure of typical asking rent for single family homes, condos, and apartments in each ZIP code. It reflects what units are being listed for, which is the right starting point for underwriting but not a substitute for pulling real comparables on the street you are buying.

Cities with fewer than 3 ZIP codes reporting are not given their own page, because one or two observations do not describe a market.

Turn a rent number into a deal decision

Rent is one input. Drop it into the analyzer with price, taxes, and financing to see cash flow, cap rate, and cash-on-cash return.

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