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The 50 cities with the lowest rents in the United States

Monthly rent from the latest official data, at city level where available, otherwise the regional average.

Lowest
$563
Median
$1,522
Highest
$3,697
4,349 Cities

Top 15

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CitiesRent per month
Roma$563
Deming$586
Crowley$594
Corinth$601
Alpena$625
Magnolia$633
Mayfield$644
Johnstown$644
Greeneville$650
Kennett$651
Escanaba$657
Lenoir$664
Greenwood$678
Fort Payne$679
Douglas$680
RankCitiesRegionRent per month
1RomaTexas$563
2DemingNew Mexico$586
3CrowleyLouisiana$594
4CorinthMississippi$601
5AlpenaMichigan$625
6MagnoliaArkansas$633
7MayfieldKentucky$644
8JohnstownPennsylvania$644
9GreenevilleTennessee$650
10KennettMissouri$651
11EscanabaMichigan$657
12LenoirNorth Carolina$664
13GreenwoodMississippi$678
14Fort PayneAlabama$679
15DouglasGeorgia$680
16ShelbyMichigan$680
17CampbellsvilleKentucky$685
18MexicoMissouri$686
19Highland ParkMichigan$688
20OzarkAlabama$694
21EufaulaAlabama$698
22JacksonvilleIllinois$711
23SelmaAlabama$713
24OpelousasLouisiana$717
25JasperAlabama$721
26Alexander CityAlabama$721
27MassenaNew York$722
28EffinghamIllinois$725
29Mount AiryNorth Carolina$725
30YoungstownOhio$728
31BlufftonIndiana$732
32NogalesArizona$737
33AtchisonKansas$737
34FairmontMinnesota$738
35WabashIndiana$739
36Union CityTennessee$739
37MattoonIllinois$740
38BrookhavenMississippi$740
39ElizabethtonTennessee$740
40La HomaTexas$740
41San LuisArizona$741
42CumberlandMaryland$741
43New CastlePennsylvania$741
44NeoshoMissouri$745
45West PointMississippi$746
46WeirtonWest Virginia$746
47PortsmouthOhio$747
48New KensingtonPennsylvania$751
49HarrisonArkansas$753
50BeatriceNebraska$758

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