All 50 States Ranked by Rent Price (2026)

Complete ranking of every US state by average 2-bedroom rent. Find the cheapest and most expensive states for renters in America.

Cheapest: Kansas $1,080/mo
Median: Pennsylvania $1,555/mo
Most Expensive: Massachusetts $2,941/mo
40
States Ranked
$1,579
Avg 2BR Rent
$1,861
Max Monthly Savings
$22,332
Max Yearly Savings

Complete State Ranking by 2-Bedroom Rent

Sorted from cheapest to most expensive

RankStateStudio1 Bed2 Bed3 BedCOL IndexIncome NeededDetails
#1
Kansas
1 metros
$765$900$1,080$1,39589$43,200/yrView →
#2
Mississippi
1 metros
$808$950$1,140$1,47384$45,600/yrView →
#3
North Dakota
1 metros
$808$950$1,140$1,47393$45,600/yrView →
#4
Arkansas
2 metros
$850$1,000$1,200$1,55087$48,000/yrView →
#5
Iowa
2 metros
$851$1,000$1,200$1,55190$48,000/yrView →
#6
South Dakota
1 metros
$850$1,000$1,200$1,55092$48,000/yrView →
#7
Oklahoma
1 metros
$939$1,017$1,244$1,67587$49,760/yrView →
#8
Nebraska
2 metros
$893$1,050$1,260$1,62892$50,400/yrView →
#9
Alabama
1 metros
$1,024$1,155$1,266$1,58389$50,640/yrView →
#10
Ohio
3 metros
$923$1,028$1,268$1,59190$50,720/yrView →
#11
Indiana
2 metros
$942$1,084$1,277$1,65191$51,080/yrView →
#12
Louisiana
3 metros
$916$1,071$1,284$1,65292$51,360/yrView →
#13
Missouri
2 metros
$1,025$1,096$1,288$1,66989$51,520/yrView →
#14
Kentucky
2 metros
$951$1,074$1,296$1,66590$51,840/yrView →
#15
Texas
7 metros
$1,047$1,141$1,366$1,78293$54,640/yrView →
#16
Wisconsin
3 metros
$994$1,140$1,366$1,73893$54,640/yrView →
#17
Michigan
4 metros
$996$1,156$1,403$1,78891$56,120/yrView →
#18
Georgia
4 metros
$1,109$1,253$1,460$1,84494$58,400/yrView →
#19
North Carolina
5 metros
$1,153$1,264$1,476$1,90296$59,040/yrView →
#20
Tennessee
3 metros
$1,196$1,311$1,481$1,91891$59,240/yrView →
#21
Pennsylvania
2 metros
$1,199$1,299$1,555$1,91696$62,200/yrView →
#22
Arizona
2 metros
$1,196$1,342$1,580$2,079103$63,200/yrView →
#23
Idaho
1 metros
$1,148$1,350$1,620$2,09397$64,800/yrView →
#24
South Carolina
3 metros
$1,162$1,367$1,640$2,11993$65,600/yrView →
#25
Utah
2 metros
$1,204$1,403$1,684$2,213101$67,360/yrView →
#26
Virginia
2 metros
$1,467$1,510$1,684$2,224103$67,360/yrView →
#27
Minnesota
1 metros
$1,242$1,405$1,709$2,26299$68,360/yrView →
#28
Rhode Island
1 metros
$1,318$1,402$1,729$2,087111$69,160/yrView →
#29
Nevada
1 metros
$1,333$1,478$1,735$2,413103$69,400/yrView →
#30
Oregon
2 metros
$1,359$1,514$1,771$2,356113$70,840/yrView →
#31
Illinois
1 metros
$1,480$1,581$1,781$2,29495$71,240/yrView →
#32
Maryland
1 metros
$1,362$1,511$1,857$2,358118$74,280/yrView →
#33
Connecticut
1 metros
$1,286$1,477$1,865$2,236113$74,600/yrView →
#34
Colorado
2 metros
$1,438$1,602$1,915$2,491105$76,600/yrView →
#35
New York
3 metros
$1,566$1,681$1,918$2,407139$76,720/yrView →
#36
Florida
7 metros
$1,477$1,629$1,938$2,472102$77,520/yrView →
#37
Washington
2 metros
$1,547$1,673$1,971$2,566110$78,840/yrView →
#38
District of Columbia
1 metros
$1,953$2,015$2,246$2,835148$89,840/yrView →
#39
California
11 metros
$1,703$1,928$2,333$3,038142$93,320/yrView →
#40
Massachusetts
1 metros
$2,359$2,476$2,941$3,526131$117,640/yrView →

Average Rent by Region

Northeast

$2,016
avg 2BR rent
Cheapest: Pennsylvania ($1,555)

Southeast

$1,442
avg 2BR rent
Cheapest: Mississippi ($1,140)

Midwest

$1,331
avg 2BR rent
Cheapest: Kansas ($1,080)

Southwest

$1,397
avg 2BR rent
Cheapest: Oklahoma ($1,244)

West

$1,861
avg 2BR rent
Cheapest: Idaho ($1,620)

Top 10 Cheapest States

$1,080/mo
$1,140/mo
$1,140/mo
$1,200/mo
$1,200/mo
$1,200/mo
$1,244/mo
$1,260/mo
$1,266/mo
#10Ohio
$1,268/mo

Top 10 Most Expensive States

$2,941/mo
$2,333/mo
$1,971/mo
$1,938/mo
$1,918/mo
$1,915/mo
$1,865/mo
$1,857/mo
$1,781/mo