Rent estimate · CA

Rent estimates — every county in California

Median gross rent by county in California, from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2024 5-year). Each number is what households actually pay, so it is the demand floor for pricing your own listing — plan on asking close to it to fill a unit fast.

California counties

Median gross rent by county and bedroom count. Select a county for the full breakdown, margin of error, and year-over-year change.

CountyStudio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BRMedian gross rent
Alameda County, California$1,746$2,046$2,552$3,051$3,501$2,357
Amador County, California$1,218n/a$1,470$1,822$1,780$1,421
Butte County, California$1,031$1,112$1,417$1,795$2,102$1,414
Calaveras County, California$857$947$1,367$2,033$1,892$1,625
Colusa County, California$903$930$1,128$1,375$1,364$1,157
Contra Costa County, California$2,050$1,975$2,354$2,841$3,365$2,375
Del Norte County, California$723$1,084$1,127$1,775$1,708$1,233
El Dorado County, California$846$1,249$1,711$2,038$2,887$1,715
Fresno County, California$1,132$1,094$1,337$1,705$1,934$1,392
Glenn County, California$675$759$1,124$1,340$1,842$1,120
Humboldt County, California$973$1,001$1,334$1,888$2,152$1,287
Imperial County, California$739$770$1,037$1,294$1,661$1,056
Inyo County, California$483$1,174$1,143$1,556$2,596$1,189
Kern County, California$1,008$946$1,197$1,560$1,947$1,300
Kings County, California$904$908$1,190$1,553$1,817$1,331
Lake County, California$1,014$860$1,351$1,622$2,490$1,368
Lassen County, California$583$687$972$1,377n/a$1,000
Los Angeles County, California$1,523$1,724$2,127$2,484$2,866$1,954
Madera County, California$1,184$898$1,199$1,561$1,912$1,390
Marin County, California$1,892$2,145$2,794$3,501$3,501$2,668
Mariposa County, California$687$681$1,240$1,758$1,630$1,305
Mendocino County, California$943$998$1,381$1,818$1,852$1,317
Merced County, California$1,057$1,073$1,217$1,489$1,801$1,343
Modoc County, California$388$676$856$1,017n/a$836
Mono County, California$923$1,372$1,795$1,685$1,996$1,629
Monterey County, California$1,650$1,732$2,088$2,408$2,592$2,055
Napa County, California$1,459$1,711$2,331$2,718$3,394$2,237
Nevada County, Californian/a$1,152$1,648$2,317$2,669$1,677
Orange County, California$2,100$2,115$2,460$3,107$3,501$2,434
Placer County, California$1,813$1,606$2,025$2,490$3,068$2,069
Plumas County, California$725$835$1,179$1,373$1,838$1,194
Riverside County, California$1,372$1,440$1,810$2,166$2,666$1,901
Sacramento County, California$1,446$1,492$1,783$2,119$2,396$1,790
San Benito County, California$1,130$1,047$1,850$2,574$2,922$1,992
San Bernardino County, California$1,374$1,432$1,717$2,050$2,471$1,801
San Diego County, California$1,761$1,888$2,290$2,826$3,451$2,246
San Francisco County, California$1,574$2,455$3,124$3,469$3,501$2,476
San Joaquin County, California$1,255$1,299$1,609$1,983$2,532$1,734
San Luis Obispo County, California$1,409$1,452$2,052$2,492$3,073$1,992
San Mateo County, California$2,263$2,526$3,215$3,501$3,501$2,922
Santa Barbara County, California$1,708$1,838$2,150$2,516$2,954$2,131
Santa Clara County, California$2,205$2,487$2,950$3,501$3,501$2,857
Santa Cruz County, California$1,710$1,859$2,376$2,925$3,130$2,264
Shasta County, California$987$917$1,270$1,755$2,224$1,317
Siskiyou County, California$1,304$716$1,015$1,393$1,600$1,091
Solano County, California$1,548$1,720$2,093$2,492$2,867$2,163
Sonoma County, California$1,677$1,666$2,207$2,780$3,184$2,158
Stanislaus County, California$1,042$1,167$1,554$1,802$2,192$1,623
Sutter County, California$1,047$1,290$1,292$1,757$2,162$1,439
Tehama County, California$678$718$1,131$1,465$2,083$1,184
Trinity County, Californian/a$585$925$1,170$1,119$1,073
Tulare County, California$988$827$1,166$1,454$1,752$1,280
Tuolumne County, California$1,034$1,045$1,368$1,645$2,404$1,302
Ventura County, California$1,772$1,946$2,249$2,754$3,220$2,317
Yolo County, California$1,475$1,444$1,862$2,313$2,347$1,857
Yuba County, California$887$803$1,261$1,706$2,203$1,311

Frequently asked questions

How do county rent estimates compare across California?

The table ranks every county in California by median gross rent. Open one to see the per-bedroom median, the margin of error, and how it changed year over year.

What does the margin of error mean on these county rents?

The Census Bureau publishes a margin of error with every estimate. It reflects how confident we can be that the true median sits near the published number — small for populous counties, wider for rural ones. Treat each county figure as the center of a range, not an exact price.

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