Per metric · 2026-04-27

What's a typical monthly rent in the US?

Median is $1,450. Most people fall between $1,000 and $2,000. Above $2,700 is top-10%.

What's a typical monthly rent?

The median US adult lands at $1,450 for monthly rent. The 25th-to-75th percentile range — what most people would call 'normal' — runs from $1,000 to $2,000. Below $750 you're in the bottom 10%; above $2,700 you're in the top 10%.

How we computed this

We anchor at p1, p5, p10, p25, p50, p75, p90, p95, and p99 from public-data sources and linearly interpolate between them. See methodology for the full chain.

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