California rent guide

Average Rent in California by City (June 2026)

Data as of Jun 5, 2026 · 3,687 rentals across 225 cities

A one-bedroom in California rents for about $2,195 a month right now, the median across the 1,845 one-beds we’re tracking, so half go for less and half for more. We use the median on purpose. A handful of $6,000 luxury units drag the “average” upward and tell you nothing about a normal lease; the median is closer to what a real renter actually signs.

Studio

$2,100

typical / mo

1 bed

$2,195

typical / mo

2 bed

$2,500

typical / mo

3 bed

$3,200

typical / mo

Two things that table makes obvious. Going from a one-bed to a two-bed costs roughly $305 more a month statewide, so if a roommate is even a possibility, splitting a two-bedroom usually beats renting a one-bed alone. And studios save less than most people expect: the typical studio runs only about $95 under a one-bedroom, and in plenty of cities the two overlap. When a studio and a one-bed are within a hundred dollars of each other, take the room.

Typical rent by city, lowest first

Sorted by each city’s overall median, so the most affordable markets are up top. Find yours, then check the one-bed and two-bed columns for the size you’re actually after.

#	City	Typical	1 bed	2 bed	Listings
1	Fresno	$1,295	$1,150	$1,200	91
2	Palmdale	$1,520	$1,473	–	11
3	San Gabriel	$1,550	–	$1,500	5
4	Rancho Cordova	$1,559	$1,558	–	8
5	Hemet	$1,575	$1,510	$1,850	14
6	Citrus Heights	$1,619	$1,652	–	12
7	Highland	$1,650	$1,738	–	5
8	Sacramento	$1,655	$1,600	$1,650	85
9	Woodland	$1,678	$1,523	–	6
10	San Bernardino	$1,679	$1,600	$1,800	22
11	Victorville	$1,685	$1,632	$1,785	12
12	Fair Oaks	$1,700	$1,595	–	9
13	West Sacramento	$1,749	–	–	5
14	Lancaster	$1,750	$1,625	$1,750	21
15	Clovis	$1,763	$1,478	$1,973	10
16	Colton	$1,779	$1,795	–	7
17	Pomona	$1,800	$1,713	$2,250	17
18	National City	$1,846	$1,797	–	8
19	Downey	$1,850	$1,838	$2,400	27
20	Gardena	$1,850	$1,798	$2,195	14
21	Pico Rivera	$1,857	–	–	6
22	Visalia	$1,870	–	$1,870	9
23	Rialto	$1,875	$1,800	$1,958	7
24	Bellflower	$1,895	$1,895	–	18
25	Antioch	$1,900	–	$1,850	9
26	El Monte	$1,915	$1,880	–	6
27	Hesperia	$1,922	$1,425	$2,049	10
28	Moreno Valley	$1,938	$1,895	$2,299	16
29	Concord	$1,958	$1,943	$2,295	23
30	Fontana	$1,970	$2,208	$2,050	13
31	Fairfield	$1,975	$1,800	$1,950	39
32	Hawthorne	$1,975	$1,850	$2,250	35
33	Azusa	$1,981	$1,981	–	12
34	Riverside	$1,982	$1,955	$2,100	46
35	Folsom	$1,989	$1,995	–	15
36	Fullerton	$1,998	$2,000	$2,599	28
37	Vallejo	$2,000	$1,761	$2,200	27
38	Garden Grove	$2,000	$1,895	$2,445	13
39	El Cajon	$2,014	$1,880	$2,232	40
40	Rocklin	$2,016	$1,980	$2,175	14
41	South Pasadena	$2,025	$2,025	–	5
42	South Gate	$2,026	–	$2,350	6
43	Redlands	$2,037	$2,037	$2,200	19
44	Davis	$2,041	$1,820	$2,250	22
45	Norwalk	$2,047	$2,030	–	12
46	Burbank	$2,050	$2,150	–	39
47	Anaheim	$2,075	$2,000	$2,450	58
48	Elk Grove	$2,099	$2,099	$2,198	9
49	Richmond	$2,100	–	$2,200	6
50	Santa Rosa	$2,107	$1,999	$2,270	32
51	Rohnert Park	$2,107	$1,995	$2,300	20
52	Martinez	$2,115	$2,102	$2,626	11
53	Pittsburg	$2,121	$2,116	–	9
54	Buena Park	$2,128	$1,760	$2,399	16
55	Roseville	$2,145	$2,047	$2,168	21
56	Upland	$2,154	$2,108	$2,165	18
57	Murrieta	$2,155	$2,167	$2,048	15
58	Covina	$2,175	$1,845	–	8
59	Ontario	$2,189	$2,040	$2,650	21
60	Long Beach	$2,195	$1,875	$2,310	101
61	Los Angeles	$2,200	$2,295	$2,798	410
62	Temecula	$2,200	$2,134	–	9
63	Vacaville	$2,208	$2,194	–	18
64	San Leandro	$2,235	$2,149	$2,473	19
65	Corona	$2,250	$2,024	$2,300	13
66	West Covina	$2,258	$2,049	$2,650	14
67	Pleasant Hill	$2,272	$2,272	–	9
68	Napa	$2,273	$2,200	$2,724	12
69	Santa Ana	$2,296	$2,250	$2,595	29
70	Walnut Creek	$2,305	$2,484	$2,500	22
71	Westminster	$2,319	$2,234	$2,523	10
72	Oakland	$2,320	$2,333	$2,680	109
73	Suisun City	$2,333	$1,916	–	7
74	Santa Clarita	$2,341	$2,225	$2,369	16
75	Hayward	$2,352	$2,133	$2,475	32
76	Chino Hills	$2,355	$2,355	–	5
77	Tustin	$2,360	–	$2,389	10
78	Monrovia	$2,364	$2,226	$2,095	10
79	Inglewood	$2,373	$1,948	$2,450	48
80	Cloverdale	$2,375	–	$2,375	7
81	Stanton	$2,375	–	–	5
82	Dublin	$2,386	$2,386	–	7
83	Torrance	$2,395	$2,273	$3,175	38
84	San Ramon	$2,398	$2,345	–	7
85	Vista	$2,399	$2,320	$2,550	29
86	Glendale	$2,400	$2,028	$2,675	44
87	Pasadena	$2,400	$2,348	$2,870	27
88	Gilroy	$2,400	$2,250	–	7
89	Fremont	$2,405	$2,373	$3,270	32
90	Huntington Beach	$2,415	$2,350	$2,545	30
91	San Diego	$2,420	$2,474	$2,650	201
92	Chula Vista	$2,424	$2,424	$2,633	33
93	Alameda	$2,425	$2,025	$2,450	70
94	Escondido	$2,427	$1,964	$2,645	21
95	Cypress	$2,450	$2,440	–	6
96	Lawndale	$2,450	–	$2,450	5
97	Petaluma	$2,470	$2,467	–	6
98	Rancho Cucamonga	$2,471	$2,402	$2,710	11
99	Lomita	$2,473	–	$2,473	6
100	West Hollywood	$2,485	$2,413	$3,695	49
101	Pleasanton	$2,493	$2,495	–	12
102	La Habra	$2,496	$2,496	–	6
103	Orange	$2,504	$2,277	$2,923	22
104	Newark	$2,564	$2,296	–	6
105	Union City	$2,580	$2,580	–	5
106	Livermore	$2,593	$2,457	–	8
107	Oceanside	$2,595	$2,569	$2,800	25
108	San Rafael	$2,600	$2,450	$2,795	15
109	San Marcos	$2,603	–	$2,617	12
110	Culver City	$2,604	$2,450	–	11
111	Daly City	$2,621	–	–	6
112	Novato	$2,627	$2,198	$2,750	7
113	San Jose	$2,646	$2,525	$2,800	128
114	San Pablo	$2,650	–	–	5
115	Alhambra	$2,650	–	–	7
116	Aliso Viejo	$2,653	$2,692	–	7
117	Redondo Beach	$2,675	$2,675	–	9
118	Berkeley	$2,698	$2,438	$2,945	40
119	Campbell	$2,700	$2,398	$3,900	11
120	San Clemente	$2,750	$2,604	$3,185	9
121	Arcadia	$2,750	–	$2,675	7
122	Laguna Niguel	$2,751	$2,650	–	9
123	Brea	$2,753	–	$2,830	6
124	Belmont	$2,756	$2,600	$2,895	12
125	Irvine	$2,767	$2,666	–	18
126	Monterey Park	$2,798	–	$3,500	6
127	Newport Beach	$2,810	$2,575	–	9
128	Sunnyvale	$2,815	$2,723	$3,135	39
129	Emeryville	$2,825	–	$3,620	6
130	Santa Clara	$2,895	$2,848	$2,873	29
131	Costa Mesa	$2,895	$2,303	$3,095	25
132	Dana Point	$2,895	$2,892	–	5
133	Redwood City	$2,945	$2,545	$3,400	12
134	Beverly Hills	$2,975	$3,000	$3,843	28
135	Santa Monica	$3,050	$2,923	$3,935	47
136	Palo Alto	$3,150	$2,625	–	10
137	Carlsbad	$3,200	$2,777	$3,700	23
138	Milpitas	$3,207	$3,207	$3,293	10
139	South San Francisco	$3,240	$3,421	–	8
140	Encinitas	$3,285	$2,880	–	5
141	Morgan Hill	$3,294	$2,984	–	5
142	San Mateo	$3,295	$3,332	$3,060	23
143	Mountain View	$3,413	$3,247	$3,045	29
144	Cupertino	$3,423	$3,374	$3,577	9
145	Menlo Park	$3,445	$3,695	–	6
146	Danville	$3,800	–	–	9
147	San Francisco	$3,831	$4,452	$4,600	91
148	Burlingame	$3,987	$3,999	–	6

How to read these numbers

“Typical” is the median rent across every unit we track in that city, whatever its size. The per-bedroom columns are the median for that exact floor plan, shown only once a city has at least three of them listed. Otherwise a single odd unit would throw the figure off. We include cities with five or more live listings and leave out single rooms and age-restricted (senior) housing, so you’re comparing standard apartments to standard apartments. Everything refreshes when our listing data does (last updated Jun 5, 2026).

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