county benchmark · California

Median gross rent, monthly, 2020-2024

Across 56 counties in California. Every rank carries its margin of error.

COUNTIES: 56PERIOD: 2020-2024Every figure source-linked

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Distribution

Percentile	Value
10th percentile	$1,138
25th	$1,302
Median	$1,624
75th	$2,084
90th percentile	$2,366

Highest counties

Rank 1 is the highest value, and for this measure a higher value is the worse outcome. “First” here does not mean best.

San Mateo County leads reliably only from rank 2 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 2, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.

Rank	County	Estimate	Range (90 %)	Source
1	San Mateo County	$2,922	$2,882 – $2,962	evidence →
2	Santa Clara County	$2,857	$2,838 – $2,876	evidence →
3	Marin County	$2,668	$2,585 – $2,751	evidence →
4	San Francisco County	$2,476	$2,446 – $2,506	evidence →
5	Orange County	$2,434	$2,421 – $2,447	evidence →
6	Contra Costa County	$2,375	$2,353 – $2,397	evidence →
7	Alameda County	$2,357	$2,341 – $2,373	evidence →
8	Ventura County	$2,317	$2,292 – $2,342	evidence →
9	Santa Cruz County	$2,264	$2,213 – $2,315	evidence →
10	San Diego County	$2,246	$2,235 – $2,257	evidence →
11	Napa County	$2,237	$2,181 – $2,293	evidence →
12	Solano County	$2,163	$2,132 – $2,194	evidence →
13	Sonoma County	$2,158	$2,128 – $2,188	evidence →
14	Santa Barbara County	$2,131	$2,096 – $2,166	evidence →
15	Placer County	$2,069	$2,025 – $2,113	evidence →
16	Monterey County	$2,055	$2,023 – $2,087	evidence →
17	San Benito County	$1,992	$1,879 – $2,105	evidence →
18	San Luis Obispo County	$1,992	$1,947 – $2,037	evidence →
19	Los Angeles County	$1,954	$1,948 – $1,960	evidence →
20	Riverside County	$1,901	$1,884 – $1,918	evidence →

2023 →2022 →2021 →All measures for California →All county benchmarks →

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