Where buying beat renting since 2015

Had you bought an average home with a 10% deposit in January 2015 instead of renting, would you be better off now? These tables replay the real prices, rents and mortgage rates for each UK area and US metro with figures going back that far.

What happened

Buying came out ahead in 340 of 346 UK council areas by July 2026. The median place left a buyer £110,000 better off than a renter, and for the UK as a whole the gap was £172,000 in buying's favour. Buying did best in City of Bristol (£248,000), Barking and Dagenham (£220,000) and Trafford (£217,000). Renting did best in Kensington and Chelsea (£712,000), City of Westminster (£438,000) and Hammersmith and Fulham (£167,000).

Buying came out ahead in all 207 US metros by August 2026. The median metro left a buyer $181,000 better off than a renter, and for the US as a whole the gap was $222,000 in buying's favour. Buying did best in San Jose, CA ($379,000), Miami, FL ($350,000) and Santa Maria, CA ($337,000). Buying's lead was smallest in Davenport, IA ($40,000), Shreveport, LA ($55,000) and Anchorage, AK ($57,000).

Figures to July 2026 for the UK and August 2026 for the US.

How this was worked out

Each row is the rent vs buy calculator started in January 2015 with its usual settings:

Bought is the home's value now, less the mortgage still owed, plus the buyer's savings. Rented is the renter's savings. The difference is bought minus rented, so a negative number means renting came out ahead. Selling costs and income tax are left out, so neither side pays tax on its savings and there is no mortgage interest deduction.

Tap a place to open it in the calculator, where you can change the year, deposit, rate, return or any other figure.

UK: 361 places

PlaceDifferenceBoughtRentedHouse prices since 2015Rents since 2015
City of Bristol+£248,000£292,000£44,000+67%+81%
Barking and Dagenham+£220,000£270,000£49,000+66%+76%
Trafford+£217,000£283,000£66,000+89%+72%
Manchester+£211,000£236,000£25,000+96%+75%
Bath and North East Somerset+£197,000£265,000£68,000+51%+76%
Watford+£189,000£256,000£67,000+46%+62%
City of Glasgow+£189,000£209,000£20,000+85%+74%
Salford+£188,000£210,000£22,000+105%+82%
Basildon+£186,000£244,000£58,000+65%+66%
Midlothian+£185,000£220,000£35,000+64%+73%
Sevenoaks+£183,000£340,000£158,000+52%+52%
Waltham Forest+£182,000£334,000£151,000+51%+55%
Brighton and Hove+£182,000£253,000£71,000+40%+46%
South Gloucestershire+£181,000£232,000£51,000+64%+80%
Havering+£180,000£291,000£111,000+59%+70%
Redbridge+£175,000£303,000£127,000+51%+65%
England+£174,000£214,000£40,000+53%+53%
City of Edinburgh+£174,000£215,000£41,000+59%+73%
East Renfrewshire+£173,000£213,000£41,000+70%+74%
United Kingdom+£172,000£208,000£36,000+55%+53%
Great Britain+£172,000£209,000£37,000+54%+53%
East Lothian+£172,000£209,000£37,000+57%+73%
Bexley+£171,000£267,000£96,000+58%+70%
Newham+£171,000£241,000£70,000+34%+57%
Thurrock+£169,000£216,000£47,000+58%+58%
Dacorum+£167,000£288,000£121,000+50%+51%
Harlow+£163,000£212,000£49,000+49%+72%
Leeds+£163,000£192,000£29,000+70%+46%
Greenwich+£163,000£275,000£113,000+38%+57%
Milton Keynes+£162,000£214,000£52,000+56%+63%
Belfast+£161,000£181,000£19,000+85%+83%
Stockport+£161,000£219,000£58,000+79%+75%
Stevenage+£161,000£209,000£48,000+54%+74%
Southend-on-Sea+£160,000£213,000£53,000+59%+57%
Luton+£159,000£197,000£38,000+65%+70%
Broxbourne+£159,000£253,000£94,000+45%+65%
Dartford+£158,000£220,000£61,000+47%+73%
Crawley+£158,000£210,000£53,000+46%+53%
Brentwood+£156,000£320,000£164,000+48%+45%
Portsmouth+£154,000£188,000£35,000+49%+64%
East Dunbartonshire+£154,000£189,000£35,000+65%+60%
Bedford+£154,000£221,000£68,000+66%+68%
Medway+£151,000£198,000£47,000+62%+74%
Bury+£151,000£177,000£27,000+89%+76%
Oldham+£150,000£171,000£21,000+105%+83%
Rochford+£150,000£265,000£115,000+57%+51%
Gravesham+£149,000£221,000£72,000+56%+71%
Adur+£149,000£240,000£91,000+52%+62%
Tonbridge and Malling+£148,000£254,000£106,000+48%+57%
Slough+£148,000£208,000£60,000+43%+66%
Enfield+£147,000£283,000£136,000+40%+58%
Birmingham+£147,000£175,000£28,000+67%+63%
Castle Point+£147,000£230,000£83,000+57%+60%
Solihull+£146,000£216,000£69,000+55%+54%
Hackney+£146,000£334,000£188,000+25%+46%
Sandwell+£146,000£167,000£21,000+90%+69%
Derry City and Strabane+£145,000£163,000£18,000+109%+54%
Spelthorne+£144,000£263,000£119,000+39%+47%
Epsom and Ewell+£142,000£345,000£202,000+42%+35%
Northern Ireland+£142,000£163,000£20,000+93%+64%
London+£141,000£309,000£168,000+28%+47%
Central Bedfordshire+£141,000£228,000£87,000+55%+65%
Hounslow+£141,000£313,000£172,000+38%+50%
Sutton+£140,000£279,000£138,000+46%+55%
Reading+£140,000£208,000£68,000+37%+53%
Leicester+£140,000£167,000£27,000+76%+80%
Merton+£140,000£362,000£223,000+36%+49%
Wolverhampton+£140,000£163,000£23,000+87%+74%
Gloucester+£139,000£169,000£30,000+65%+72%
City of Nottingham+£139,000£161,000£21,000+73%+68%
Broxtowe+£139,000£174,000£36,000+76%+63%
Coventry+£138,000£166,000£28,000+66%+65%
Chelmsford+£138,000£234,000£96,000+47%+65%
North West+£137,000£161,000£25,000+75%+62%
Swale+£137,000£194,000£58,000+59%+65%
Rushmoor+£136,000£200,000£63,000+44%+51%
Liverpool+£136,000£156,000£20,000+84%+61%
North Northamptonshire+£136,000£175,000£39,000+72%+72%
Gosport+£136,000£167,000£32,000+55%+61%
Tameside+£136,000£157,000£22,000+90%+84%
Tunbridge Wells+£135,000£282,000£147,000+47%+59%
Warwick+£134,000£231,000£97,000+50%+46%
Bolton+£134,000£156,000£21,000+88%+73%
South Oxfordshire+£134,000£298,000£163,000+49%+45%
Thanet+£134,000£179,000£44,000+62%+81%
Runnymede+£134,000£283,000£149,000+37%+26%
Lewisham+£134,000£287,000£153,000+35%+52%
Rochdale+£134,000£155,000£21,000+97%+74%
East of England+£134,000£211,000£77,000+49%+61%
North Hertfordshire+£134,000£263,000£129,000+50%+73%
Cheltenham+£134,000£203,000£69,000+50%+55%
Cardiff+£133,000£177,000£44,000+56%+72%
High Peak+£133,000£175,000£42,000+72%+57%
Newport+£132,000£161,000£29,000+77%+74%
Warrington+£132,000£177,000£45,000+75%+55%
South Staffordshire+£132,000£208,000£76,000+69%+55%
Rother+£132,000£215,000£83,000+54%+61%
North Somerset+£132,000£201,000£69,000+55%+69%
Lichfield+£132,000£220,000£88,000+62%+66%
Swindon+£131,000£172,000£41,000+57%+64%
South East+£130,000£232,000£101,000+43%+52%
Blaby+£129,000£193,000£64,000+68%+66%
Basingstoke and Deane+£129,000£229,000£100,000+47%+51%
East Hertfordshire+£129,000£280,000£151,000+44%+54%
Cheshire East+£129,000£204,000£75,000+65%+52%
Falkirk+£129,000£148,000£20,000+73%+69%
West Midlands Region+£129,000£167,000£38,000+65%+58%
Sefton+£128,000£155,000£27,000+71%+55%
Southampton+£128,000£163,000£34,000+40%+56%
Gedling+£128,000£164,000£36,000+73%+61%
South Lanarkshire+£128,000£149,000£21,000+72%+57%
South West+£127,000£188,000£60,000+47%+59%
Guildford+£127,000£316,000£189,000+37%+42%
East Cambridgeshire+£127,000£223,000£97,000+58%+48%
Dudley+£127,000£159,000£32,000+76%+55%
Vale of Glamorgan+£126,000£201,000£75,000+66%+62%
Havant+£126,000£199,000£73,000+52%+55%
City of Peterborough+£126,000£159,000£33,000+61%+66%
Rugby+£126,000£177,000£51,000+59%+63%
West Lothian+£126,000£156,000£30,000+69%+62%
York+£126,000£194,000£69,000+49%+55%
Newcastle upon Tyne+£126,000£154,000£28,000+46%+76%
Braintree+£126,000£207,000£82,000+52%+69%
Redditch+£125,000£161,000£36,000+63%+51%
Cannock Chase+£125,000£161,000£36,000+75%+62%
Scotland+£125,000£150,000£26,000+51%+51%
Walsall+£125,000£150,000£26,000+71%+63%
West Northamptonshire+£125,000£187,000£62,000+55%+61%
Hastings+£125,000£159,000£35,000+58%+64%
Monmouthshire+£124,000£223,000£98,000+67%+63%
Maldon+£124,000£249,000£125,000+55%+56%
Eastbourne+£124,000£163,000£39,000+43%+51%
Tamworth+£123,000£154,000£31,000+63%+55%
Stirling+£123,000£161,000£37,000+68%+69%
Three Rivers+£123,000£354,000£231,000+40%+51%
Hinckley and Bosworth+£123,000£174,000£51,000+69%+68%
Fareham+£123,000£208,000£85,000+48%+54%
Welwyn Hatfield+£121,000£272,000£150,000+42%+52%
Clackmannanshire+£121,000£141,000£20,000+65%+69%
Worthing+£121,000£179,000£57,000+39%+59%
Exeter+£121,000£170,000£49,000+36%+54%
Knowsley+£121,000£142,000£21,000+77%+55%
Tewkesbury+£121,000£211,000£90,000+58%+58%
Ashford+£121,000£217,000£96,000+49%+63%
Sheffield+£121,000£149,000£28,000+61%+53%
St Helens+£120,000£140,000£20,000+84%+70%
North Lanarkshire+£120,000£138,000£18,000+75%+52%
Ealing+£120,000£339,000£219,000+33%+51%
Colchester+£120,000£186,000£66,000+48%+65%
City of Plymouth+£120,000£149,000£30,000+53%+48%
Huntingdonshire+£120,000£197,000£77,000+55%+61%
Rossendale+£119,000£143,000£23,000+85%+76%
Newcastle-under-Lyme+£119,000£145,000£26,000+73%+58%
Halton+£118,000£140,000£22,000+79%+41%
East Midlands+£118,000£160,000£42,000+64%+62%
Torfaen+£117,000£140,000£23,000+73%+59%
Telford and Wrekin+£117,000£151,000£34,000+66%+47%
West Suffolk+£117,000£180,000£63,000+44%+60%
Canterbury+£117,000£203,000£86,000+40%+44%
Stroud+£116,000£227,000£111,000+58%+58%
Yorkshire and The Humber+£116,000£142,000£26,000+63%+47%
Charnwood+£116,000£179,000£63,000+62%+64%
West Dunbartonshire+£116,000£132,000£16,000+55%+62%
Cheshire West and Chester+£116,000£176,000£60,000+60%+61%
Bolsover+£115,000£134,000£19,000+90%+52%
Folkestone and Hythe+£114,000£194,000£80,000+55%+89%
Wirral+£114,000£147,000£33,000+66%+49%
Rhondda Cynon Taf+£114,000£131,000£17,000+88%+63%
Croydon+£113,000£226,000£113,000+33%+54%
Wakefield+£113,000£137,000£24,000+68%+46%
Renfrewshire+£113,000£132,000£19,000+64%+42%
West Berkshire+£113,000£245,000£132,000+42%+50%
Tendring+£113,000£165,000£52,000+53%+64%
Wales+£113,000£144,000£31,000+67%+56%
Epping Forest+£113,000£307,000£195,000+34%+63%
Cherwell+£112,000£216,000£103,000+41%+54%
Caerphilly+£112,000£137,000£25,000+81%+57%
Hertsmere+£112,000£321,000£208,000+34%+47%
Hillingdon+£112,000£281,000£170,000+39%+49%
Oxford+£111,000£265,000£153,000+27%+59%
Bridgend+£111,000£143,000£32,000+75%+51%
North East Derbyshire+£111,000£170,000£59,000+68%+50%
Merthyr Tydfil+£110,000£127,000£17,000+81%+67%
Eastleigh+£110,000£187,000£77,000+41%+50%
Wigan+£110,000£135,000£25,000+78%+66%
Fife+£110,000£132,000£22,000+61%+52%
Worcester+£110,000£159,000£49,000+53%+51%
Norwich+£110,000£144,000£35,000+38%+61%
St Albans+£109,000£385,000£275,000+38%+60%
Nuneaton and Bedworth+£109,000£150,000£41,000+62%+69%
Erewash+£109,000£145,000£35,000+65%+62%
Test Valley+£109,000£225,000£116,000+44%+50%
South Kesteven+£109,000£170,000£61,000+62%+51%
Bromsgrove+£109,000£215,000£106,000+56%+50%
Wokingham+£109,000£301,000£192,000+42%+41%
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole+£109,000£180,000£71,000+33%+60%
Amber Valley+£108,000£156,000£47,000+68%+56%
Buckinghamshire+£108,000£289,000£180,000+40%+48%
Lincoln+£108,000£132,000£24,000+51%+64%
Bassetlaw+£108,000£145,000£37,000+73%+49%
Haringey+£108,000£365,000£257,000+30%+53%
Rushcliffe+£108,000£206,000£98,000+53%+64%
Maidstone+£107,000£213,000£106,000+41%+62%
Cotswold+£107,000£260,000£153,000+46%+54%
Reigate and Banstead+£107,000£282,000£175,000+35%+49%
Surrey Heath+£107,000£271,000£164,000+37%+43%
Rotherham+£107,000£131,000£25,000+76%+42%
Bracknell Forest+£106,000£232,000£126,000+35%+44%
Swansea+£106,000£135,000£29,000+60%+51%
Vale of White Horse+£106,000£248,000£142,000+40%+47%
Kirklees+£105,000£139,000£34,000+67%+56%
Malvern Hills+£105,000£226,000£121,000+58%+49%
Bromley+£105,000£300,000£195,000+35%+47%
North West Leicestershire+£105,000£182,000£77,000+59%+63%
Wealden+£105,000£236,000£132,000+41%+47%
Calderdale+£105,000£129,000£24,000+67%+46%
Blaenau Gwent+£104,000£119,000£15,000+93%+68%
Ashfield+£104,000£130,000£25,000+68%+65%
Neath Port Talbot+£104,000£123,000£19,000+82%+52%
Harborough+£104,000£222,000£118,000+56%+58%
Somerset+£104,000£178,000£74,000+51%+60%
Conwy+£104,000£143,000£39,000+62%+47%
Wiltshire+£104,000£204,000£100,000+47%+51%
City of Derby+£103,000£135,000£32,000+57%+60%
Lewes+£103,000£216,000£113,000+36%+50%
Mansfield+£103,000£127,000£24,000+65%+61%
Lancaster+£103,000£132,000£29,000+57%+41%
South Norfolk+£103,000£198,000£95,000+53%+62%
North Warwickshire+£102,000£174,000£72,000+54%+68%
Pendle+£101,000£118,000£17,000+80%+52%
Wrexham+£101,000£139,000£38,000+61%+40%
North Tyneside+£101,000£132,000£31,000+54%+47%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk+£101,000£169,000£68,000+54%+65%
Burnley+£101,000£115,000£14,000+82%+44%
West Lancashire+£100,000£154,000£54,000+60%+41%
Blackburn with Darwen+£100,000£119,000£19,000+71%+52%
Inverclyde+£100,000£116,000£16,000+45%+42%
Bradford+£100,000£124,000£24,000+62%+50%
Wyre Forest+£100,000£148,000£48,000+55%+46%
Ipswich+£100,000£138,000£39,000+46%+75%
South Cambridgeshire+£100,000£265,000£165,000+40%+64%
Stafford+£99,000£164,000£65,000+54%+52%
East Staffordshire+£99,000£145,000£46,000+55%+58%
Arun+£98,000£192,000£93,000+39%+60%
South Derbyshire+£98,000£167,000£68,000+54%+58%
Oadby and Wigston+£98,000£156,000£57,000+47%+71%
Argyll and Bute+£98,000£124,000£26,000+51%+53%
Forest of Dean+£98,000£186,000£88,000+59%+52%
Teignbridge+£98,000£188,000£90,000+48%+41%
Fenland+£97,000£144,000£47,000+55%+60%
Doncaster+£97,000£118,000£21,000+65%+46%
Harrow+£97,000£303,000£206,000+32%+49%
Chorley+£97,000£138,000£42,000+59%+52%
Flintshire+£96,000£138,000£41,000+55%+43%
Wychavon+£96,000£202,000£106,000+50%+44%
Barnsley+£96,000£119,000£23,000+70%+54%
Hart+£96,000£288,000£192,000+39%+45%
Derbyshire Dales+£96,000£229,000£133,000+57%+38%
Mid Sussex+£95,000£254,000£158,000+36%+48%
Stoke-on-Trent+£95,000£113,000£17,000+66%+56%
Breckland+£95,000£169,000£74,000+51%+59%
Chesterfield+£95,000£132,000£37,000+59%+48%
Torbay+£94,000£135,000£41,000+43%+40%
Great Yarmouth+£94,000£134,000£40,000+55%+61%
Hyndburn+£94,000£110,000£16,000+72%+47%
Horsham+£93,000£260,000£167,000+36%+58%
South Ribble+£93,000£135,000£42,000+53%+45%
Uttlesford+£93,000£290,000£197,000+43%+51%
North Kesteven+£92,000£155,000£63,000+55%+58%
Perth and Kinross+£92,000£145,000£53,000+52%+33%
Carmarthenshire+£92,000£132,000£40,000+66%+50%
Broadland+£92,000£198,000£106,000+51%+64%
West Oxfordshire+£92,000£249,000£157,000+38%+44%
North East+£92,000£114,000£22,000+51%+47%
Cornwall+£91,000£167,000£76,000+42%+49%
Isle of Wight+£91,000£151,000£61,000+45%+53%
Isle of Anglesey+£90,000£151,000£61,000+61%+41%
New Forest+£90,000£230,000£139,000+39%+53%
Newark and Sherwood+£90,000£150,000£60,000+54%+57%
Kingston upon Thames+£90,000£340,000£250,000+32%+38%
Woking+£90,000£242,000£152,000+24%+32%
Windsor and Maidenhead+£90,000£332,000£243,000+33%+43%
Staffordshire Moorlands+£89,000£147,000£57,000+61%+55%
East Ayrshire+£88,000£106,000£17,000+58%+36%
Gwynedd+£88,000£132,000£44,000+57%+46%
City of Kingston upon Hull+£88,000£105,000£17,000+59%+51%
Denbighshire+£88,000£129,000£42,000+56%+41%
Mid Suffolk+£87,000£195,000£108,000+47%+65%
Dover+£87,000£171,000£84,000+45%+70%
Preston+£87,000£117,000£30,000+47%+41%
Herefordshire+£86,000£183,000£96,000+52%+43%
Blackpool+£86,000£104,000£18,000+48%+37%
Scottish Borders+£86,000£123,000£37,000+53%+49%
Highland+£86,000£139,000£53,000+50%+38%
South Holland+£85,000£143,000£57,000+51%+49%
North Ayrshire+£85,000£103,000£18,000+55%+36%
Sunderland+£84,000£104,000£20,000+48%+35%
Shropshire+£84,000£174,000£90,000+52%+51%
City of Dundee+£83,000£104,000£22,000+33%+50%
East Lindsey+£83,000£138,000£55,000+57%+47%
South Tyneside+£83,000£105,000£22,000+48%+45%
East Riding of Yorkshire+£82,000£140,000£57,000+53%+44%
Boston+£81,000£108,000£28,000+39%+45%
Tandridge+£81,000£274,000£194,000+30%+44%
North Lincolnshire+£81,000£116,000£35,000+57%+45%
Dorset+£81,000£194,000£113,000+38%+48%
County Durham+£80,000£98,000£18,000+54%+40%
Northumberland+£80,000£136,000£55,000+54%+42%
Lambeth+£79,000£273,000£193,000+14%+52%
Babergh+£79,000£203,000£124,000+44%+54%
Gateshead+£78,000£101,000£22,000+38%+49%
East Hampshire+£78,000£263,000£185,000+39%+51%
North Norfolk+£78,000£182,000£104,000+48%+58%
Wyre+£77,000£119,000£41,000+44%+38%
Cambridge+£77,000£259,000£182,000+23%+54%
North Yorkshire+£76,000£164,000£88,000+42%+39%
Stratford-on-Avon+£76,000£236,000£160,000+38%+45%
Middlesbrough+£76,000£96,000£20,000+42%+39%
Angus+£75,000£106,000£30,000+33%+50%
East Devon+£75,000£206,000£131,000+42%+43%
Hartlepool+£75,000£93,000£18,000+49%+18%
North East Lincolnshire+£74,000£95,000£21,000+47%+35%
Stockton-on-Tees+£74,000£103,000£29,000+41%+41%
Westmorland and Furness+£74,000£140,000£67,000+43%+51%
West Lindsey+£73,000£127,000£54,000+49%+62%
Melton+£73,000£176,000£103,000+49%+50%
North Devon+£70,000£172,000£101,000+42%+43%
Cumberland+£70,000£105,000£35,000+46%+46%
Waverley+£69,000£323,000£254,000+34%+38%
Redcar and Cleveland+£68,000£92,000£24,000+41%+31%
West Devon+£67,000£172,000£105,000+40%+40%
Fylde+£67,000£138,000£72,000+35%+46%
Powys+£65,000£151,000£86,000+53%+40%
East Suffolk+£65,000£169,000£104,000+43%+56%
Darlington+£64,000£96,000£31,000+39%+46%
South Ayrshire+£64,000£103,000£39,000+40%+36%
Elmbridge+£63,000£431,000£368,000+32%+27%
Mid Devon+£62,000£166,000£104,000+37%+44%
Chichester+£62,000£248,000£186,000+32%+48%
Rutland+£61,000£175,000£114,000+35%+51%
Mole Valley+£61,000£319,000£258,000+31%+38%
Dumfries and Galloway+£61,000£105,000£44,000+48%+34%
Ceredigion+£61,000£141,000£80,000+39%+31%
Ribble Valley+£61,000£171,000£110,000+39%+40%
Pembrokeshire+£59,000£126,000£67,000+40%+37%
Torridge+£56,000£157,000£101,000+38%+44%
Brent+£53,000£291,000£238,000+20%+51%
Winchester+£52,000£258,000£206,000+26%+47%
Richmond upon Thames+£45,000£451,000£406,000+28%+43%
Barnet+£42,000£327,000£285,000+23%+46%
Tower Hamlets+£41,000£198,000£157,000+0%+45%
Southwark+£39,000£284,000£244,000+11%+48%
South Hams+£21,000£197,000£176,000+25%+49%
Islington+£12,000£330,000£318,000+9%+46%
Aberdeenshire+£7,000£89,000£82,000−1%−12%
Wandsworth−£32,000£331,000£363,000+8%+49%
City of Aberdeen−£67,000£13,000£80,000−38%−12%
Camden−£80,000£389,000£469,000+7%+35%
Hammersmith and Fulham−£167,000£314,000£481,000−3%+47%
City of Westminster−£438,000£296,000£734,000−16%+31%
Kensington and Chelsea−£712,000£438,000£1,150,000−13%+36%

US: 208 metros

PlaceDifferenceBoughtRentedHouse prices since 2015Rents since 2015
San Jose, CA+$379,000$1,018,000$639,000+98%+50%
Miami, FL+$350,000$400,000$50,000+120%+83%
Santa Maria, CA+$337,000$664,000$327,000+100%+102%
San Diego, CA+$331,000$626,000$295,000+102%+84%
Port St. Lucie, FL+$321,000$358,000$37,000+142%+107%
Boston, MA+$320,000$480,000$161,000+92%+57%
Santa Cruz, CA+$315,000$748,000$433,000+90%+86%
Boise City, ID+$310,000$376,000$67,000+160%+119%
Portland, ME+$298,000$386,000$88,000+123%+97%
Riverside, CA+$294,000$404,000$110,000+105%+97%
Bend, OR+$293,000$465,000$172,000+121%+104%
Seattle, WA+$293,000$508,000$215,000+119%+70%
Reno, NV+$289,000$405,000$116,000+127%+111%
Los Angeles, CA+$279,000$617,000$338,000+88%+68%
Nashville, TN+$279,000$332,000$53,000+125%+63%
New York, NY+$274,000$460,000$186,000+77%+59%
Ogden, UT+$274,000$376,000$102,000+149%+92%
Tampa, FL+$273,000$310,000$37,000+126%+92%
Provo, UT+$273,000$382,000$109,000+127%+75%
Salinas, CA+$270,000$559,000$289,000+97%+95%
Bellingham, WA+$269,000$433,000$163,000+127%+105%
Sebastian, FL+$265,000$306,000$41,000+116%+129%
Olympia, WA+$263,000$368,000$105,000+121%+97%
Palm Bay, FL+$263,000$298,000$35,000+127%+101%
Naples, FL+$260,000$374,000$114,000+83%+80%
Bremerton, WA+$260,000$405,000$145,000+119%+99%
Knoxville, TN+$259,000$298,000$39,000+139%+106%
Oak Harbor, WA+$259,000$446,000$187,000+120%+127%
Stockton, CA+$258,000$357,000$98,000+94%+96%
Orlando, FL+$256,000$299,000$43,000+113%+79%
Charlotte, NC+$254,000$296,000$41,000+125%+76%
Lakeland, FL+$253,000$284,000$31,000+123%+86%
Charleston, SC+$253,000$315,000$62,000+105%+91%
Merced, CA+$252,000$313,000$61,000+116%+118%
Salt Lake City, UT+$250,000$396,000$146,000+126%+73%
San Luis Obispo, CA+$250,000$585,000$335,000+90%+96%
Las Vegas, NV+$246,000$309,000$63,000+117%+80%
Manchester, NH+$245,000$369,000$124,000+125%+101%
Atlanta, GA+$243,000$288,000$45,000+116%+86%
Modesto, CA+$242,000$326,000$84,000+106%+106%
Fayetteville, AR+$239,000$280,000$41,000+134%+84%
Providence, RI+$239,000$363,000$124,000+115%+109%
Idaho Falls, ID+$238,000$306,000$68,000+158%+110%
Phoenix, AZ+$237,000$313,000$77,000+113%+91%
Fresno, CA+$236,000$299,000$63,000+105%+99%
Kennewick, WA+$236,000$311,000$76,000+125%+77%
Hilton Head Island, SC+$235,000$352,000$117,000+101%+95%
Gainesville, GA+$232,000$286,000$54,000+122%+92%
North Port, FL+$229,000$289,000$60,000+86%+70%
Deltona, FL+$229,000$265,000$36,000+116%+92%
Athens, GA+$227,000$279,000$52,000+135%+114%
Grand Junction, CO+$227,000$307,000$80,000+117%+101%
Pensacola, FL+$226,000$259,000$34,000+113%+96%
Salem, OR+$224,000$320,000$95,000+129%+99%
East Stroudsburg, PA+$224,000$258,000$34,000+117%+104%
Worcester, MA+$224,000$329,000$106,000+110%+103%
Ocala, FL+$222,000$249,000$27,000+130%+95%
United States+$222,000$268,000$46,000+95%+71%
Spokane, WA+$222,000$303,000$82,000+141%+110%
Grand Rapids, MI+$219,000$266,000$47,000+133%+104%
Denver, CO+$218,000$365,000$148,000+91%+53%
Vallejo, CA+$217,000$359,000$142,000+77%+77%
Panama City, FL+$216,000$263,000$48,000+100%+87%
Wilmington, NC+$215,000$306,000$90,000+109%+94%
Jacksonville, FL+$214,000$258,000$44,000+107%+72%
Lake Havasu City, AZ+$214,000$264,000$50,000+123%+103%
Visalia, CA+$214,000$266,000$53,000+110%+90%
Asheville, NC+$213,000$291,000$77,000+105%+84%
Dover, DE+$213,000$267,000$54,000+95%+76%
Greenville, SC+$210,000$246,000$35,000+108%+75%
Crestview, FL+$209,000$298,000$88,000+91%+92%
Oxnard, CA+$209,000$541,000$332,000+75%+74%
Colorado Springs, CO+$208,000$299,000$90,000+95%+81%
Durham, NC+$206,000$276,000$69,000+105%+68%
Myrtle Beach, SC+$206,000$252,000$46,000+90%+81%
Eugene, OR+$206,000$312,000$106,000+110%+92%
Punta Gorda, FL+$205,000$242,000$37,000+86%+84%
Daphne, AL+$204,000$262,000$57,000+96%+69%
Fort Collins, CO+$204,000$357,000$153,000+89%+68%
Savannah, GA+$202,000$252,000$49,000+96%+88%
Missoula, MT+$202,000$407,000$204,000+126%+97%
Trenton, NJ+$198,000$289,000$90,000+85%+70%
Bakersfield, CA+$197,000$258,000$61,000+102%+89%
Sacramento, CA+$196,000$365,000$169,000+81%+89%
Winchester, VA+$196,000$265,000$69,000+85%+80%
Raleigh, NC+$195,000$285,000$89,000+95%+59%
Chattanooga, TN+$194,000$238,000$43,000+107%+80%
Indianapolis, IN+$193,000$226,000$32,000+112%+78%
Norwich, CT+$192,000$291,000$99,000+101%+91%
Lafayette, IN+$192,000$223,000$31,000+117%+76%
Cape Coral, FL+$192,000$243,000$52,000+81%+88%
Boulder, CO+$192,000$456,000$265,000+84%+64%
Gainesville, FL+$190,000$228,000$38,000+99%+85%
Richmond, VA+$190,000$266,000$76,000+96%+78%
Bloomington, IN+$186,000$223,000$36,000+101%+66%
Atlantic City, NJ+$186,000$265,000$79,000+101%+111%
Rochester, MN+$184,000$233,000$48,000+96%+58%
Kansas City, MO+$184,000$233,000$49,000+115%+79%
Columbia, SC+$184,000$215,000$31,000+93%+80%
Hinesville, GA+$183,000$215,000$32,000+88%+88%
Philadelphia, PA+$183,000$254,000$71,000+87%+61%
Winston, NC+$183,000$216,000$34,000+103%+90%
Chicago, IL+$182,000$238,000$55,000+79%+63%
Detroit, MI+$182,000$211,000$29,000+116%+79%
Lexington, KY+$181,000$232,000$51,000+105%+82%
New Haven, CT+$181,000$270,000$90,000+93%+82%
Columbus, OH+$181,000$232,000$51,000+115%+76%
Waco, TX+$180,000$207,000$27,000+120%+66%
Bridgeport, CT+$176,000$428,000$252,000+73%+72%
Allentown, PA+$175,000$246,000$71,000+94%+79%
Dallas, TX+$175,000$242,000$67,000+102%+58%
Charlottesville, VA+$175,000$294,000$119,000+78%+76%
Albuquerque, NM+$174,000$241,000$67,000+104%+82%
Memphis, TN+$173,000$202,000$28,000+99%+63%
Augusta, GA+$173,000$203,000$30,000+95%+82%
Hagerstown, MD+$173,000$226,000$53,000+87%+76%
Cincinnati, OH+$172,000$219,000$47,000+105%+82%
Fort Wayne, IN+$171,000$200,000$29,000+125%+89%
Medford, OR+$170,000$280,000$110,000+84%+98%
South Bend, IN+$170,000$195,000$26,000+129%+99%
Jacksonville, NC+$169,000$212,000$43,000+89%+82%
Greenville, NC+$167,000$196,000$29,000+97%+84%
San Francisco, CA+$167,000$688,000$521,000+71%+55%
Portland, OR+$166,000$352,000$186,000+88%+64%
Urban Honolulu, HI+$165,000$496,000$331,000+57%+52%
Greensboro, NC+$164,000$197,000$34,000+104%+88%
Hartford, CT+$164,000$259,000$95,000+86%+75%
Tucson, AZ+$161,000$228,000$67,000+93%+83%
Springfield, MO+$158,000$198,000$40,000+115%+88%
Milwaukee, WI+$157,000$261,000$104,000+101%+60%
Birmingham, AL+$155,000$190,000$34,000+77%+58%
Corvallis, OR+$154,000$369,000$215,000+96%+87%
Huntsville, AL+$154,000$215,000$61,000+88%+84%
Harrisonburg, VA+$153,000$230,000$77,000+77%+100%
Buffalo, NY+$153,000$203,000$50,000+115%+83%
Cleveland, OH+$153,000$185,000$33,000+106%+79%
Tulsa, OK+$152,000$183,000$32,000+88%+64%
Flint, MI+$152,000$169,000$17,000+162%+92%
Gulfport, MS+$151,000$180,000$29,000+82%+78%
Salisbury, MD+$151,000$262,000$111,000+72%+77%
Ann Arbor, MI+$151,000$261,000$110,000+77%+64%
Clarksville, TN+$151,000$200,000$49,000+89%+69%
Rochester, NY+$148,000$198,000$50,000+111%+75%
Tallahassee, FL+$148,000$196,000$48,000+85%+76%
Louisville, KY+$148,000$192,000$45,000+91%+71%
Virginia Beach, VA+$147,000$233,000$86,000+69%+75%
Madison, WI+$147,000$300,000$153,000+100%+62%
Minneapolis, MN+$146,000$242,000$96,000+76%+55%
Fayetteville, NC+$146,000$185,000$39,000+83%+85%
Torrington, CT+$146,000$281,000$135,000+93%+111%
Reading, PA+$145,000$212,000$67,000+100%+89%
Rockford, IL+$144,000$171,000$27,000+148%+104%
Roanoke, VA+$144,000$203,000$59,000+91%+84%
Lancaster, PA+$144,000$257,000$113,000+96%+89%
Mobile, AL+$142,000$167,000$25,000+81%+82%
McAllen, TX+$142,000$164,000$22,000+104%+40%
Columbus, GA+$140,000$167,000$27,000+81%+74%
Omaha, NE+$139,000$207,000$68,000+101%+67%
El Paso, TX+$138,000$169,000$30,000+83%+63%
Lynchburg, VA+$138,000$195,000$57,000+87%+79%
Columbia, MO+$138,000$212,000$75,000+91%+84%
Las Cruces, NM+$137,000$191,000$54,000+74%+74%
Houston, TX+$136,000$188,000$52,000+68%+36%
Oklahoma City, OK+$136,000$169,000$33,000+73%+53%
Akron, OH+$135,000$173,000$37,000+101%+82%
St. Louis, MO+$135,000$184,000$49,000+83%+69%
Washington, DC+$134,000$326,000$192,000+54%+43%
Toledo, OH+$133,000$157,000$24,000+101%+78%
Montgomery, AL+$132,000$164,000$31,000+59%+60%
Topeka, KS+$130,000$159,000$28,000+99%+78%
Kalamazoo, MI+$130,000$187,000$57,000+102%+75%
Wichita, KS+$129,000$157,000$28,000+94%+58%
Lansing, MI+$128,000$173,000$45,000+104%+90%
Harrisburg, PA+$127,000$198,000$71,000+79%+71%
St. Cloud, MN+$127,000$205,000$78,000+94%+72%
Pittsburgh, PA+$126,000$159,000$33,000+66%+56%
Scranton, PA+$125,000$165,000$40,000+85%+83%
York, PA+$125,000$204,000$79,000+92%+72%
Wichita Falls, TX+$124,000$147,000$23,000+82%+88%
Enterprise, AL+$124,000$152,000$28,000+51%+76%
Canton, OH+$124,000$157,000$33,000+105%+80%
Killeen, TX+$124,000$167,000$44,000+81%+59%
San Antonio, TX+$123,000$171,000$48,000+70%+38%
Albany, NY+$122,000$240,000$117,000+83%+65%
Evansville, IN+$121,000$159,000$37,000+95%+83%
Baltimore, MD+$118,000$227,000$109,000+53%+48%
Santa Rosa, CA+$114,000$461,000$346,000+60%+67%
Lubbock, TX+$114,000$146,000$32,000+56%+41%
Cheyenne, WY+$112,000$242,000$130,000+72%+66%
Des Moines, IA+$107,000$185,000$78,000+78%+39%
Chambersburg, PA+$106,000$182,000$76,000+76%+80%
Chico, CA+$106,000$242,000$137,000+69%+72%
Billings, MT+$104,000$257,000$153,000+78%+73%
Little Rock, AR+$103,000$146,000$43,000+56%+55%
Corpus Christi, TX+$103,000$139,000$36,000+50%+38%
College Station, TX+$100,000$189,000$88,000+72%+54%
Baton Rouge, LA+$95,000$142,000$47,000+40%+37%
California, MD+$92,000$244,000$152,000+51%+70%
Manhattan, KS+$87,000$161,000$73,000+62%+35%
Austin, TX+$81,000$249,000$168,000+64%+38%
Beaumont, TX+$81,000$116,000$35,000+47%+65%
Champaign, IL+$80,000$143,000$63,000+62%+68%
Lawton, OK+$79,000$106,000$27,000+41%+67%
Cedar Rapids, IA+$67,000$147,000$80,000+65%+68%
New Orleans, LA+$64,000$133,000$69,000+23%+45%
Anchorage, AK+$57,000$235,000$178,000+48%+46%
Shreveport, LA+$55,000$97,000$42,000+18%+42%
Davenport, IA+$40,000$110,000$70,000+50%+50%

Left out because the published figures look faulty rather than real: Abilene, TX (rents rise 34% in the year to February 2026, against 2% for the US as a whole). 89 smaller US metros are also left out because Zillow's rent figures for them start after January 2015; the calculator covers them from later years.

Sources

For illustration, not financial advice. It shows what happened to real prices and rates in the past, not what happens next.