Los Angeles Metro Report: July 2017

The Zumper Los Angeles Metro Report analyzed active listings in June across 19 metro cities to show the most and least expensive cities and cities with the fastest growing rents.

Cities Ranked By Rent

 

Most Expensive

–Santa Monica, CA remained as the most expensive city to rent in the LA area. One bedroom units here were priced at a median of $2,960.

–Pasadena, CA ranked as the second priciest city with median rent at $2,190.

–Los Angeles, Californie followed Pasadena, ranking third with median rent for one bedroom units at $2,100.

Least Expensive

–Palmdale, CA ranked as the most affordable city with median one bedroom rent at $660.

–Bellflower, CA was the second least expensive city. The median rent for one bedroom units sits at $1,210.

–Pomona, CA ranked as third with median rent at $1,220.

Yearly Growth Rate

The Fastest Growing (Y/Y%)

–Lakewood, CA rent was the fastest growing, with a 15.7% yearly growth rate.

–West Covina & Alhambra, CA rents were tied for the second fastest growing since this time last year, both up 15.4%.

–Whittier, CA ranked as the third fastest growing, climbing 14.7% compared to last year.

The Fastest Growing (M/M%)

–Palmdale, CA had the largest monthly growth rate, up 4.8%.

–Burbank, CA had the second fastest growing rents, with a monthly growth rate of 2.3%.

–Culvar City, CA ranked as the third, seeing 1.6% increase in rents since this time last year.

Full Data

Ranking	Metro Area	Retiree Population	Rent Score	Household Income	Housing Score (W/ Mortgage)	Housing Score (w/o Mortgage)	Safety Score	Healthcare Score	Weather Score	Overall Grade
1	Tucson, AZ	95.6	43.9	18.1	39.15	47.8	93	74.1	90.05	A
2	Redding, CA	99.1	54.3	7.7	61.15	61.6	79.1	96.5	78.4	A
3	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	98.2	80.1	21.5	46.05	28.85	38.2	98.2	86.6	A
4	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	51.7	64.6	62	49.55	46.95	48.6	75	96.95	A
5	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	68.9	18.9	35.3	23.2	9.45	59.1	58.6	68.5	A-
6	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	33.6	68.1	49.1	48.65	53	66.9	81	92.65	A-
7	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	43.9	10.3	31.8	23.65	21.5	89.5	88.7	77.95	A-
8	Lake Charles, LA	45.6	55.1	16.3	14.15	8.15	88.6	45.6	89.15	A-
9	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	54.3	23.2	15.5	28.85	11.15	54.7	95.6	63.3	A-
10	Macon, GA	63.7	7.7	1.7	13.7	4.25	74.7	90.5	74.95	A-
11	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	62	18.1	5.1	25.8	6.4	84.3	87	76.65	A-
12	Oklahoma City, OK	27.5	21.5	48.2	25.8	30.1	63.4	93.1	75.35	A-
13	Grand Junction, CO	87.9	40.5	33.6	31.85	43.05	46	56	54.7	A-
14	Midland, TX	6.8	66.3	93.9	71.95	60.75	33.9	84.4	78.4	A-
15	Amarillo, TX	28.4	43.1	41.3	31.85	34.9	86	97.4	65.45	A-
16	Corpus Christi, TX	48.2	62	40.5	40.05	23.2	76.5	92.2	71.5	A-
17	Evansville, IN-KY	75	6.8	24.1	10.3	21.1	47.8	50.8	46.9	A-
18	Pueblo, CO	90.5	20.6	2.5	19.75	20.2	95.6	56.8	50.35	A-
19	Chattanooga, TN-GA	82.7	21.5	20.6	28.4	30.1	75.6	51.7	47.4	B+
20	Asheville, NC	100	75	8.6	40.45	44.35	17.3	67.2	37	B+
21	Lynchburg, VA	94.8	12.9	25.8	24.95	31.45	6	6	42.2	B+
22	Tulsa, OK	53.4	24.1	38.7	25	20.2	67.8	65.5	62.45	B+
23	Knoxville, TN	89.6	33.6	13.7	22.75	31	53.9	59.4	42.65	B+
24	Wichita, KS	38.7	10.3	47.4	26.65	24.05	3.4	27.5	64.65	B+
25	Jacksonville, FL	50	65.5	50	41.3	43.9	58.2	87.9	77.1	B+
26	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	93.9	95.6	28.4	74.95	74.95	29.5	100	92.2	B+
27	Wilmington, NC	80.1	57.7	31	51.25	49.95	69.5	80.1	73.65	B+
28	Fort Smith, AR-OK	71.5	3.4	0.8	1.25	4.25	72.1	18.1	63.35	B+
29	El Paso, TX	9.4	27.5	3.4	37.85	28.4	13	34.4	83.55	B+
30	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	81	35.3	71.5	56	61.15	60	41.3	40	B+
31	Topeka, KS	83.6	8.6	46.5	31.45	37	80	3.4	51.7	B+
32	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	84.4	30.1	51.7	34.85	45.65	33	30.1	25.8	B+
33	Lubbock, TX	13.7	25.8	14.6	35.3	20.25	93.9	91.3	71.5	B+
34	Montgomery, AL	39.6	29.3	19.8	12.05	4.3	73	60.3	56.85	B+
35	Birmingham-Hoover, AL	57.7	53.4	32.7	23.2	17.6	80.8	49.1	52.15	B+
36	Albuquerque, NM	55.1	31	26.7	50.85	51.25	94.7	9.4	70.65	B+
37	Springfield, IL	74.1	13.7	68.9	43.05	45.65	71.3	8.6	37	B+
38	Cheyenne, WY	52.5	27.5	81.8	41.75	44.8	28.6	61.2	41.75	B+
39	Dayton, OH	85.3	5.1	25	33.6	36.2	49.5	68.1	25.8	B+
40	Columbia, SC	32.7	47.4	34.4	16.35	20.2	83.4	7.7	72.35	B+
41	Reno, NV	56.8	73.2	56.8	66.35	65.9	40.8	76.7	59.9	B+
42	Jackson, MS	25.8	45.6	12.9	25.4	12.85	42.6	68.9	69.8	B+
43	Peoria, IL	81.8	31.8	66.3	45.65	52.55	21.7	10.3	30.15	B+
44	Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	21.5	12	0	22.8	7.75	64.3	83.6	72.8	B
45	Springfield, MO	70.6	2.5	4.3	13.3	30.1	87.8	6.8	48.7	B
46	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	12.9	9.4	23.2	25.4	23.25	90.4	37	74.95	B
47	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	34.4	81.8	59.4	42.65	38.3	52.1	62	80.55	B
48	Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	62.9	19.8	43.9	24.5	31	37.3	23.2	36.6	B
49	Kansas City, MO-KS	35.3	37	72.4	49.55	51.2	61.7	26.7	52.1	B
50	Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	68.1	25	17.2	19.8	17.2	98.2	25.8	57.3	B
51	Fort Wayne, IN	42.2	2.5	37	6	18.9	23.4	13.7	34.85	B
52	Greensboro-High Point, NC	65.5	31.8	6.8	27.1	26.65	55.6	12.9	55.15	B
53	Richmond, VA	43.1	72.4	77.5	54.3	59.85	22.6	35.3	62.9	B
54	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	14.6	68.9	58.6	59.45	35.3	86.9	73.2	68.05	B
55	Fresno, CA	8.6	60.3	11.2	57.7	56.85	77.3	69.8	83.15	B
56	Savannah, GA	29.3	67.2	43.1	44.75	47.8	68.6	46.5	74.5	B
57	Rapid City, SD	72.4	34.4	45.6	58.55	53.4	43.4	36.2	37	B
58	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	30.1	50.8	75.8	63.75	74.5	40	29.3	59.9	B
59	Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA	44.8	82.7	79.3	84	79.7	39.1	12	76.25	B
60	Pittsburgh, PA	97.4	83.6	54.3	46.1	43.5	10.4	85.3	18.5	B
61	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	64.6	40.5	55.1	56.4	40.05	20.8	78.4	25.8	B
62	Cleveland-Elyria, OH	86.2	14.6	37.9	47.35	55.15	5.2	42.2	23.25	B
63	Toledo, OH	59.4	0.8	12	31.4	26.7	66	71.5	20.65	B
64	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	3.4	69.8	78.4	71.5	61.6	32.1	81.8	71.95	B
65	Pocatello, ID	23.2	0.8	6	20.25	43.9	34.7	89.6	38.3	B
66	Bismarck, ND	60.3	37.9	90.5	64.6	64.6	7.8	4.3	21.5	B
67	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	41.3	84.4	22.4	41.75	38.3	65.2	77.5	62.05	B
68	Great Falls, MT	93.1	43.9	10.3	43.5	38.3	70.4	16.3	31.45	B-
69	Billings, MT	79.3	25.8	52.5	53.85	60.7	81.7	21.5	29.7	B-
70	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	75.8	62	95.6	92.2	92.65	20	57.7	28.4	B-
71	Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	20.6	15.5	56	26.25	28.85	73.9	15.5	34.45	B-
72	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	87	81	75	77.55	79.7	4.3	86.2	22.75	B-
73	Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	17.2	50	73.2	56.4	62.9	36.5	31	34	B-
74	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2.5	85.3	76.7	69.8	57.25	2.6	72.4	67.2	B-
75	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	61.2	71.5	87	88.3	84.4	26	55.1	39.6	B-
76	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	49.1	90.5	97.4	84.45	87	51.3	70.6	39.2	B-
77	Raleigh, NC	5.1	70.6	88.7	60.3	60.7	60	38.7	49.5	B-
78	Lincoln, NE	19.8	38.7	50.8	54.7	69.35	53	47.4	41.35	B-
79	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	40.5	56	67.2	49.55	48.65	40.8	32.7	24.95	B-
80	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	15.5	61.2	83.6	63.3	59.9	26.9	14.6	29.25	B-
81	Columbia, MO	4.3	6	36.2	42.2	61.2	44.3	93.9	35.75	B-
82	Binghamton, NY	96.5	36.2	27.5	41.35	43.05	30.4	11.2	11.15	B-
83	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	6	89.6	70.6	48.65	44.35	60.8	62.9	62.45	B-
84	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	37.9	4.3	42.2	41.75	48.65	15.6	28.4	15.45	B-
85	Green Bay, WI	47.4	15.5	61.2	54.7	63.75	6.9	5.1	12.9	B-
86	Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	88.7	56.8	44.8	52.1	53.4	31.3	75.8	15.5	B-
87	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	69.8	39.6	30.1	56	61.15	91.3	22.4	17.2	C+
88	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	76.7	77.5	64.6	86.6	88.75	50.4	94.8	43.9	C+
89	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	77.5	87.9	69.8	85.3	90	13.9	52.5	35.7	C+
90	Duluth, MN-WI	91.3	49.1	29.3	28.4	40.45	56.5	0	6.4	C+
91	Austin-Round Rock, TX	0.8	78.4	89.6	88.3	89.15	35.6	43.1	68.5	C+
92	Salt Lake City, UT	1.7	73.2	85.3	58.6	71.9	0.8	53.4	55.1	C+
93	Rochester, NY	78.4	45.6	53.4	55.15	64.2	18.2	19.8	16.35	C+
94	Portland-South Portland, ME	92.2	93.9	74.1	81	86.6	9.5	48.2	21.5	C+
95	Columbus, Ohio	12	59.4	68.1	61.15	61.15	46.9	24.1	27.1	C+
96	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	11.2	87	92.2	67.2	69.35	0	31.8	46.95	C+
97	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	46.5	50.8	63.7	75.4	81.85	57.3	37.9	21.5	C+
98	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI	31	52.5	62.9	43.05	49.95	8.6	18.9	14.6	C
99	Flagstaff, AZ	7.7	86.2	39.6	54.25	24.5	45.2	54.3	47.8	C
100	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	16.3	92.2	94.8	72.35	80.55	24.3	1.7	24.5	C
101	Syracuse, NY	67.2	63.7	60.3	50.35	56.85	16.5	44.8	11.15	C
102	Missoula, MT	36.2	48.2	18.9	75.8	74.95	62.6	82.7	13.75	C
103	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI	66.3	98.2	93.1	55.15	55.55	78.2	39.6	90.05	C
104	Fargo, ND-MN	10.3	58.6	65.5	60.7	61.15	24.3	2.5	16.35	C
105	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	22.4	94.8	81	94.35	87.85	27.8	99.1	86.15	C
106	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	26.7	93.1	82.7	85.75	87.45	19.1	64.6	23.65	C
107	Madison, WI	24.1	76.7	84.4	85.7	87.45	12.1	0.8	15.05	C-
108	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	18.9	42.2	57.7	43.5	41.35	100	20.6	62.9	C-
109	San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	25	96.5	91.3	93.05	84.9	14.7	63.7	84	C-
110	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	31.8	88.7	80.1	86.6	90.05	96.5	25	28	C-
111	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	37	91.3	87.9	92.6	93.95	11.3	43.9	8.6	C-
112	Anchorage, AK	0	75.8	99.1	86.55	86.6	92.1	79.3	0	C-
113	San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	50.8	100	100	99.55	93.95	82.6	50	72.35	D+
114	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	18.1	97.4	96.5	89.15	93.9	84.3	17.2	26.65	D+
115	Abilene, TX	58.6	17.2	9.4	26.7	9.45	1.7	66.3	80.1	D+
116	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	56	99.1	98.2	96.5	97.35	99.1	33.6	38.75	D+
117	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	73.2	79.3	86.2	79.7	79.7	97.3	40.5	16.3	D-