US States With the Highest Price Level of Rents (US = 100)

51 US states ranked by price level of rents (US = 100), from highest to lowest. First are District of Columbia (168), California (158) and New Jersey (134). The middle one of the 51 has 85.8.

What this measures

How much rent costs here for a similar home, compared with the US average of 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis works it out from rents people report in the American Community Survey, allowing for the size, age and type of the home. It uses renters' rents for owners too. Each year is compared with that year's US average. For states and metro areas only. Source: BEA Regional Price Parities.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	index, US = 100
1	District of Columbia	168
2	California	158
3	New Jersey	134
4	Colorado	131
5	Massachusetts	130
6	Hawaii	129
7	Washington	126
8	Florida	123
9	New York	122
10	Maryland	120
11	Connecticut	117
12	New Hampshire	115
13	Nevada	113
14	Oregon	109
15	Arizona	109
16	Utah	106
17	Virginia	106
18	Rhode Island	103
19	Delaware	98.9
20	Texas	97.5
21	Alaska	96.7
22	Illinois	92.4
23	Minnesota	90.7
24	Georgia	88.3
25	Idaho	86.9
26	Pennsylvania	85.8
27	Vermont	82.3
28	North Carolina	80.8
29	South Carolina	80.5
30	Maine	80.4
31	Michigan	78.9
32	Wisconsin	78.3
33	Tennessee	77.9
34	Montana	76.8
35	Wyoming	75.7
36	New Mexico	75.3
37	Nebraska	74.3
38	Ohio	72.1
39	Indiana	71.3
40	Missouri	70.5
41	North Dakota	69.3
42	Kansas	68.6
43	Iowa	66
44	Louisiana	65.1
45	Oklahoma	65
46	South Dakota	64.8
47	Kentucky	62.9
48	Alabama	61.6
49	Arkansas	56.7
50	West Virginia	56.2
51	Mississippi	54.9

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