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

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

More on price level of rents (US = 100)

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