ApartmentAdvisor National Rent Report
October 2025
The ApartmentAdvisor National Rent Report is published monthly and includes national rent trend data as well as rent price data by state and by city.
Overview
- Is there a mismatch between national median rent prices and renewal rates?
- Miami’s housing market has been called a bubble about to burst. Is it true?
- In-migration is spiking the median asking rent prices in Wisconsin.
U.S. National Rent Trends
The median national rent for a 1-bedroom rental apartment in the U.S. was $1,495 in October 2025, 3.24% lower than the median national rent for September.
Median Rents
Rent Prices Over Time in the U.S.
Key Findings
National Overview: Rent prices have consistently been down this year — but what about renewal prices?
Since April, national median rent prices have been dropping YoY across all apartment sizes. October was no exception — with the median asking rent price for a one-bedroom apartment sitting 3.2% lower MoM and 5.1% lower YoY. While this trend has offered consistently good news for renters looking to move this year, the same isn’t necessarily true for those looking to stay in their current apartment. Renewal offers do not follow market trends as closely as prices for new leases. As asking rent prices continue to soften — especially in areas where construction has been high and demand has softened, like the Mountain West and Southeast — property owners are starting to look to their current tenants to help balance their books.
This strategy can be dangerous for owners and operators. Renters are tech-savvier than ever and most have easy access to rent price histories online. With newly developed communities offering lower prices and concessions next door, a high renewal price becomes a tougher pill to swallow. Owners may want to consider smart pricing strategies that encourage existing residents to stay where they are as competition grows in some key markets.
Regional Deep Dive: Miami’s rent prices have steadily been decreasing for years. Is this really a sign that the housing bubble is ready to burst?
Recently, UBS released a report on housing bubbles most likely to crash — ranking Miami, FL at No. 1. The report cites the gap between rising home prices and lowering rents as a major indicator that housing in the city has been mispriced, as well as the disparity between home prices and incomes.
Like much of Florida, Miami has been experiencing a steady rent decline for several years now. Every October since 2022, rent has consistently decreased: By 16% from ’22 to ’23, 5.6% from ’23 to ’24, and by 3.7% from ’24 to ’25. However, the numbers alone don’t tell the whole story. The larger drops can be explained by the pandemic housing peak, which brought Miami rental prices to unsustainable highs in April ’22, forcing a dramatic rent cooldown in the years to come — a phenomenon observed across the country. The smaller, more recent price drops can be attributed to the construction of new housing. Miami-Dade County has been leading the state and country in new multifamily housing development. Florida was also ranked No. 2 in 2024 for most new construction approvals (Texas was No. 1) — leading to lower rent prices in markets across the state this year.
The persistence of cash home sales and strong international in-migration, coupled with the slowing rent declines and relatively stable sale prices hints that — if Miami is a bubble — it is a long way from bursting.
Average Rent by City
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Rent Prices in 100 Major Cities
This table shows median rent data for 100 major cities in the US.
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Average Rent by State
Post-pandemic population growth in Wisconsin is contributing to drastic rent increases at the state level.
In 2024, Wisconsin saw the largest population gain through migration in over 20 years. While the state’s population growth from 2004 to 2017 was dominated by natural change (births minus deaths), the tides began to turn after the pandemic. Aside from 2021, the only year in the last two decades during which the state had a net loss of residents, in-migration has been accounting for the vast majority of the population growth since 2022. While overall the net migration in Wisconsin is below average compared to the entire country, it is ranked No. 1 for net migration in the Midwest.
While international in-migration had a large impact on Wisconsin, as well as the rest of the country, this ranking is also the result of domestic affordability migration — the trend of higher earners moving from HCOL cities to lower-cost housing markets in an effort to buy property or save on rental housing.
In-migration can have positive impacts on the local economy, while also putting severe stressors on housing — especially in a low-construction state like Wisconsin. The result? Higher demand in an already supply-strapped state, and higher prices. This month, Wisconsin saw the greatest MoM rent increase for a one-bedroom apartment at the state level (+6.5%), and the second-highest YoY change (+17.9%). This has drawn the attention of the Senate, though any quick relief is unlikely. New housing takes years to impact a market and demand does not show signs of slowing down.
Report Methodology
For the National Rent Report, ApartmentAdvisor analyzes rental listings available on our platform, sourced from multiple listing syndication partners. The set of 100 large cities highlighted in our report is primarily determined by overall population size, however we include some smaller cities with relatively high populations for the home state (e.g. Burlington, VT and Portland, ME) and we exclude some highly populated cities due to their proximity to other major cities (eg. Garland, Texas is not included due to its proximity to Dallas). We take all the unique apartments that were available for any amount of time during a time period, deduplicate them by unit type, and remove unreliable listings. We use a minimum threshold of units for cities to ensure that data is accurate. Luxury bias is removed by focusing on median figures instead of averages.
Top cities
Atlanta Apartments
1,958 apartments starting at $640/month
Austin Apartments
4,784 apartments starting at $625/month
Baltimore Apartments
1,258 apartments starting at $600/month
Boston Apartments
3,494 apartments starting at $425/month
Charlotte Apartments
2,941 apartments starting at $450/month
Chicago Apartments
4,411 apartments starting at $550/month
Dallas Apartments
5,459 apartments starting at $587/month
Fort Worth Apartments
2,263 apartments starting at $555/month
Houston Apartments
5,333 apartments starting at $495/month
Las Vegas Apartments
1,072 apartments starting at $695/month
Los Angeles Apartments
11,448 apartments starting at $625/month
Miami Apartments
523 apartments starting at $995/month
Milwaukee Apartments
889 apartments starting at $465/month
New York Apartments
4,509 apartments starting at $800/month
Oakland Apartments
652 apartments starting at $995/month
Orlando Apartments
829 apartments starting at $800/month
Philadelphia Apartments
3,081 apartments starting at $500/month
Phoenix Apartments
4,290 apartments starting at $500/month
Pittsburgh Apartments
946 apartments starting at $600/month
Portland Apartments
2,475 apartments starting at $599/month
Raleigh Apartments
1,364 apartments starting at $625/month
San Antonio Apartments
3,927 apartments starting at $468/month
San Diego Apartments
2,954 apartments starting at $650/month
San Francisco Apartments
594 apartments starting at $675/month
San Jose Apartments
455 apartments starting at $1,300/month
Seattle Apartments
3,573 apartments starting at $450/month
Tampa Apartments
1,153 apartments starting at $800/month
Washington DC Apartments
2,908 apartments starting at $936/month