{"id":484060,"date":"2022-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rent.com\/research\/?p=484060"},"modified":"2023-06-26T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T19:19:41","slug":"cheapest-rent-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rent.com\/research\/cheapest-rent-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"These Cities Have the Cheapest Rent in the U.S.: August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past spring, new U.S. census data<\/a> showed an increase in population movement away from major urban hubs to smaller cities for affordability and more space. These smaller cities experienced the highest annual population gain in more than a decade.<\/p>\n

That population adjustment sent rents soaring through out the country, and many of these smaller cities saw a rise in their rental prices as well. Among this rise in the cost of living, swaths of the Midwest and South remain affordable with prices well below the national average in states including Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota and Texas.<\/p>\n

There are 21 cities that have an average rent of $1,000 or less. Nearly 40 cities saw decreases in year-over-year rents, with 20 seeing decreases of over $100 a month and one that saw a dip of $1,243. Texas leads with three of the cheapest cities: Lubbock<\/a>, Port Arthur<\/a> and Victoria<\/a>. The latter two are about two hours from Houston.<\/p>\n

Rent. looked at the average rent, dollar increase and year-over-year percent change in every U.S. city with a population over 50,000 for a combination of one- and two-bedroom unit types. Below are several key takeaways from that data.<\/p>\n