Welcome to the Apartment List February 2023 Rent Report for Los Angeles, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,870, roughly the same as last month. Prices remain up 1.1% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Los Angeles rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Los Angeles metro area and the nation as a whole.
Los Angeles Rental Stats
Median Rent
1 bed: $1,642
2 bed: $2,168
Rent Growth
Past month: -0.3%
Past year: +1.1%
- Los Angeles rents are flat month-over-month and up 1.1% year-over-year.
- The median rent in Los Angeles fell by 0.3% over the course of January, and has now increased by a total of 1.1% over the past 12 months. Los Angeles’s rent growth over the past year has fallen behind both the state (2.3%) and national averages (3.3%).
- January rent growth in Los Angeles ranked #50 among large U.S. cities
- Los Angeles rents went down 0.3% in the past month, compared to the national rate of -0.3%. Among the nation’s 100 largest cities, this ranks #50. Similar monthly rent growth took place in Houston, TX (-0.3%) and Durham, NC (-0.3%).
- Los Angeles is the #18 most expensive large city in the U.S., with a median rent of $1,870
- Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $1,642 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $2,168 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (i.e., the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,870. That ranks #18 in the nation, among the country’s 100 largest cities. For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,148 for a 1-bedroom, $1,316 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,338 overall. The median rent in Los Angeles is 39.8% higher than the national rent, and is similar to the prices you would find in Riverside, CA ($1,927) and Scottsdale, AZ ($1,839).
- Los Angeles rents are 9.4% lower than the metro-wide median Los Angeles Rent Report: February 2023
- If we expand our view to the wider Los Angeles metro area, the median rent is $2,065 meaning that the median price in Los Angeles proper ($1,870) is 9.4% lower than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at 1.9%, above the rate of rent growth within just the city.
Rents by City
The table below shows the latest rent stats for 23 cities in the Los Angeles metro area that are included in our database. Among them, Marina del Rey is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $4,707. Long Beach is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,662. The metro’s fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Santa Monica (6.3%) while the slowest is in Costa Mesa (-3.4%).
City Median 1 BR Rent Median 2 BR Rent M/M Rent Growth Y/Y Rent Growth
Anaheim $1,856 $2,334 0.3% 4.1%
Brea $2,122 $2,625 0.7% 4.4%
Burbank $1,702 $2,336 0.6% 4.7%
Costa Mesa $2,225 $2,543 -0.6% -3.4%
Fullerton $1,878 $2,304 0.7% 3.0%
Glendale $1,747 $2,325 1.2% 5.9%
Huntington Beach $2,251 $2,491 -1.9% 1.5%
Irvine $2,599 $3,146 -2.3% -3.3%
Laguna Niguel $2,346 $2,8980 .3%2 .6%
Lake Forest $2,485 $3,045 -1.2% -0.2%
Long Beach $1,469 $1,867 -0.7% 2.0%
Los Angeles $1,642 $2,168 -0.3% 1.1%
Marina del Rey $4,452 $5,167 -0.4% 4.7%
Mission Viejo $2,328 $2,874 -1.0% 1.7%
Newport Beach $2,600 $3,178 0.0% 0.3%
Orange $1,869 $2,253 -0.4% -0.3%
Pasadena $1,799 $2,326 -1.7% 2.9%
Pomona $1,477 $1,872 1.1% -1.2%
Santa Ana $1,778 $2,220 0.3% -0.6%
Santa Clarita $1,793 $2,235 -0.3% -0.4%
Santa Monica $2,061 $2,568 -0.8% 6.3%
West Covina $1,708 $2,258 -1.1% 1.7%
West Hollywood $1,946 $2,521 1.1% -1.7%
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