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Rent Growth

Scale56-100

Graded like school, from F (56) to A+ (100). Higher is better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places where median gross rents rose faster between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys. Higher nominal growth favors investors; it is past change in area medians, not a forecast.

Sources

Data behind the rating

2 sources
Data
B25064 rent medians, B25070 cash-rent homes, their 90% margins, and full-resolution place boundaries in 2019 and 2024.
What it tells us
Five years between survey midpoints; rent growth is nominal, with inflation-adjusted growth shown separately. Changed boundaries are withheld.
Data
Revised FY2020 and FY2025 rents for comparable HUD areas, joined only where a county has one unambiguous rent pair.
What it tells us
A regional comparison that shares ACS evidence, not an independent rent index or score input. Unmatched or split areas have no comparison.

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