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Updated May 3, 2026

Average Rent in Costa Mesa CA

1 apartment buildings, 0 units. Real prices pulled from each property's leasing system this morning.

Avg Rent

$0/mo

Cheapest

$0/mo

Properties

1

Units

0

Analysis

Rent Price Breakdown

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Costa Mesa CA Rent Prices

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Costa Mesa CA Average Rent Prices 2026

The average rent in Costa Mesa CA is $0 per month, based on 0 units across 1 apartment communities.

Every price comes directly from each property's leasing system, updated that morning. Request a neighborhood we don't cover and we add it within 24 hours.

What salary do I need to live comfortably in Costa Mesa CA?

Built on the 25 to 30 percent rent-to-income guideline used by most landlords and credit-scoring models.

Live rent data is not yet available for this city, so a salary estimate cannot be produced.

Cost of living in Costa Mesa CA

Overall prices in Costa Mesa CA runs above the national average by about 15% (BEA Regional Price Parity index 114.7, where 100 equals the U.S. average). The breakdown below estimates monthly costs for a single adult, using national consumer-spending baselines from the Bureau of Labor Statistics scaled by Costa Mesa CA's regional price parities.

Category Monthly estimate
Rent (market average) $0
Utilities $744
Groceries $578
Transportation $1,773
Healthcare $865
Other goods and services $1,384
Estimated total $5,344/mo

Population

110,538

Median household income

$110,073

Census median rent

$2,395/mo

Rent as % of income

31.2%

Median age

36.5

Mean commute

22 min

Methodology

Rent data

Sourced directly from each tracked apartment community and refreshed every 24 hours. Every listed unit price on this page is real and listed today.

Cost of living

Estimates combine national consumer-spending baselines from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Expenditure Survey) with the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (MARPP dataset). Both are peer-reviewed federal data releases published annually.

Salary to live comfortably

Applies the standard 25 to 30 percent rent-to-income rule on top of the listed rent. This is the same affordability guideline used by most landlords and credit-scoring models.

Demographic figures

Median household income, population, median age, commute time, Census median rent, and rent as percentage of income come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates, the most recent complete release.

Cost of living and demographic figures were last published in 2023.

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