Average Rent Data API
Apartment rent data.
Ready for your application.
172,646 listed units across 10,982 buildings in 1,158 US cities, refreshed every 24 hours. Query asking rents, concessions, last-known listings, and price changes through a read-only API.
Make your first request
- Sign in and create a free API key. Save the full key when it appears.
- Replace
YOUR_API_KEYin the command below, then run it. This request uses one data call. - Check your shared allowance in your data account or with
GET /api/v1/me.
Start with 1,000 data calls per month. No credit card needed. See call limits.
Endpoints
Everything is a GET with JSON out. Full parameter detail lives in the OpenAPI 3 spec.
| Endpoint | Returns |
|---|---|
| GET/api/v1/cities | Every covered city with inventory counts and current market average. |
| GET/api/v1/cities/{city}/stats | Average, min, max rent plus the per-bedroom breakdown. |
| GET/api/v1/cities/{city}/history?days=90 | Daily market-average series, outlier-trimmed. |
| GET/api/v1/cities/{city}/price-cuts | Units whose asking rent dropped in the trailing 7 days. |
| GET/api/v1/cities/{city}/price-changes | Confirmed cuts, increases, budget options, and coverage over 7 or 30 days. Filter by neighborhood, bedrooms, rent, and change size. |
| GET/api/v1/cities/{city}/properties | Paginated building directory with pricing summary. |
| GET/api/v1/properties/{id} | One building with every listed unit: rent, plan, sqft, fees, concessions. |
| GET/api/v1/properties/{id}/history?days=180 | Daily min/avg/max/median pricing for one building. |
| GET/api/v1/search?zip=78704&max_rent=2000 | Find apartment listings by location, property name, bedroom count, and rent. |
| GET/api/v1/national/summary?state=TX | National and state asking rent statistics for the tracked sample. |
| GET/api/v1/me | Your plan, limits, and month-to-date usage. |
Authentication
Pass your key as a bearer token or an X-API-Key header.
Create a free key in your data account. Paid-plan keys are delivered by email. We store only a hash, so save your full key.
Admitted requests include X-RateLimit-* and
X-Quota-* headers, and
GET /api/v1/me reports month-to-date usage.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ar_live_..." \ "https://average-rent.com/api/v1/cities/austin-tx/price-cuts?limit=5"
Lost your key?
Replace a free key from your data account. For a paid key, sign in with the email on your Whop account. Then POST your Whop membership id to
/api/v1/keys/recover
with your website session cookie. The buyer email must match your signed-in account. We email a fresh key and revoke the old key.
Example response
{
"data": {
"city": "austin-tx",
"avg_rent": 1996,
"min_rent": 773,
"max_rent": 12845,
"properties": 107,
"units": 3462,
"by_bedroom": [
{ "bedrooms": 0, "label": "Studio", "units": 411, "avg_rent": 2451 },
{ "bedrooms": 1, "label": "1BR", "units": 1743, "avg_rent": 1748 },
{ "bedrooms": 2, "label": "2BR", "units": 1015, "avg_rent": 2163 }
],
"updated_at": "2026-07-03T05:12:44Z"
},
"meta": { "generated_at": "2026-07-03T12:00:01Z" }
} Manage API access · Connect ChatGPT
Pricing
Month to month, cancel anytime. Payments and subscriptions run on Whop.
Free
$0/mo
Personal searches and noncommercial research.
- 1,000 data calls / month
- 10 data calls / minute
- All endpoints, all 1,158 cities
- Daily refresh, unit-level detail
Developer
$49.99/mo
Commercial prototypes and internal dashboards.
- 25,000 data calls / month
- 60 data calls / minute
- All endpoints, all 1,158 cities
- Daily refresh, unit-level detail
Growth
Popular$199.99/mo
Commercial apps and market research by city.
- 250,000 data calls / month
- 300 data calls / minute
- All endpoints, all 1,158 cities
- Daily refresh, unit-level detail
Scale
$499.99/mo
Commercial products and multi-market analysis.
- 1,000,000 data calls / month
- 600 data calls / minute
- All endpoints, all 1,158 cities
- Daily refresh, unit-level detail
API keys and ChatGPT share the plan allowance. It resets on the first day of each month at 00:00 UTC. Requests stop at the limit with no automatic overage charges. Website Pro is a separate subscription.
Free access is for noncommercial use. For business work, customer products, or paid services, choose a paid Data API plan. Read the data-use conditions.
Need bulk exports, historical backfills, or custom markets? Email us about enterprise licensing.
FAQ
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Exploring the data first? The interactive map, National Rent Report, and press & data kit are free to browse.