# Press & Data Kit

> Free rent data for journalists and researchers. US median asking rent is $1,718 as of November 2026, from 180,739 live listings across 1205 cities, with price history down to the individual building and unit. Topline statistics, citation guidance, and embeddable widgets.

Canonical: https://average-rent.com/press/
Last updated: 2026-11-08

For journalists & researchers

Average Rent publishes the raw distribution of live apartment asking prices across the US, refreshed every morning. The figures below are free to cite with attribution. Need a custom cut by city, bedroom, or time range? [Get in touch](https://average-rent.com/contact/).

## The numbers, as of November 2026

Updated every morning. Pulled live from the same dataset that powers the [National Rent Report](https://average-rent.com/rent-report/).

180,739

Live listings analyzed

12,893

Apartment properties

1205

Cities covered

50 + DC

States covered

$1,718

National median asking rent

$3,780

Mean asking rent

$1,570

Median 1-bedroom

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Year-over-year change

## New buildings by month

Apartment buildings added to the site each month, by the month their page went live.

Buildings tracked

12,892

Nov 2026 is the month to date.

New apartment buildings added each month | Month | Buildings added |
| --- | --- |
| Mar 2026 | 121 |
| Apr 2026 | 1501 |
| May 2026 | 3232 |
| Jun 2026 | 2705 |
| Jul 2026 | 1815 |
| Aug 2026 | 278 |
| Sep 2026 | 886 |
| Oct 2026 | 2211 |
| Nov 2026 | 143 |

Newest cities with 5+ buildings

- [Bedford, TX](https://average-rent.com/city/bedford-tx/) 9 buildings, since Oct 22

- [Spring Valley, CA](https://average-rent.com/city/spring-valley-ca/) 6 buildings, since Oct 17

- [El Cerrito, CA](https://average-rent.com/city/el-cerrito-ca/) 6 buildings, since Oct 14

- [Watertown, MA](https://average-rent.com/city/watertown-ma/) 5 buildings, since Oct 13

- [Coppell, TX](https://average-rent.com/city/coppell-tx/) 5 buildings, since Oct 7

- [Stafford, TX](https://average-rent.com/city/stafford-tx/) 15 buildings, since Oct 4

| Date or category | New buildings |
| --- | --- |
| Mar | 121 |
| Apr | 1,501 |
| May | 3,232 |
| Jun | 2,705 |
| Jul | 1,815 |
| Aug | 278 |
| Sep | 886 |
| Oct | 2,211 |
| Nov | 143 |

## Ready-to-quote facts

- The median US apartment asking rent is $1,718 per month as of November 2026.

- High Point, NC is the most expensive tracked market at $1,001,339 average asking rent.

- Davenport, IA is the cheapest tracked market at $792 average asking rent.

- A one-bedroom rents at a $1,570 median; a two-bedroom at $1,891.

- The dataset spans 180,739 live listings across 1205 cities, refreshed every morning.

- Price history is tracked for every building and unit in the dataset, covering about 0.77% of the 23.4 million US apartment homes in 5+ unit buildings.

## How to cite us

## Embed a live widget

Drop a self-updating rent widget into any article or page. Each embed keeps an attribution link back to the data. Free to use.

### US median rent

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### A single city (Davenport, IA)

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## About the data

Every figure is the raw asking price from live apartment listings, refreshed every morning, with no statistical model or survey in between. Median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean sits above it because a luxury tail pulls the average up. Coverage skews toward metros with larger professionally-managed inventories. For methodology detail and comparison against Zillow ZORI and RentCafe, see the [National Rent Report](https://average-rent.com/rent-report/) and the [coverage page](https://average-rent.com/research/coverage/).

Media enquiries and custom data requests: [contact us](https://average-rent.com/contact/) or email [support@average-rent.com](mailto:support@average-rent.com). Average Rent is a product of Work4Coins LLC.