What is the median rent in Gold Canyon, AZ?

Name: Median rent in Gold Canyon, AZ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Gold Canyon, AZ is $1,542 (±$368) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 321 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Gold Canyon, the median gross rent went from $1,013 in 2015–2019 to $1,542 in 2020–2024 (+52.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,542 (±$368)
Rented homes: 321 (±146)
$2,000 or more: 28.0%
Since 2015–2019: +52.2%

How much rent costs in Gold Canyon

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Gold Canyon	Pinal County	Arizona	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±13.1 points)	5.9%	3.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	9.3% (±9.2 points)	18.7%	15.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	38.6% (±24.5 points)	23.6%	28.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	24.0% (±17.5 points)	23.8%	27.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	22.7% (±20.2 points)	20.9%	15.1%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±13.1 points)	5.6%	5.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	5.3% (±9.4 points)	1.5%	3.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 38.6% of renting households.

28.0% of rented homes in Gold Canyon cost $2,000 or more a month.

Gold Canyon against Pinal County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Gold Canyon	Pinal County	Arizona	United States
Median gross rent	$1,542 (±$368)	$1,537 (±$63)	$1,543 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	321 (±146)	26,354 (±1,206)	889,339 (±6,896)	42,849,984

In Gold Canyon, median gross rent is not measurably different from Pinal County ($1,537).

It is not measurably different from Arizona ($1,543).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Pinal County, Gold Canyon ranks 4 of 16 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 41 of 178.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Gold Canyon has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,013 (±$171)	$1,542 (±$368)	+52.2%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	5.6% (±1.8 points)	5.8% (±2.3 points)	+0.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	21.8% (±21.2 points)	0.0% (±11.5 points)	−21.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Gold Canyon

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Gold Canyon
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Gold Canyon	—	$1,542 (±$368)	—
Apache Junction	6.9 mi	$1,146 (±$91)	Lower
Queen Creek	14 mi	$2,210 (±$94)	Higher
San Tan Valley	15 mi	$2,085 (±$73)	Higher
Mesa	17 mi	$1,620 (±$25)	Not measurably different
Superior	18 mi	$881 (±$69)	Lower
Gilbert	19 mi	$2,110 (±$37)	Higher
Florence	20 mi	$1,302 (±$301)	Not measurably different
Fountain Hills	25 mi	$1,890 (±$142)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Apache Junction, AZ ($1,146), Superior, AZ ($881).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Queen Creek, AZ ($2,210), San Tan Valley, AZ ($2,085), Gilbert, AZ ($2,110).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Pinal County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Saddlebrooke	$2,774 (±$276)
2	San Tan Valley	$2,085 (±$73)
3	Maricopa	$1,998 (±$102)
4	Gold Canyon	$1,542 (±$368)
5	Casa Grande	$1,386 (±$56)
6	Coolidge	$1,314 (±$155)
7	Florence	$1,302 (±$301)
8 (tie)	Apache Junction	$1,146 (±$91)
8 (tie)	Mammoth	$1,146 (±$592)
10	Kearny	$1,065 (±$335)

Showing 10 of 16 places in Pinal County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Gold Canyon is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Gold Canyon

What is the average rent in Gold Canyon, AZ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Gold Canyon is $1,542 (±$368) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Gold Canyon?

In Gold Canyon, the median gross rent went from $1,013 in 2015–2019 to $1,542 in 2020–2024 (+52.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Gold Canyon cost more than $2,000 a month?

28.0% of rented homes in Gold Canyon have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Gold Canyon higher than in Pinal County?

In Gold Canyon, median gross rent is not measurably different from Pinal County ($1,537).

It is not measurably different from Arizona ($1,543).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Gold Canyon CDP, Arizona (place:28140, in state:04).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.