What is the median rent in Borrego Springs, CA?

Name: Median rent in Borrego Springs, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Borrego Springs, CA is $1,004 (±$357) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 404 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Borrego Springs, the median gross rent went from $733 in 2015–2019 to $1,004 in 2020–2024 (+37.0%).

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: $1,004 (±$357)
Rented homes: 404 (±149)
$2,000 or more: 8.9%
Since 2015–2019: +37.0%

How much rent costs in Borrego Springs

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Borrego Springs	San Diego County	California	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±10.0 points)	2.2%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	49.8% (±27.6 points)	3.8%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	34.2% (±23.5 points)	10.1%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	7.2% (±11.9 points)	22.7%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	8.9% (±9.8 points)	22.8%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±10.0 points)	14.8%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±10.0 points)	23.6%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 49.8% of renting households.

8.9% of rented homes in Borrego Springs cost $2,000 or more a month.

Borrego Springs against San Diego County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Borrego Springs	San Diego County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$1,004 (±$357)	$2,246 (±$11)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	404 (±149)	518,013 (±3,959)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

In Borrego Springs, median gross rent is lower than in San Diego County ($2,246).

It is also lower than in California ($2,036).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In San Diego County, Borrego Springs ranks 48 of 48 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 954 of 1,010.

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

How rent in Borrego Springs 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	$733 (±$314)	$1,004 (±$357)	+37.0%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	13.4% (±8.5 points)	28.1% (±10.2 points)	+14.7 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	38.2% (±26.3 points)	0.0% (±10.0 points)	−38.2 percentage points	Measurable decrease

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 Borrego Springs

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Borrego Springs
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Borrego Springs	—	$1,004 (±$357)	—
Julian	18 mi	$1,860 (±$809)	Not measurably different
Salton City	23 mi	$1,372 (±$89)	Higher
Oasis	24 mi	$862 (±$49)	Not measurably different
Vista Santa Rosa	28 mi	$1,356 (±$548)	Not measurably different
La Quinta	28 mi	$1,785 (±$141)	Higher
Mecca	29 mi	$916 (±$87)	Not measurably different
Anza	30 mi	$1,580 (±$649)	Not measurably different
San Diego Country Estates	30 mi	$2,851 (±$304)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Salton City, CA ($1,372), La Quinta, CA ($1,785), San Diego Country Estates, CA ($2,851).

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

Median gross rent across San Diego County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
42	Ramona	$1,830 (±$92)
43	Fallbrook	$1,786 (±$58)
44	Valley Center	$1,750 (±$599)
45	National City	$1,692 (±$46)
46	Eucalyptus Hills	$1,408 (±$411)
47	Crest	$1,196 (±$568)
48	Borrego Springs	$1,004 (±$357)

Showing 7 of 48 places in San Diego County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Borrego Springs 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 Borrego Springs

What is the average rent in Borrego Springs, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Borrego Springs is $1,004 (±$357) 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 Borrego Springs?

In Borrego Springs, the median gross rent went from $733 in 2015–2019 to $1,004 in 2020–2024 (+37.0%).

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 Borrego Springs cost more than $2,000 a month?

8.9% of rented homes in Borrego Springs have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Borrego Springs higher than in San Diego County?

In Borrego Springs, median gross rent is lower than in San Diego County ($2,246).

It is also lower than in California ($2,036).

It is lower than 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 Borrego Springs CDP, California (place:07596, in state:06).

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.