What is the median rent in Glen Ellen, CA?

Name: Median rent in Glen Ellen, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Glen Ellen, CA is $1,582 (±$759) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 164 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,582 (±$759)
Rented homes: 164 (±119)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Glen Ellen

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Glen Ellen	Sonoma County	California	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±22.6 points)	4.1%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	20.7% (±34.4 points)	6.7%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	19.5% (±34.1 points)	12.3%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	59.8% (±43.9 points)	19.9%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±22.6 points)	22.0%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±22.6 points)	15.7%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±22.6 points)	19.3%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 59.8% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Glen Ellen cost $2,000 or more a month.

Glen Ellen against Sonoma County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Glen Ellen	Sonoma County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$1,582 (±$759)	$2,158 (±$30)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	164 (±119)	68,220 (±1,806)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

In Glen Ellen, median gross rent is not measurably different from Sonoma County ($2,158).

It is not measurably different from California ($2,036).

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

In Sonoma County, Glen Ellen ranks 19 of 22 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 671 of 1,010.

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

How rent in Glen Ellen has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	13.8% (±16.5 points)	35.3% (±24.4 points)	+21.5 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±48.7 points)	0.0% (±17.3 points)	0.0 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 Glen Ellen

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Glen Ellen
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Glen Ellen	—	$1,582 (±$759)	—
Eldridge	2.5 mi	$1,968 (±$590)	Not measurably different
Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente	3.6 mi	$1,743 (±$167)	Not measurably different
Boyes Hot Springs	4.2 mi	$1,876 (±$396)	Not measurably different
El Verano	4.9 mi	$2,372 (±$213)	Higher
Sonoma	6.4 mi	$2,226 (±$204)	Not measurably different
Temelec	7.2 mi	$3,030 (±$769)	Higher
Penngrove	7.9 mi	$2,130 (±$302)	Not measurably different
Rohnert Park	8.6 mi	$2,279 (±$72)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: El Verano, CA ($2,372), Temelec, CA ($3,030).

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

Median gross rent across Sonoma County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
13	Eldridge	$1,968 (±$590)
14	Sebastopol	$1,902 (±$224)
15	Boyes Hot Springs	$1,876 (±$396)
16	Forestville	$1,833 (±$223)
17	Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente	$1,743 (±$167)
18	Bodega Bay	$1,689 (±$458)
19	Glen Ellen	$1,582 (±$759)
20	Guerneville	$1,579 (±$237)
21	Cloverdale	$1,435 (±$231)
22	Occidental	$1,063 (±$957)

Showing 10 of 22 places in Sonoma County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Glen Ellen 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 Glen Ellen

What is the average rent in Glen Ellen, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Glen Ellen is $1,582 (±$759) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Glen Ellen cost more than $2,000 a month?

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

Is rent in Glen Ellen higher than in Sonoma County?

In Glen Ellen, median gross rent is not measurably different from Sonoma County ($2,158).

It is not measurably different from California ($2,036).

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 Glen Ellen CDP, California (place:30028, 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.