What is the median rent in Joshua Tree, CA?

Name: Median rent in Joshua Tree, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Joshua Tree, CA is $1,246 (±$505) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 770 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Joshua Tree, the median gross rent went from $896 in 2015–2019 to $1,246 in 2020–2024 (+39.1%).

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: $1,246 (±$505)
Rented homes: 770 (±256)
$2,000 or more: 20.5%
Since 2015–2019: +39.1%

How much rent costs in Joshua Tree

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Joshua Tree	San Bernardino County	California	United States
Less than $500	1.6% (±2.5 points)	2.7%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	26.4% (±13.5 points)	9.8%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	25.5% (±13.1 points)	22.1%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	26.1% (±10.7 points)	25.7%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	8.6% (±7.7 points)	20.5%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	1.4% (±2.3 points)	10.7%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	10.5% (±15.3 points)	8.5%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 26.4% of renting households.

20.5% of rented homes in Joshua Tree cost $2,000 or more a month.

Joshua Tree against San Bernardino County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Joshua Tree	San Bernardino County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$1,246 (±$505)	$1,801 (±$15)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	770 (±256)	246,733 (±3,264)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

In Joshua Tree, median gross rent is lower than in San Bernardino County ($1,801).

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

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

In San Bernardino County, Joshua Tree ranks 39 of 46 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 835 of 1,010.

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

How rent in Joshua Tree 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	$896 (±$92)	$1,246 (±$505)	+39.1%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	48.3% (±7.8 points)	34.5% (±9.2 points)	−13.8 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	3.1% (±5.3 points)	11.6% (±9.7 points)	+8.5 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 Joshua Tree

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Joshua Tree
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Joshua Tree	—	$1,246 (±$505)	—
Yucca Valley	6.2 mi	$1,428 (±$185)	Not measurably different
Homestead Valley	12 mi	$1,047 (±$139)	Not measurably different
Twentynine Palms	14 mi	$1,352 (±$91)	Not measurably different
Morongo Valley	15 mi	$1,354 (±$91)	Not measurably different
Desert Edge	16 mi	$903 (±$310)	Not measurably different
Sky Valley	16 mi	$863 (±$258)	Not measurably different
Garnet	17 mi	$1,907 (±$349)	Higher
Desert Hot Springs	17 mi	$1,412 (±$125)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Garnet, CA ($1,907).

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

Median gross rent across San Bernardino County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
33	Big Bear Lake	$1,454 (±$200)
34	Apple Valley	$1,444 (±$60)
35	Adelanto	$1,437 (±$117)
36	Yucca Valley	$1,428 (±$185)
37	Morongo Valley	$1,354 (±$91)
38	Twentynine Palms	$1,352 (±$91)
39	Joshua Tree	$1,246 (±$505)
40	Lucerne Valley	$1,181 (±$134)
41	Lenwood	$1,176 (±$256)
42	Barstow	$1,091 (±$76)
43	Homestead Valley	$1,047 (±$139)
44	Big River	$839 (±$248)
45	Searles Valley	$819 (±$63)

Showing 13 of 46 places in San Bernardino County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Joshua Tree 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 Joshua Tree

What is the average rent in Joshua Tree, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Joshua Tree is $1,246 (±$505) 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 Joshua Tree?

In Joshua Tree, the median gross rent went from $896 in 2015–2019 to $1,246 in 2020–2024 (+39.1%).

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 Joshua Tree cost more than $2,000 a month?

20.5% of rented homes in Joshua Tree have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 1.6% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Joshua Tree higher than in San Bernardino County?

In Joshua Tree, median gross rent is lower than in San Bernardino County ($1,801).

It is also lower than in 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 Joshua Tree CDP, California (place:37554, 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.