What is the median rent in Palmdale, CA?

Name: Median rent in Palmdale, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Palmdale, CA is $1,802 (±$60) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 14,935 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Palmdale, the median gross rent went from $1,319 in 2015–2019 to $1,802 in 2020–2024 (+36.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,802 (±$60)
Rented homes: 14,935 (±871)
$2,000 or more: 39.0%
Since 2015–2019: +36.6%

How much rent costs in Palmdale

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Palmdale	Los Angeles County	California	United States
Less than $500	2.2% (±0.9 points)	3.7%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	8.4% (±2.3 points)	6.1%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	22.8% (±3.4 points)	17.4%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	27.5% (±2.8 points)	25.0%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	22.8% (±3.2 points)	20.4%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	9.8% (±2.0 points)	11.4%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	6.4% (±1.4 points)	15.9%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 27.5% of renting households.

39.0% of rented homes in Palmdale cost $2,000 or more a month.

Palmdale against Los Angeles County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Palmdale	Los Angeles County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$1,802 (±$60)	$1,954 (±$6)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	14,935 (±871)	1,798,001 (±6,873)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

In Palmdale, median gross rent is lower than in Los Angeles County ($1,954).

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

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

In Los Angeles County, Palmdale ranks 101 of 137 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 541 of 1,010.

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

How rent in Palmdale 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	$1,319 (±$43)	$1,802 (±$60)	+36.6%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	34.7% (±1.2 points)	33.8% (±1.7 points)	−0.9 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	4.7% (±1.3 points)	4.4% (±1.4 points)	−0.3 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 Palmdale

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Palmdale
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Palmdale	—	$1,802 (±$60)	—
Desert View Highlands	2.7 mi	$2,002 (±$343)	Not measurably different
Quartz Hill	7.6 mi	$1,540 (±$374)	Not measurably different
Acton	7.9 mi	$3,056 (±$2,092)	Not measurably different
Lancaster	8.1 mi	$1,764 (±$45)	Not measurably different
Littlerock	8.4 mi	$1,782 (±$290)	Not measurably different
Sun Village	8.7 mi	$1,753 (±$190)	Not measurably different
Agua Dulce	14 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Lake Los Angeles	16 mi	$1,530 (±$265)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Lake Los Angeles, CA ($1,530).

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

Median gross rent across Los Angeles County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
95	Bellflower	$1,830 (±$40)
96	Valinda	$1,829 (±$234)
97	Montebello	$1,827 (±$37)
98	South Monrovia Island	$1,814 (±$306)
99	Pomona	$1,810 (±$38)
100	Gardena	$1,809 (±$55)
101	Palmdale	$1,802 (±$60)
102	East Whittier	$1,794 (±$111)
103	Inglewood	$1,787 (±$36)
104	Pico Rivera	$1,786 (±$63)
105 (tie)	Hawthorne	$1,782 (±$26)
105 (tie)	Littlerock	$1,782 (±$290)
107	Castaic	$1,770 (±$115)

Showing 13 of 137 places in Los Angeles County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Palmdale

What is the average rent in Palmdale, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Palmdale is $1,802 (±$60) 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 Palmdale?

In Palmdale, the median gross rent went from $1,319 in 2015–2019 to $1,802 in 2020–2024 (+36.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

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

39.0% of rented homes in Palmdale have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Palmdale higher than in Los Angeles County?

In Palmdale, median gross rent is lower than in Los Angeles County ($1,954).

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

It is higher 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 Palmdale city, California (place:55156, 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.