What is the median rent in Saugatuck, CT?

Name: Median rent in Saugatuck, CT, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Saugatuck, CT is $2,213 (±$219) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 169 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: $2,213 (±$219)
Rented homes: 169 (±85)
$2,000 or more: 68.6%

How much rent costs in Saugatuck

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Saugatuck	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±22.0 points)	6.2%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±22.0 points)	6.1%	12.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	7.1% (±11.6 points)	12.6%	30.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	24.3% (±19.7 points)	20.6%	25.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	43.8% (±27.2 points)	20.4%	12.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	11.2% (±16.8 points)	14.0%	5.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	13.6% (±15.6 points)	20.1%	6.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 43.8% of renting households.

68.6% of rented homes in Saugatuck cost $2,000 or more a month.

Saugatuck against Western Connecticut Planning Region, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Saugatuck	Western Connecticut Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Median gross rent	$2,213 (±$219)	$2,110 (±$34)	$1,488 (±$10)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	169 (±85)	76,228 (±1,754)	462,698 (±4,638)	42,849,984

In Saugatuck, median gross rent is not measurably different from Western Connecticut Planning Region ($2,110).

It is also higher than in Connecticut ($1,488).

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

In Western Connecticut Planning Region, Saugatuck ranks 15 of 24 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 22 of 115.

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

Median gross rent in places near Saugatuck

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Saugatuck
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Saugatuck	—	$2,213 (±$219)	—
Westport Village	2.2 mi	$3,301 (±$257)	Higher
Greens Farms	2.5 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Old Hill	2.7 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Norwalk	3.0 mi	$2,073 (±$87)	Not measurably different
Staples	3.7 mi	$2,328 (±$387)	Not measurably different
Southport	4.5 mi	$3,333 (±$481)	Higher
South Wilton	4.9 mi	$3,313 (±$3,085)	Not measurably different
Darien Downtown	5.8 mi	$2,728 (±$1,238)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Westport Village, CT ($3,301), Southport, CT ($3,333).

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

Median gross rent across Western Connecticut Planning Region, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
9	South Wilton	$3,313 (±$3,085)
10	Westport Village	$3,301 (±$257)
11	Cos Cob	$3,067 (±$701)
12	Darien Downtown	$2,728 (±$1,238)
13	Byram	$2,413 (±$267)
14	Staples	$2,328 (±$387)
15	Saugatuck	$2,213 (±$219)
16	Greenwich (community)	$2,082 (±$349)
17	Noroton Heights	$2,018 (±$494)
18	Ridgefield (community)	$1,904 (±$274)
19	Route 7 Gateway	$1,896 (±$308)
20	Ball Pond	$1,884 (±$1,033)
21	Sandy Hook	$1,866 (±$439)

Showing 13 of 24 places in Western Connecticut Planning Region, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

It lies inside Westport, whose figures include it.

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 Saugatuck

What is the average rent in Saugatuck, CT?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Saugatuck is $2,213 (±$219) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

68.6% of rented homes in Saugatuck have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Saugatuck higher than in Western Connecticut Planning Region?

In Saugatuck, median gross rent is not measurably different from Western Connecticut Planning Region ($2,110).

It is also higher than in Connecticut ($1,488).

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 Saugatuck CDP, Connecticut (place:66770, in state:09).

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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