What is the median rent in Cudjoe Key, FL?

Name: Median rent in Cudjoe Key, FL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Cudjoe Key, FL is $1,864 (±$165) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 209 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Cudjoe Key, the median gross rent went from $2,144 in 2015–2019 to $1,864 in 2020–2024 (−13.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,864 (±$165)
Rented homes: 209 (±85)
$2,000 or more: 36.8%
Since 2015–2019: −13.1%

How much rent costs in Cudjoe Key

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Cudjoe Key	Monroe County	Florida	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±22.0 points)	4.4%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±22.0 points)	5.8%	10.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	14.8% (±16.5 points)	14.0%	26.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	48.3% (±25.0 points)	25.9%	28.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	9.1% (±10.6 points)	16.7%	17.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	6.2% (±8.6 points)	13.3%	7.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	21.5% (±14.3 points)	20.0%	6.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 48.3% of renting households.

36.8% of rented homes in Cudjoe Key cost $2,000 or more a month.

Cudjoe Key against Monroe County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Cudjoe Key	Monroe County	Florida	United States
Median gross rent	$1,864 (±$165)	$1,999 (±$108)	$1,669 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	209 (±85)	11,000 (±608)	2,716,443 (±16,958)	42,849,984

In Cudjoe Key, median gross rent is not measurably different from Monroe County ($1,999).

It is also higher than in Florida ($1,669).

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

In Monroe County, Cudjoe Key ranks 8 of 11 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 222 of 793.

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

How rent in Cudjoe Key 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	$2,144 (±$326)	$1,864 (±$165)	−13.1%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	23.1% (±7.1 points)	20.8% (±7.6 points)	−2.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	37.0% (±14.3 points)	35.0% (±15.3 points)	−2.0 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 Cudjoe Key

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Cudjoe Key
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Cudjoe Key	—	$1,864 (±$165)	—
Big Pine Key	8.6 mi	$1,724 (±$144)	Not measurably different
Big Coppitt Key	12 mi	$2,420 (±$392)	Higher
Stock Island	17 mi	$2,013 (±$239)	Not measurably different
Key West	19 mi	$2,220 (±$210)	Higher
Marathon	30 mi	$1,633 (±$175)	Not measurably different
Key Colony Beach	30 mi	$1,929 (±$232)	Not measurably different
Layton	44 mi	$1,833 (±$843)	Not measurably different
Islamorada	64 mi	$1,882 (±$263)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Big Coppitt Key, FL ($2,420), Key West, FL ($2,220).

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

Median gross rent across Monroe County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
2	Key West	$2,220 (±$210)
3	Stock Island	$2,013 (±$239)
4	Tavernier	$1,966 (±$245)
5	Key Colony Beach	$1,929 (±$232)
6	Key Largo	$1,887 (±$147)
7	Islamorada	$1,882 (±$263)
8	Cudjoe Key	$1,864 (±$165)
9	Layton	$1,833 (±$843)
10	Big Pine Key	$1,724 (±$144)
11	Marathon	$1,633 (±$175)

Showing 10 of 11 places in Monroe County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Cudjoe Key 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 Cudjoe Key

What is the average rent in Cudjoe Key, FL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Cudjoe Key is $1,864 (±$165) 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 Cudjoe Key?

In Cudjoe Key, the median gross rent went from $2,144 in 2015–2019 to $1,864 in 2020–2024 (−13.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

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

36.8% of rented homes in Cudjoe Key have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Cudjoe Key higher than in Monroe County?

In Cudjoe Key, median gross rent is not measurably different from Monroe County ($1,999).

It is also higher than in Florida ($1,669).

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 Cudjoe Key CDP, Florida (place:15862, in state:12).

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.