What is the median rent in Cumming, GA?

Name: Median rent in Cumming, GA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Cumming, GA is $1,705 (±$272) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,383 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Cumming, the median gross rent went from $976 in 2015–2019 to $1,705 in 2020–2024 (+74.7%).

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: $1,705 (±$272)
Rented homes: 1,383 (±207)
$2,000 or more: 39.3%
Since 2015–2019: +74.7%

How much rent costs in Cumming

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Cumming	Forsyth County	Georgia	United States
Less than $500	1.3% (±1.3 points)	0.9%	5.7%	6.3%
$500 to $999	8.8% (±8.6 points)	6.7%	21.1%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	32.4% (±9.9 points)	15.3%	29.3%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	18.2% (±8.8 points)	22.0%	25.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	33.5% (±9.4 points)	28.3%	12.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	5.8% (±4.6 points)	16.2%	3.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±3.4 points)	10.6%	2.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 33.5% of renting households.

39.3% of rented homes in Cumming cost $2,000 or more a month.

Cumming against Forsyth County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Cumming	Forsyth County	Georgia	United States
Median gross rent	$1,705 (±$272)	$2,090 (±$70)	$1,393 (±$6)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	1,383 (±207)	13,136 (±979)	1,324,542 (±9,876)	42,849,984

In Cumming, median gross rent is lower than in Forsyth County ($2,090).

It is also higher than in Georgia ($1,393).

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

Statewide, it ranks 54 of 543.

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

How rent in Cumming 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	$976 (±$40)	$1,705 (±$272)	+74.7%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	60.5% (±5.0 points)	52.0% (±6.5 points)	−8.5 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	1.2% (±1.4 points)	3.1% (±4.5 points)	+1.9 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 Cumming

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Cumming
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Cumming	—	$1,705 (±$272)	—
Sugar Hill	10 mi	$1,862 (±$137)	Not measurably different
Buford	10 mi	$1,357 (±$149)	Lower
Rest Haven	10 mi	$1,393 (±$61)	Lower
Milton	11 mi	$2,065 (±$130)	Higher
Suwanee	11 mi	$1,885 (±$102)	Not measurably different
Alpharetta	12 mi	$1,948 (±$50)	Not measurably different
Flowery Branch	13 mi	$1,814 (±$112)	Not measurably different
Johns Creek	13 mi	$2,257 (±$41)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Buford, GA ($1,357), Rest Haven, GA ($1,393).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Milton, GA ($2,065), Johns Creek, GA ($2,257).

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

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 Cumming

What is the average rent in Cumming, GA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Cumming is $1,705 (±$272) 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 Cumming?

In Cumming, the median gross rent went from $976 in 2015–2019 to $1,705 in 2020–2024 (+74.7%).

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 Cumming cost more than $2,000 a month?

39.3% of rented homes in Cumming have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 1.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Cumming higher than in Forsyth County?

In Cumming, median gross rent is lower than in Forsyth County ($2,090).

It is also higher than in Georgia ($1,393).

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 Cumming city, Georgia (place:20932, in state:13).

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.