What is the median rent in Beloit, WI?

The median gross rent in Beloit, WI is $1,066 (±$63) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 5,398 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Beloit, the median gross rent went from $800 in 2015–2019 to $1,066 in 2020–2024 (+33.3%).

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 .

Median gross rent
$1,066 (±$63)
Rented homes
5,398 (±502)
$2,000 or more
1.8%
Since 2015–2019
+33.3%

How much rent costs in Beloit

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentBeloitRock CountyWisconsinUnited States
Less than $5005.0% (±1.7 points)6.1%6.5%6.3%
$500 to $99939.7% (±5.6 points)40.4%35.5%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49942.9% (±5.1 points)39.9%37.1%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,99910.6% (±2.7 points)10.8%14.3%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4990.9% (±1.3 points)1.4%4.0%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9990.0% (±0.4 points)0.1%1.2%5.5%
$3,000 or more0.9% (±0.6 points)1.3%1.5%6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 42.9% of renting households.

1.8% of rented homes in Beloit cost $2,000 or more a month.

Beloit against Rock County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
BeloitRock CountyWisconsinUnited States
Median gross rent$1,066 (±$63)$1,037 (±$27)$1,087 (±$4)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent5,398 (±502)18,469 (±843)764,522 (±6,229)42,849,984

In Beloit, median gross rent is not measurably different from Rock County ($1,037).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

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

In Rock County, Beloit ranks 12 of 26 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 521 of 1,594.

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

How rent in Beloit has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$800 (±$25)$1,066 (±$63)+33.3%Up after inflation
Households that rent42.1% (±2.2 points)40.6% (±3.3 points)−1.5 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate6.0% (±2.3 points)5.2% (±2.2 points)−0.8 percentage pointsNot 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 Beloit

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Beloit
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Beloit—$1,066 (±$63)—
South Beloit2.7 mi$972 (±$114)Not measurably different
Town of Beloit3.5 mi$1,033 (±$138)Not measurably different
Town of Turtle4.5 mi$874 (±$61)Lower
Roscoe Township5.3 mi$1,600 (±$96)Higher
Rockton5.8 mi$914 (±$194)Not measurably different
Rockton Township6.4 mi$932 (±$133)Not measurably different
Roscoe6.8 mi$1,437 (±$95)Higher
Town of Rock (Rock County)7.9 mi$944 (±$74)Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Town of Turtle, WI ($874), Town of Rock (Rock County), WI ($944).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Roscoe Township, IL ($1,600), Roscoe, IL ($1,437).

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

Median gross rent across Rock County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
6Town of Center (Rock County)$1,196 (±$223)
7Town of Milton (Rock County)$1,195 (±$99)
8Town of Lima (Rock County)$1,176 (±$173)
9Town of Spring Valley$1,115 (±$46)
10Town of Johnstown (Rock County)$1,094 (±$198)
11Evansville$1,093 (±$98)
12Beloit$1,066 (±$63)
13Janesville$1,054 (±$40)
14Town of La Prairie$1,044 (±$134)
15Town of Beloit$1,033 (±$138)
16Clinton$1,010 (±$71)
17Town of Porter$963 (±$157)
18Edgerton$961 (±$99)

Showing 13 of 26 places in Rock 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 Beloit

What is the average rent in Beloit, WI?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Beloit is $1,066 (±$63) 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 Beloit?

In Beloit, the median gross rent went from $800 in 2015–2019 to $1,066 in 2020–2024 (+33.3%).

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 Beloit cost more than $2,000 a month?

1.8% of rented homes in Beloit have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 5.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Beloit higher than in Rock County?

In Beloit, median gross rent is not measurably different from Rock County ($1,037).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

It is lower 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 Beloit city, Wisconsin (place:06500, in state:55).

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.

Figures last updated on .

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