Idaho median gross rent
$1,384
Median monthly gross rent in Idaho, 2024 (estimate)
+10.2% since 2023 ($1,256); +57.3% since 2019 ($880); +83.3% since 2014 ($755)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Data period 2024. Status: estimate. Published September 11, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
What the number tells us
Median monthly gross rent in Idaho: $1,384 in 2024 (an estimate). Median gross rent (contract rent plus utilities) for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent (B25064_001E).
Among 51 states and the District of Columbia, Idaho ranked 23rd highest in 2024. California was highest at $2,104 and West Virginia lowest at $883.
Among 44 Idaho counties in 2020–2024, Ada County was highest at $1,577 and Butte County lowest at $608.
The United States figure for 2024 was $1,487.
Historical data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Published September 11, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
Data table (14 rows)
| Period | Idaho (dollars) |
|---|---|
| 2010 | $683 |
| 2011 | $689 |
| 2012 | $702 |
| 2013 | $725 |
| 2014 | $755 |
| 2015 | $770 |
| 2016 | $790 |
| 2017 | $822 |
| 2018 | $848 |
| 2019 | $880 |
| 2021 | $1,035 |
| 2022 | $1,138 |
| 2023 | $1,256 |
| 2024 | $1,384 |
By county
44 of 44 counties have a value for 2020–2024. Idaho statewide on the same basis: $1,238. Median gross rent (contract rent plus utilities) for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent (B25064_001E).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Data period 2020-2024. Published January 29, 2026. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
Data table (44 rows)
| County | 2020–2024 |
|---|---|
| Ada County | $1,577 |
| Kootenai County | $1,492 |
| Canyon County | $1,347 |
| Blaine County | $1,338 |
| Teton County | $1,319 |
| Elmore County | $1,243 |
| Jefferson County | $1,138 |
| Bonneville County | $1,133 |
| Bonner County | $1,122 |
| Valley County | $1,117 |
| Twin Falls County | $1,089 |
| Gem County | $1,038 |
| Lincoln County | $1,021 |
| Nez Perce County | $1,015 |
| Madison County | $1,014 |
| Camas County | $1,000 |
| Cassia County | $1,000 |
| Jerome County | $966 |
| Bannock County | $960 |
| Shoshone County | $943 |
| Washington County | $938 |
| Latah County | $929 |
| Minidoka County | $900 |
| Franklin County | $894 |
| Gooding County | $880 |
| Boundary County | $877 |
| Benewah County | $875 |
| Clearwater County | $875 |
| Bingham County | $874 |
| Fremont County | $864 |
| Payette County | $860 |
| Oneida County | $859 |
| Boise County | $850 |
| Caribou County | $847 |
| Adams County | $830 |
| Owyhee County | $821 |
| Idaho County | $789 |
| Clark County | $773 |
| Power County | $767 |
| Lemhi County | $754 |
| Lewis County | $737 |
| Custer County | $691 |
| Bear Lake County | $632 |
| Butte County | $608 |
Compared with other states
Idaho, its six neighboring states, the United States, and the three highest and lowest states in 2024. The table lists all 52.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates. Data period 2024. Published September 11, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
Data table (52 rows)
| State | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 1. California | $2,104 |
| 2. Hawaii | $1,942 |
| 3. District of Columbia | $1,931 |
| 4. Massachusetts | $1,848 |
| 5. Washington | $1,824 |
| 6. Colorado | $1,822 |
| 7. Florida | $1,812 |
| 8. New Jersey | $1,800 |
| 9. Maryland | $1,721 |
| 10. Nevada | $1,709 |
| 11. Arizona | $1,672 |
| 12. Virginia | $1,646 |
| 13. New York | $1,634 |
| 14. Oregon | $1,597 |
| 15. Utah | $1,593 |
| 16. New Hampshire | $1,558 |
| 17. Connecticut | $1,550 |
| 18. Delaware | $1,530 |
| 19. Georgia | $1,506 |
| 20. United States | $1,487 |
| 21. Texas | $1,475 |
| 22. Alaska | $1,444 |
| 23. Rhode Island | $1,418 |
| 24. Idaho | $1,384 |
| 25. North Carolina | $1,338 |
| 26. Illinois | $1,322 |
| 27. Vermont | $1,319 |
| 28. Minnesota | $1,291 |
| 29. Tennessee | $1,284 |
| 30. South Carolina | $1,272 |
| 31. Pennsylvania | $1,252 |
| 32. Maine | $1,210 |
| 33. Montana | $1,177 |
| 34. Michigan | $1,168 |
| 35. Wisconsin | $1,142 |
| 36. New Mexico | $1,117 |
| 37. Indiana | $1,104 |
| 38. Nebraska | $1,102 |
| 39. Ohio | $1,090 |
| 40. Kansas | $1,079 |
| 41. Alabama | $1,077 |
| 42. Missouri | $1,067 |
| 43. Louisiana | $1,064 |
| 44. Oklahoma | $1,044 |
| 45. South Dakota | $999 |
| 46. Kentucky | $998 |
| 47. Wyoming | $998 |
| 48. Mississippi | $990 |
| 49. Arkansas | $982 |
| 50. Iowa | $981 |
| 51. North Dakota | $980 |
| 52. West Virginia | $883 |
Source
- Organization
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Dataset
- American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates
- Geography
- Nation and states, including the District of Columbia
- Time coverage
- 2010-2019, 2021-2024
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- September 11, 2025
- Retrieved
- September 8, 2026
- Original file
- https://api.census.gov/data/{year}/acs/acs1?get=NAME,{variables}&for=state:*|us:*&key=... (2021-2024 instead pulled from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/, see caveats)
- Methodology
- https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/methodology.html
- License
- Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
- Our copy
- census-acs1, built by
scripts/fetch-census-acs.py
Caveats
- All values are single-year survey estimates and carry margins of error not stored here; small states and small differences between years can be within the margin of error.
- Dollar figures (economy.median_household_income, housing.median_home_value, housing.median_gross_rent) are in that survey year's dollars and are not adjusted for inflation across years.
- 1-year estimates are not comparable to 5-year estimates (see census-acs5) for the same geography or metric: different reference periods produce different figures even when nothing changed.
- There is no standard 2020 ACS 1-year release; the Census Bureau replaced it with experimental estimates because of COVID-19 data collection disruption, and 2020 is omitted here rather than substituted.
- 2010-2019 were pulled from the Census Data API (api.census.gov), which requires an API key; 2021-2024 were pulled from Census's keyless bulk table-based Summary File (www2.census.gov), which only exists in that convenient one-file-per-table layout from 2021 onward and was already on hand. For 2023 both sources were fetched and every value compared; they agreed exactly.
- economy.poverty_rate and economy.uninsured_rate are derived from detailed tables B17001 and B27001 rather than the Census subject tables S1701/S2701, because the subject tables' column numbering for these percentages has changed across vintages (confirmed: S2701's 'percent uninsured' column moves from C03 to C05 between 2014 and 2015, and the table does not exist before 2013), while the detailed-table variable numbers used here are stable back to at least 2010.
- All rate and share metrics (percent unit) are rounded to one decimal place by this puller; level metrics are stored exactly as published.
Data
Download the full dataset behind this page as CSV or JSON, or browse the data catalog. Cite this page as Understand Idaho, “Idaho median gross rent”, https://understandidaho.com/housing/rent/, retrieved on the date you read it.