Moreno Valley Rent Report: May 2025
Welcome to the Apartment List May 2025 Rent Report for Moreno Valley, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,905, roughly the same as last month. Prices and are now up 0.4% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Moreno Valley rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Riverside metro area and the nation as a whole.
The median rent in Moreno Valley rose by 0.1% over the course of April, and has now increased by a total of 0.4% over the past 12 months. Moreno Valley’s rent growth over the past year has has fallen behind the state average (1.8%) and is similar to the national average (-0.3%).
Four months into the year, rents in Moreno Valley have fallen 0.4%. This is a slower rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to April 2024 rents had increased 0.7%.
If we expand our view to the wider Riverside metro area, the median rent is $1,869 meaning that the median price in Moreno Valley ($1,905) is 1.9% greater than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at 1.0%, above the rate of rent growth within just the city.
The table below shows the latest rent stats for 12 cities in the Riverside metro area that are included in our database. Among them, Chino Hills is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $2,898. Colton is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,628. The metro's fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Victorville (4.6%) while the slowest is in Temecula (-4.3%).
You can also use the map below to explore the latest rent trends in the Riverside metropolitan area.
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