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Welcome to the Apartment List May 2025 Rent Report for Madison, WI. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,581, roughly the same as last month. Prices remain up 2.2% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Madison rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.
The median rent in Madison fell by 0.4% over the course of April, and has now increased by a total of 2.2% over the past 12 months. Madison’s rent growth over the past year has is similar to the state average (1.8%) and has outpaced the national average (-0.3%).
Four months into the year, rents in Madison have fallen 0.7%. 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 2.9%.
Madison rents went down 0.4% in the past month, compared to the national rate of 0.5%. Among the nation's 100 largest cities, this ranks #92. Similar monthly rent growth took place in Fort Wayne, IN (-0.4%) and St. Petersburg, FL (-0.5%).
Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $1,447 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $1,663 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (ie, the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,581. That ranks #37 in the nation, among the country's 100 largest cities.
For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,223 for a 1-bedroom, $1,378 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,392 overall. The median rent in Madison is 13.6% higher than the national, and is similar to the prices you would find in Aurora, CO ($1,606) and Tampa, FL ($1,576).
Apartment List is committed to the accuracy and transparency of our rent estimates. We begin with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, capturing apartment transactions over time to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country. Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. For more details, please see the Apartment List Rent Estimate Methodology.
Apartment List publishes monthly rent reports and underlying data for hundreds of cities across the nation, as well as data aggregated for counties, metros, and states. These data are intended to be a source of reliable information that help renters and policymakers make sound decisions. Insights from our data are covered regularly by journalists across the country. To access the data yourself, please visit our Data Downloads Page.
Welcome to the Apartment List May 2025 Rent Report for Madison, WI. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,581, roughly the same as last month. Prices remain up 2.2% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Madison rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.
Apartment List has released Madison’s results from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of 111 million American renters nationwide.
"Madison renters expressed general satisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "They gave most categories above average scores."
Key findings in Madison include the following:
Renters say:
For more information on the survey methodology and findings or to speak to one of our researchers, please contact our team at rentonomics@apartmentlist.com.
If you’re moving to Madison, you better like the Badgers, and by “like” we mean “love in a way that eclipses all previous poetry, verse and song devoted to the subject.” That kind of love. It’s the first—and only truly important—step to understanding and becoming a native of the hockey-happy college town that celebrates the best of living in the Midwest: beer, cheese, brats, lakes, homegrown activistism and apartment guides (okay, maybe apartment guides aren’t particularly Midwestern). Let the fun begin!
Taking an approach that borders on being almost too nice, Madtown’s rental scene (stocked with an abundance of affordable houses, apartments and shared living spaces for the college set) is run by agents—not apartment brokers—that operate with a focus on quality service
View Madison City GuideIf you’re moving to Madison, you better like the Badgers, and by “like” we mean “love in a way that eclipses all previous poetry, verse and song devoted to the subject.” That kind of love. It’s the first—and only truly important—step to understanding and becoming a native of the hockey-happy college town that celebrates the best of living in the Midwest: beer, cheese, brats, lakes, homegrown activistism and apartment guides (okay, maybe apartment guides aren’t particularly Midwestern). Let the fun begin!
Taking an approach that borders on being almost too nice, Madtown’s rental scene (stocked with an abundance of affordable houses, apartments and shared living spaces for the college set) is run by agents—not apartment brokers—that operate with a focus on quality service
The representation of ethnic minorities in Madison is lower than the national average. The eight main ethnic groups that make up the population of Madison are White (70.7%), Hispanic Or Latino (8.3%), Asian (8.1%), Black Or African American (7.3%), Two Or More (5%), Other (0.4%), American Indian Or Alaska Native (0.1%), and Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander (0%).
The representation of ethnic minorities in Madison is lower than the national average. The eight main ethnic groups that make up the population of Madison are White (70.7%), Hispanic Or Latino (8.3%), Asian (8.1%), Black Or African American (7.3%), Two Or More (5%), Other (0.4%), American Indian Or Alaska Native (0.1%), and Native Hawaiian Or Other Pacific Islander (0%).
Apartment List has released the results for Madison from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters nationwide, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of the country’s 111 million renters.
