Santa Monica, CA Rental Market Trends
Santa Monica Rent Report: April 2024
Welcome to the Apartment List April 2024 Rent Report for Santa Monica, CA. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $2,491, after rising 1.5% last month. Prices remain down 4.3% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Santa Monica rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Los Angeles metro area and the nation as a whole.
Santa Monica rents are up 1.5% month-over-month and down 4.3% year-over-year
The median rent in Santa Monica rose by 1.5% over the course of March, and has now decreased by a total of 4.3% over the past 12 months. Santa Monica’s rent growth over the past year has has fallen behind both the state (-1.0%) and national averages (-0.8%).
Santa Monica rent growth in 2024 pacing above last year
Three months into the year, rents in Santa Monica have risen 0.8%. This is a faster rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to March 2023 rents had decreased 1.7%.
Santa Monica rents are 14.4% higher than the metro-wide median
If we expand our view to the wider Los Angeles metro area, the median rent is $2,177 meaning that the median price in Santa Monica ($2,491) is 14.4% greater than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at -1.3%, above the rate of rent growth within just the city.
The table below shows the latest rent stats for 24 cities in the Los Angeles metro area that are included in our database. Among them, Newport Beach is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $3,293. Long Beach is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,782. The metro's fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Orange (3.3%) while the slowest is in West Hollywood (-6.2%).
You can also use the map below to explore the latest rent trends in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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