Zumper Compares Asking Rents in Five Cities

Zumper’s reports put typical apartment asking rents at $2,500 in Salinas, $1,795 in Visalia, $1,495 in Tuscaloosa, $1,305 in Montgomery and $1,200 in Elmira. Compared with the previous month, rents were up 7% in Tuscaloosa, down 5% in Montgomery, 6% in Visalia and 11% in Elmira, while Salinas was slightly higher at $2,500, up from $2,472. Salinas was the only market with a median above the national median of $1,900; the other four were below it. Visalia and Elmira were 31% and 64% below their state medians, respectively, while Salinas was 3% below California’s median. The figures cover active rental listings across unit sizes, and listed rents can vary by bedroom count and whether subsidized units are included.