445
2026 (thru Jul) (latest)
RENT
CPI index, 1982-84 = 100 · 1930–2026 · lower is better · FRED CUUR0000SEHA
31
1930
445
high · 2026
21
low · 1934
+1335%
since 1930
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. BLS CPI-U rent of primary residence, not seasonally adjusted. Shown as the published index; the row's change is the cumulative rise over the window.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUUR0000SEHA
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Rent | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 445 | +2% |
| 2025 | 435 | +4% |
| 2024 | 420 | +5% |
| 2023 | 400 | +8% |
| 2022 | 370 | +6% |
| 2021 | 349 | +2% |
| 2020 | 342 | +3% |
| 2019 | 331 | +4% |
| 2018 | 319 | +4% |
| 2017 | 308 | +4% |
| 2016 | 297 | +4% |
| 2015 | 286 | +4% |
| 2014 | 276 | +3% |
| 2013 | 268 | +3% |
| 2012 | 260 | +3% |
| 2011 | 254 | +2% |
| 2010 | 249 | +0% |
| 2009 | 249 | +2% |
| 2008 | 243 | +4% |
| 2007 | 235 | +4% |
| 2006 | 225 | +4% |
| 2005 | 217 | +3% |
| 2004 | 211 | +3% |
| 2003 | 206 | +3% |
| 2002 | 200 | +4% |
| 2001 | 192 | +4% |
| 2000 | 184 | +4% |
| 1999 | 178 | +3% |
| 1998 | 172 | +3% |
| 1997 | 167 | +3% |
| 1996 | 162 | +3% |
| 1995 | 158 | +2% |
| 1994 | 154 | +2% |
| 1993 | 150 | +2% |
| 1992 | 147 | +3% |
| 1991 | 143 | +4% |
| 1990 | 138 | +4% |
| 1989 | 133 | +4% |
| 1988 | 128 | +4% |
| 1987 | 123 | +4% |
| 1986 | 118 | +6% |
| 1985 | 112 | +6% |
| 1984 | 105 | +5% |
| 1983 | 100 | +6% |
| 1982 | 95 | +8% |
| 1981 | 88 | +9% |
| 1980 | 81 | +9% |
| 1979 | 74 | +7% |
| 1978 | 69 | +7% |
| 1977 | 65 | +6% |
| 1976 | 61 | +5% |
| 1975 | 58 | +5% |
| 1974 | 55 | +5% |
| 1973 | 53 | +4% |
| 1972 | 50 | +3% |
| 1971 | 49 | +5% |
| 1970 | 47 | +4% |
| 1969 | 45 | +3% |
| 1968 | 43 | +3% |
| 1967 | 42 | +2% |
| 1966 | 42 | +1% |
| 1965 | 41 | +1% |
| 1964 | 41 | +1% |
| 1963 | 40 | +1% |
| 1962 | 40 | +1% |
| 1961 | 39 | +1% |
| 1960 | 39 | +1% |
| 1959 | 38 | +2% |
| 1958 | 38 | +2% |
| 1957 | 37 | +2% |
| 1956 | 36 | +2% |
| 1955 | 36 | +1% |
| 1954 | 35 | +4% |
| 1953 | 34 | +5% |
| 1952 | 32 | +4% |
| 1951 | 31 | +4% |
| 1950 | 30 | +4% |
| 1949 | 29 | +4% |
| 1948 | 28 | +7% |
| 1947 | 26 | +3% |
| 1946 | 25 | +1% |
| 1945 | 25 | +0% |
| 1944 | 25 | +0% |
| 1943 | 25 | +0% |
| 1942 | 25 | +2% |
| 1941 | 24 | +2% |
| 1940 | 24 | +0% |
| 1939 | 24 | +0% |
| 1938 | 24 | +3% |
| 1937 | 23 | +5% |
| 1936 | 22 | +2% |
| 1935 | 21 | +0% |
| 1934 | 21 | −4% |
| 1933 | 22 | −13% |
| 1932 | 26 | −12% |
| 1931 | 29 | −6% |
| 1930 | 31 | — |
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