22 zip codes·Updated September 2026

Los Angeles rents and rental comps

The median asking rent across 22 Los Angeles zip codes is $2,878/month, down 0.7% from a year ago.

Enormous rental market with relentless demand and relentless regulations. Rent control, just-cause eviction, relocation fees. LA has all of it. Everyone still wants to live here, which is the only reason the math works despite the state doing everything it can to make it not.

Median Asking Rent

$2,878

Rent Change (YoY)

-0.7%

Avg Days on Market

Active Rental Listings

5,682

Median List Price

$1,371,500

Median Asking Rent Over Time

Average across 22 zip codes

12 months-0.9%

Median Asking Rent by ZIP Code

Rental Listings by ZIP Code

ZIP	Median Rent	YoY Growth	$/Sqft	Avg DOM	Listings
90291	$3,995/mo	+1.1%	$4.99	57	294
90049	$3,799/mo	-4.9%	$3.86	80	221
90039	$3,757/mo	-6.0%	$3.79	55	118
90064	$3,695/mo	+15.6%	$3.66	106	186
90068	$3,595/mo	+2.7%	$3.36	73	174
90024	$3,499/mo	-5.4%	$3.90	65	350
90036	$3,020/mo	-0.2%	$3.43	67	280
90042	$2,900/mo	+3.8%	$3.30	70	173
90019	$2,895/mo	+3.4%	$2.97	70	390
90066	$2,835/mo	-0.5%	$3.61	73	256
90046	$2,831/mo	-3.5%	$3.53	69	681
90034	$2,795/mo	0.0%	$3.54	78	531
90026	$2,750/mo	+3.8%	$3.62	71	351
90003	$2,500/mo	+0.2%	$2.86	97	163
90012	$2,500/mo	-5.7%	$3.14	87	107
90001	$2,450/mo	-2.0%	$2.85	67	61
90011	$2,350/mo	0.0%	$2.67	107	153
90047	$2,350/mo	-5.8%	$2.88	65	111
90044	$2,289/mo	+4.0%	$2.94	76	249
90037	$2,200/mo	-8.3%	$2.69	87	161
90004	$2,100/mo	-6.7%	$2.97	87	340
90028	$2,095/mo	-0.2%	$3.20	99	332

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Median Asking Rent by Bedroom

Unit Size	Median Rent	$/Sqft
Studio	$1,694/mo	$4.00/sqft
1 Bedroom	$2,298/mo	$3.47/sqft
2 Bedroom	$2,998/mo	$3.19/sqft
3 Bedroom	$4,500/mo	$3.26/sqft
4 Bedroom	$5,188/mo	$2.89/sqft

Aggregated median across all Los Angeles zip codes with available data.

For-Sale Listings by ZIP Code

ZIP	Median List Price	YoY Change	$/Sqft
90049	$2,735,000	-8.7%	$967.74
90291	$2,499,000	+3.1%	$1,152.60
90036	$1,999,000	-11.2%	$786.59
90066	$1,925,000	+4.1%	$1,022.90
90064	$1,895,000	+2.5%	$917.35
90068	$1,759,000	+3.5%	$807.27
90046	$1,650,000	-10.8%	$821.27
90034	$1,600,000	+3.3%	$886.57
90039	$1,475,000	+13.5%	$886.31
90019	$1,449,000	-2.6%	$610.96
90004	$1,395,000	-12.8%	$645.00
90024	$1,348,000	-5.4%	$758.02
90026	$1,280,000	-8.2%	$801.55
90028	$1,050,000	-8.6%	$620.92
90042	$985,000	0.0%	$692.19
90037	$809,000	+7.9%	$436.33
90001	$750,000	+13.8%	$465.99
90011	$750,000	0.0%	$404.19
90044	$749,800	-0.0%	$458.54
90047	$749,000	-6.1%	$529.73
90003	$700,000	+1.5%	$449.32
90012	$578,000	-10.9%	$561.42

HUD Fair Market Rents

Unit Size	Fair Market Rent	Median Asking Rent	Difference
Studio	$1,960/mo	$1,694/mo	-14%
1 Bedroom	$2,190/mo	$2,298/mo	+5%
2 Bedroom	$2,730/mo	$2,998/mo	+10%
3 Bedroom	$3,460/mo	$4,500/mo	+30%
4 Bedroom	$3,850/mo	$5,188/mo	+35%

HUD publishes Fair Market Rents once a year for the Los Angeles metro area. Local housing authorities use them to set Section 8 voucher payment standards, usually 90% to 110% of the FMR.

Los Angeles County FMR page Section 8 vs market rent

About the Los Angeles rental market

The median asking rent across Los Angeles, CA sits at $2,878/month, pulled from active rental listings in 22 zip codes. That's down 0.7% from a year ago.

Rents aren't uniform across the city. ZIP 90291 tops the list at $3,995/month. ZIP 90028 comes in lowest at $2,095/month. That's a 91% spread between the top and bottom zip codes, which is wide. City-wide averages won't tell you much about a specific property here.

A 2-bedroom rents for $2,998/month at the median. 1-bedrooms run about $2,298. 3-bedrooms come in around $4,500.

Listings take longer here. The average is 77 days on market, which gives renters more room to negotiate and means landlords should price carefully.

Rent-to-price math is tight in Los Angeles. The gross figure sits at about 2.5% ($2,878/month against $1,371,500 median price). Most investors here are betting on appreciation, not monthly cash flow.

HUD's Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in the Los Angeles metro is $2,730/month. Asking rents track close to the federal benchmark, within 5%.

LA is one of the biggest rental markets in the world. Demand spans entertainment, tech, healthcare, and international business. Santa Monica, West Hollywood, and Silver Lake are premium. South LA, the Valley, and East LA are cheaper and where most investors focus for cash flow. The regulatory environment is heavy. LA has local rent stabilization stacked on top of California's statewide rent control, plus additional tenant protections. Knowing comp rents isn't enough. You need to know if your building is subject to RSO (Rent Stabilization Ordinance) and what your legal maximum rent increase is. Successful LA landlords know the law as well as they know the market.

These numbers are city-wide averages. If you're pricing a specific property in Los Angeles, pull comps from the same zip code. The spread is usually bigger than people expect.