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Comparing Newport Beach vs New York

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Headline numbers

Newport Beach

CA

$4,135

YoY change
+4.4%
Vacancy
1.6%
2-BR rent
$4,176
Cap rate
4.4%
Renter share
47.9%

New York

NY

$3,811

YoY change
+5.3%
Vacancy
3.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
67.2%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Newport Beach vs New York

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric Newport BeachNew York
Median household income $156,867$80,483
Median age 45.938.2
Renter household share 47.9%67.2%
YoY rent change +4.4%+5.3%
Cap rate (overall) 4.4%
$/unit (MFR) $492,000

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.