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Comparing Oakland vs Monrovia vs Hayward vs Campbell

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Headline numbers

Oakland

CA

$2,545

YoY change
+5.0%
Vacancy
6.1%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
57.7%

Monrovia

CA

$2,952

YoY change
+3.3%
Vacancy
2.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
53.7%

Hayward

CA

$2,571

YoY change
+1.3%
Vacancy
5.4%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
42.0%

Campbell

CA

$3,052

YoY change
+2.4%
Vacancy
3.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
48.3%

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

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Oakland vs Monrovia vs Hayward vs Campbell

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

Demographics & income

Metric OaklandMonroviaHaywardCampbell
Median household income $101,600$96,021$113,318$145,268
Median age 37.938.338.639.9
Renter household share 57.7%53.7%42.0%48.3%
YoY rent change +5.0%+3.3%+1.3%+2.4%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

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.