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State data • Updated March 2026

Florida rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Florida cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Florida at a glance

$2,108Median city rent (ZORI)
4.6%Unemployment
11,132Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Florida cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Key Biscayne $8,242 +7.0%
Palm Beach $7,133 +9.4%
Highland Beach $6,387 +14.9%
Bal Harbour $5,793 +5.3%
Marco Island $5,440 +6.5%
Pinecrest $5,405 -1.7%
Longboat Key $5,350
Parkland $4,666 +4.8%
Surfside $4,223 +1.2%
Cooper City $3,721 +3.1%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Tallahassee $1,521 +3.7%
Daytona Beach $1,535 +1.9%
Jacksonville $1,580 +0.3%
Ocala $1,602 +0.3%
Gainesville $1,620 +2.9%
Pensacola $1,657 +2.6%
Lakeland $1,666 +0.4%
Port Orange $1,687 -2.5%
Fort Myers $1,729 -4.2%
Largo $1,778 -3.5%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Florida cities

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

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