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State data • Updated March 2026

Oregon rent: top & bottom cities

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

Oregon at a glance

$1,762Median city rent (ZORI)
5.2%Unemployment
987Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

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

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Sherwood $2,577 +1.2%
Sandy $2,295
West Linn $2,234 +2.5%
Bend $2,194 +2.9%
Newport $2,164
Sisters $2,152
Newberg $2,114 +0.6%
Lake Oswego $2,100 +0.2%
McMinnville $2,092 +0.8%
Redmond $2,033 +3.4%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Gresham $1,600 +0.6%
Salem $1,607 +0.6%
Springfield $1,630 +3.8%
Medford $1,696 +3.6%
Albany $1,701 +0.1%
Portland $1,707 +1.5%
Beaverton $1,813 -1.5%
Tigard $1,844 +0.8%
Eugene $1,851 +3.0%
Hillsboro $1,881 -1.1%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Oregon cities

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

Compare cities in Oregon

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