Santa Ana ranks as the 17th most expensive city for apartment rents in Southern California

Santa Ana is ranked as the 17th most expensive city in which to rent an apartment according to Zumper’s latest Los Angeles Metro Report., at $2,080 for a 1-bedroom apartment. The report highlights the most and least expensive cities as well as the markets with the fastest growing rents.

The price of one bedroom units grew 1.5% to $2,080, while two bedroom units increased 2.1% to $2,900.

The greater L.A. area ranked the 8th most expensive in 1-bedroom rentals in October, with a median cost of $2,400.

The Most Expensive

• Santa Monica ranked as the most expensive city with one-bedrooms priced at $3,050.
• Irvine was the second priciest, with rent at $2,900.
• West Hollywood ranked as third, with rent at $2,860.

The Least Expensive

• San Bernardino was the most affordable city with one-bedrooms priced at $1,500.
• Riverside ranked as the second least expensive, with rent at $1,760.
• Hawthorne was third, with rent at $1,790.

The Fastest Growing (Y/Y%)

• Oxnard had the fastest growing rent, up 10.4% since this time last year.
• Redondo Beach saw rent climb 9%, making it the second fastest growing.
• Huntington Beach was third, with rent increasing by 8.1%.

The Fastest Growing (M/M%)

• San Bernardino experienced the largest monthly growth rate, up 2%.
• Ontario was second, with rent climbing 1.9%.
• Hawthorne ranked third, with rent increasing by 1.7% last month.

Here is a graphic that shows the average rents in Southern California:

The Zumper Los Angeles Metro Report analyzed active listings that hit the market last month. Listings are aggregated by city to calculate median asking rents.