South Los Angeles renters looking for the least expensive areas to rent should look for the areas towards the red end of the spectrum on the rent cost map. Those who don't mind paying for high-end and luxury apartments should seek out apartments in the purple and dark green areas.
Rental Price Key
Luxury
High-end
Mid-tier
Most affordable
On average, the cost of rent in South Los Angeles is about $1,348 per month. This puts it in the 15th percentile compared to the city average cost of rent, which is $1,956. Households in South Los Angeles have a median income of $3,336 per month so the average renter in South Los Angeles is spending roughly 40% of their earnings on housing.
Nationally, and in South Los Angeles, home values are the data point most closely correlated with the cost of rent. The median price of a home in South Los Angeles is $594,363 right now, which is higher than neighborhoods nearby, meaning that rents in South Los Angeles also tend to be higher versus these nearby neighborhoods.
Higher rent prices are common in the southwestern parts of South Los Angeles while lower rent rates are often available in southeastern areas.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Hyde Park, Los Angeles, CA: more expensive rent prices
- Southeast Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA: less expensive rent prices
- Morningside Park, Inglewood, CA: more expensive rent prices
- Leiment Park, Los Angeles, CA: more expensive rent prices
- Westmont, Los Angeles, CA: more expensive rent prices
- Jefferson Park, Los Angeles, CA: less expensive rent prices
- Central City, Los Angeles, CA: less expensive rent prices
- Florence-Graham, Los Angeles, CA: less expensive rent prices
- Crenshaw, Los Angeles, CA: more expensive rent prices
- Athens, West Athens, CA: more expensive rent prices
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY: more expensive rent prices
- Southeast, Houston, TX: less expensive rent prices
- Northeast Dallas-White Rock, Dallas, TX: more expensive rent prices
- Maryvale, Phoenix, AZ: less expensive rent prices
- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY: more expensive rent prices
- North Last Vegas, North Las Vegas, NV: more expensive rent prices
- South Bronx, Bronx, NY: less expensive rent prices
- Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn, NY: more expensive rent prices
- Upper West Side, New York, NY: more expensive rent prices
- Bellaire, Houston, TX: less expensive rent prices
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