The first ever Zumper Columbus Metro Report analyzed active listings in May across 7 metro cities to show the most and least expensive cities and cities with the fastest growing rents. The Ohio state median one bedroom rent was $749 last month.

Cities Ranked By Rent

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The Most Expensive

–Grandview Heights, OH continued to rank as the most expensive city with rent climbing $60 to $1,260.

–Dublin, OH stayed second with one bedrooms priced at $1,110.

Hillard, OH was third with rent at $980.

The Least Expensive

–Heath, OH rent dropped $30 to $500 and remained the most affordable in the metro.

– Whitehall & Delaware, OH tied for second least expensive with rents at $700.

Columbus, OH followed closely behind as third with rent at $730.

Growth Rate

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The Fastest Growing (Y/Y%)

–Dublin, OH, similar to last month, had the fastest growing rent since this time last year, climbing 15.6%.

–Delaware, OH had the second largest year over year growth rate, up 14.8%.

–Grandview Heights, OH was third with rent growing 14.5%.

The Fastest Growing (M/M%)

–Grandview Heights, OH rent had the fastest growing rent last month, jumping 5%.

–Columbus, OH rent grew 4.3% last month, making it second.ColumbusJune

Full Data

1 Bedroom2 Bedrooms
Pos.CityPriceM/M %Y/Y %PriceM/M %Y/Y %
1Cambridge$2,5000.40%5.90%$3,1101.00%5.40%
2Brookline$2,3300.40%1.30%$2,800-1.10%0.00%
3Boston$2,3200.90%5.50%$2,7500.00%4.60%
4Waltham$2,2305.20%10.90%$2,550-1.90%6.30%
5Medford$2,2004.80%12.20%$2,4300.80%10.50%
5Somerville$2,2000.90%4.80%$2,5903.60%3.60%
7Newton$1,9703.70%4.80%$2,5000.00%7.30%
8Quincy$1,930-1.00%10.90%$2,280-1.30%7.00%
9Malden$1,6500.00%-2.90%$2,1000.00%3.40%
10Framingham$1,6002.60%10.30%$1,850-1.60%6.90%
11Haverhill$1,520-1.30%2.70%$1,8405.10%10.80%
12Lowell$1,5000.00%12.80%$1,6200.60%8.00%
13Lawrence$1,3703.00%3.00%$1,420-2.70%-6.00%
14Brockton$1,360-2.20%8.80%$1,6300.00%8.70%
15Worcester$1,280-3.00%11.30%$1,430-0.70%7.50%
16Fall River$950-2.10%15.90%$1,140-5.80%14.00%

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

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