California rent and regional price data

Name: California cost-of-living and rent benchmarks
Creator: Every City in the USA
License: https://www.everycityintheusa.com/data/packages/california-cost-of-living-rent/terms/license_commercial_california_cost_of_living_rent_8edba5cbdf06/

Compare regional price levels and HUD rent benchmarks across California areas. Download the Excel workbook and CSVs.

28 regional price records with source geography and units
58 county/town rent records plus 2,605 ZIP-area rent records
Excel and CSV with field definitions and sources

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California map of one-year population percentage change, 2024 to 2025, for 483 Census PEP cities, over USGS shaded terrain relief. Green dots gained population, rust dots lost population, and gray dots did not change. Dot size reflects percentage change. Geographic context only; dots do not show ZIP income or rent values. — **City population change, 2024 to 2025.** Green dots gained, rust dots lost, gray dots did not change. The motion is illustrative, not a time series.
California PEP cities, geographic context only. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau PEP, Vintage 2025; shaded relief from USGS 3DEP.

**City population change, 2024 to 2025.** Green dots gained, rust dots lost, gray dots did not change. The motion is illustrative, not a time series.
California PEP cities, geographic context only. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau PEP, Vintage 2025; shaded relief from USGS 3DEP.

Regional prices and rent benchmarks

Price and rent benchmarks: BEA regional price indexes and HUD gross-rent benchmarks for studios through four-bedroom homes, in separate tables at their original geographic level.
Files: An Excel workbook, 3 CSV data tables and source documentation.

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regional_price_indexes: up to eight sample rows and columns. Enable JavaScript to explore other files.
bea_table	bea_geo_fips	region_name	native_grain	region_state_fips	cross_state_area	reference_year	rpp_all_items
MARPP	12540	Bakersfield-Delano, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	100.886
MARPP	17020	Chico, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	101.197
MARPP	20940	El Centro, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	95.174
MARPP	23420	Fresno, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	102.158
MARPP	25260	Hanford-Corcoran, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	101.612
MARPP	31080	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	113.566
MARPP	32900	Merced, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	98.275
MARPP	33700	Modesto, CA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)	msa	06	false	2024	104.108

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What does the package cover?

Regional price records and native HUD rent areas intersecting California. The ZIP table covers HUD areas intersecting the state and can include ZIP records outside it. These are regional benchmarks, not separate measured prices for every city.

FY2027 except five reevaluation-held California areas retaining FY2026; per-row effective dates reviewed October 17, 2026: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
2024 regional price parities; published native regions: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
July 2023 CBSA delineations: U.S. Office of Management and Budget, CBSA delineations

HUD ZIP codes are not universally Census ZCTAs. Cross-state regional values describe the whole source area. No nearest-centroid city rent estimates are included. Every City in the USA is independent and not affiliated with BEA or HUD.

What's included in the download?

An Excel workbook, 3 CSV data tables and source documentation. Full files and sample files use the same columns. Every file is listed below.

12 files. 11 are previewed in the sample above. The rest are marked Not in the sample.

cost_of_living_rent.xlsx: Excel sheets matching the three separate HUD/BEA native-geography tables. No city allocation or interpolation is applied.
CITATION.txt: Source agencies, vintages and citation instructions for this release.
LICENSE.txt: The approved named-release evaluation license for simulated-payment testing.
README.md: How to use the files, with source coverage, units and limitations.
SOURCE_LINEAGE.json: Accepted source references, source vintages, rights decisions and transformations.
coverage_report.json: Geography coverage, native counts and limitations for this full package or sample.
field_dictionary.json: Field definitions, units, text identifiers and missing-value rules.
hud_geography_rents.csv: Native HUD county memberships and applicable FY2026/FY2027 gross-rent benchmarks. Five areas retain FY2026 values; read fiscal_year, effective_date and effective_status for each row.
hud_zip_rents.csv: Applicable FY2026/FY2027 HUD ZIP-and-area rent records, reviewed October 17, 2026. ZIP plus HUD area is the key; five reevaluation-held areas retain their prior-year ZIP universe and values.
regional_price_indexes.csv: BEA 2024 price levels for whole California-intersecting metropolitan areas and state/metro/nonmetro totals. U.S. = 100; these are not inflation rates or household budgets.
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PACKAGE_MANIFEST.json: Full package identity, source vintages, file hashes and publication state.Not in the sampleThe full-package manifest records the complete download; the sample has its own sample_manifest.json.

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The field dictionary in each release is the authoritative column list.

How does the sample relate to the full package?

Sample rows come from the full release, with the same columns and workbook sheets. Sample documentation describes its scope and selection. The sample is for inspecting the files, not a representative statistical sample.

How should I read the numbers?

Regional price indexes compare places, not inflation over time. HUD rents are benchmarks, not current listings or guaranteed voucher payments. Source years and effective-date exceptions are documented in the files. Read the methodology and source files before comparing estimates.

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The national package has its full geographic coverage and files listed on the product page.

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