Apartments in North of Montana Santa Monica

Santa Monica:
March Rent Report

Welcome to the March 2025 Santa Monica Apartment Report. In this assessment of the local rental market, Rentable data scientists and rental experts break down the March 2025 key findings and figures for the Santa Monica rental landscape.

Our experts analyze the pricing trends — one-bedroom, two-bedroom, year-over-year and month-over-month — in Santa Monica and surrounding areas and provide comparisons to the entire metro area, nearby cities and some of the most desirable and expensive cities in the United States. Take a look at the last 12 months of Santa Monica average rent prices in the chart below.

March Prices: Santa Monica vs. Surrounding Areas

Rent Prices in Santa Monica and Surrounding Areas

Rent prices have increased in Santa Monica over the last month. But how have the surrounding areas fared when it comes to the recent volatility in apartment prices? Rent prices in 0 of the Santa Monica suburbs increased last month. On the other hand, 0 local areas experienced a decrease in the price of a one-bedroom apartment.

More key findings include:

• Rents did not increase in any of the Santa Monica suburbs

• Rents did not decrease in any of the Santa Monica suburbs.

Data set for Santa Monica and suburbs

Methodology

Each month, using over 1 million Rentable listings across the United States, we calculate the median 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom rent prices by city, state, and nation, and track the month-over-month percent change. To avoid small sample sizes, we restrict the analysis for our reports to cities meeting minimum population and property count thresholds.