The average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in Milwaukee is $1,919, while the average rent for a 2 bedroom apartment is $2,974.
Rent rates updated 22 days ago. Averages are based on the rental prices of properties listed on Apartment List.
Apartment List has released Milwaukee’s results from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters nationwide, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of the country’s 111 million renters.
"Milwaukee renters expressed general satisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "However, ratings varied greatly across different categories, indicating that even though renters love Milwaukee, some aspects can be better."
Welcome to the Apartment List April 2025 Rent Report for Milwaukee, WI. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,126, roughly the same as last month. Prices and are now up 0.2% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Milwaukee rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the nation as a whole.
The median rent in Milwaukee rose by 0.2% over the course of March, and has now increased by a total of 0.2% over the past 12 months. Milwaukee’s rent growth over the past year has has fallen behind the state average (2.4%) and is similar to the national average (-0.4%).
Three months into the year, rents in Milwaukee have risen 0.6%. This is a faster rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to March 2024 rents had decreased 0.2%.
Milwaukee rents went up 0.2% in the past month, compared to the national rate of 0.6%. Among the nation's 100 largest cities, this ranks #75. Similar monthly rent growth took place in Mesa, AZ (0.2%) and Greensboro, NC (0.2%).
Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $943 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $1,125 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (ie, the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,126. That ranks #85 in the nation, among the country's 100 largest cities.
For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,216 for a 1-bedroom, $1,370 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,384 overall. The median rent in Milwaukee is 18.6% lower than the national, and is similar to the prices you would find in Greensboro, NC ($1,128) and Lincoln, NE ($1,123).
Apartment List is committed to the accuracy and transparency of our rent estimates. We begin with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, capturing apartment transactions over time to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country. Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. For more details, please see the Apartment List Rent Estimate Methodology.
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