About Atlas Data
Atlas brings together Rentometer’s own rental listings data with public reference data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Every external source on this page is public-domain government data, republished here for context.
This page describes what each block on an Atlas area page shows, where the data comes from, and any coverage caveats you should know about when interpreting the numbers.
Rent statistics
What it shows. The headline rent figures on every Atlas area page — average rent, median rent, the 25th and 75th percentiles, and breakdowns by bedroom count and property type — come from Rentometer’s own database of rental listings. We aggregate these statistically over the last 12 months of listings within the area you’re viewing.
Where it comes from. Rentometer, Inc. collects rental listings from a wide range of sources and normalizes them into a single dataset. This is the dataset Rentometer is best known for.
Coverage notes. Areas with very few recent listings show a “not enough data” message instead of potentially misleading statistics. We require at least three listings of the same bedroom type before reporting a breakdown for that type.
Map
What it shows. An interactive map of the area you’re viewing, with the boundary outlined and a visualization of where the listings in our sample sit geographically.
Where it comes from. Boundary outlines come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line geographic files. Listing locations come from Rentometer’s own dataset.
Coverage notes. Individual property markers with exact location, price, bedrooms, and square footage are available to Rentometer subscribers.
Citation
If you cite, share, or republish data from Atlas, please credit Rentometer as well as the original government source where applicable. Rentometer does not own, produce, or warrant the underlying public-domain data republished on Atlas; we maintain the integrations and the presentation.