Apartments in Alamitos Heights Long Beach

Long Beach:
August Rent Report

Welcome to the August 2026 Long Beach Apartment Report. In this assessment of the local rental market, Rentable data scientists and rental experts break down the August 2026 key findings and figures for the Long Beach rental landscape.

Our experts analyze the pricing trends — one-bedroom, two-bedroom, year-over-year and month-over-month — in Long Beach 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 Long Beach average rent prices in the chart below.

August Prices: Long Beach vs. Surrounding Areas

Rent Prices in Long Beach and Surrounding Areas

Rent prices have decreased in Long Beach 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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach suburbs

• Rents did not decrease in any of the Long Beach suburbs.

Data set for Long Beach 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.