Cost of living in Alameda County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,805 a month.
That HUD number covers Alameda County, California, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $2,088
- 1 bed
- $2,290
- 2 bed
- $2,805
- 3 bed
- $3,592
- 4 bed
- $4,250
This county is in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 115.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Oakland · 439,418 people
- Fremont · 228,295 people
- Hayward · 158,801 people
- Berkeley · 120,257 people
- San Leandro · 87,826 people
- Livermore · 85,522 people
- Pleasanton · 76,960 people
- Dublin · 70,803 people
- Union City · 67,464 people
- Castro Valley · 65,001 people
- Newark · 46,903 people
- San Lorenzo · 29,171 people
- Ashland · 22,210 people
- Albany · 19,414 people
- Cherryland · 14,143 people
- Emeryville · 13,081 people
- Piedmont · 10,945 people
- Fairview · 10,745 people