Cost of living in Maricopa County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,734 a month.
That HUD number covers Maricopa County, Arizona, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,390
- 1 bed
- $1,493
- 2 bed
- $1,734
- 3 bed
- $2,287
- 4 bed
- $2,537
This county is in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 103.3 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Phoenix · 1,642,323 people
- Mesa · 511,764 people
- Gilbert · 280,262 people
- Chandler · 280,136 people
- Glendale · 252,833 people
- Scottsdale · 243,821 people
- Peoria · 196,906 people
- Tempe · 188,065 people
- Surprise · 154,948 people
- Goodyear · 107,645 people
- Buckeye · 104,923 people
- Avondale · 92,477 people
- Queen Creek · 71,867 people
- Sun City · 37,486 people
- El Mirage · 36,088 people
- Sun City West · 27,425 people
- Fountain Hills · 23,789 people
- Anthem · 22,584 people
- New River · 18,240 people
- Sun Lakes · 13,924 people
- Paradise Valley · 12,611 people
- Wickenburg · 8,059 people
- Tolleson · 7,668 people
- Youngtown · 7,015 people
- Litchfield Park · 6,916 people
- Guadalupe · 5,272 people
- Citrus Park · 5,115 people
- Cave Creek · 5,091 people
- Carefree · 3,683 people
- Rio Verde · 2,261 people
- Gila Bend · 1,363 people