Cost of living in Orange County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $3,057 a month.
That HUD number covers Orange County, California, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $2,580
- 1 bed
- $2,610
- 2 bed
- $3,057
- 3 bed
- $4,153
- 4 bed
- $4,964
This county is in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 113.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Anaheim · 344,521 people
- Santa Ana · 312,534 people
- Irvine · 311,690 people
- Huntington Beach · 195,240 people
- Garden Grove · 170,964 people
- Fullerton · 140,968 people
- Orange · 138,266 people
- Costa Mesa · 110,330 people
- Mission Viejo · 92,151 people
- Westminster · 89,860 people
- Lake Forest · 86,281 people
- Newport Beach · 83,845 people
- Buena Park · 82,871 people
- Tustin · 78,981 people
- Yorba Linda · 67,170 people
- Laguna Niguel · 64,139 people
- San Clemente · 63,273 people
- La Habra · 61,970 people
- Fountain Valley · 56,258 people
- Placentia · 52,826 people
- Aliso Viejo · 51,113 people
- Cypress · 49,498 people
- Brea · 47,469 people
- Rancho Santa Margarita · 46,990 people
- Stanton · 39,402 people
- San Juan Capistrano · 35,095 people
- Dana Point · 32,790 people
- Laguna Hills · 30,740 people
- North Tustin · 25,807 people
- Seal Beach · 24,722 people
- Ladera Ranch · 23,793 people
- Laguna Beach · 22,710 people
- Laguna Woods · 17,289 people
- La Palma · 15,272 people
- Coto de Caza · 15,190 people
- Rancho Mission Viejo · 11,971 people
- Los Alamitos · 11,794 people
- Rossmoor · 11,532 people
- Midway City · 7,999 people
- Villa Park · 5,748 people
- Las Flores · 5,513 people
- Trabuco Canyon · 1,326 people