Reports from prominent rental sites where residents commonly search for vacant apartment units demonstrate high average rents and cost of living reports in Anaheim. For example, Redfin Group, Inc., a major housing real estate platform for rentals and property sales, reports that the average rent in Anaheim is $2,720 as of August 2025. They reported $46 increase compared to the previous month, July 2025, demonstrating increasing average rents.9 Apartment List, another major rental and property sales platform, shares in their ‘Cost of Living in Anaheim, CA 2025’ report10, according to Best Places, the cost of living in the City is 64.9% higher than the U.S. average and 10% higher than the California average.11
9Redfin, Rental Market Trends for Anaheim, CA ARCHIVE
10Apartment List, Cost of Living in Anaheim, CA 2025 ARCHIVE