Orlando rent tracker.
What renters are paying across Central Florida by bedroom count and submarket. The premium for Winter Park and Lake Nona, the value of outer-ring submarkets, and how rent compares to buying.
Orlando rents in 2026.
Orlando rent growth has cooled meaningfully from the elevated pace of 2021–2022. The metro has returned to a more historically normal trajectory, with some pockets running flat as new multifamily supply has hit the market. Current trend data from the Zillow Observed Rent Index is in the live table below.
Central Florida's rental market is structurally different from most Florida metros because of the size of the multifamily pipeline — new apartment units delivered annually, particularly in Lake Nona, Horizons West, and the SR-417 corridor. That continuous supply keeps a ceiling on rent growth.
Single-family rentals command a meaningful premium over apartments, particularly in school-driven submarkets like Winter Park, Windermere, and Lake Nona.
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Populates from Zillow Research's Observed Rent Index (smoothed, all home types) for the Orlando metro area; refreshes monthly. Data: Zillow Research.
Rent by submarket.
Where you rent in Orlando matters enormously. Winter Park, Dr. Phillips, and Lake Nona command substantial premiums over the metro median for comparable units. The outer-ring submarkets (Apopka, St. Cloud, Clermont) offer meaningful discounts. Sub-market level dollar figures are not available from the Zillow metro-level index and are not shown here.
Renters frequently underestimate the secondary costs: utility bills in Orlando summer are a real budget consideration, parking is increasingly an issue in walkable urban submarkets, and renter's insurance is required by most landlords.
Orlando rental concessions have returned. Most multifamily properties in the major submarkets will offer first month free, waived application fees, or reduced security deposits if asked. Almost no one volunteers concessions — you have to bring it up at the application stage. If a unit has been sitting for a month or more, you have real negotiating leverage.
Rent figures on this page come from Zillow Research's Observed Rent Index (metro level, smoothed, all home types), refreshed monthly. Sub-market and per-bedroom breakdowns are not available from this source; no such figures are shown. Source data: zillow.com/research/data.
Primary sources: Rent figures come from Zillow Research's Observed Rent Index (Orlando metro, metro level, smoothed, all home types), refreshed monthly. Source data: zillow.com/research/data.
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Rent series: Zillow Research, refreshed monthly.