Renting an apartment or house on the Treasure Coast may have gotten more affordable, although it depends on where.
Renters in several Treasure Coast communities — such as Port St. Lucie, Vero Beach and Hobe Sound — saw median apartment listing prices decrease over the course of 2025, according to an analysis from rental marketplace Zumper.
Renters in Fort Pierce and Stuart, however, saw apartment listing prices increase.
Here’s how median rents across the Treasure Coast moved up or down during 2025, according to Zumper’s analysis:
Fort Pierce: $2,240, increased 7%
Hobe Sound: $2,862, decrease 18%
Indian River Shores: $4,800, decreased 4%
Port St. Lucie: $2,600, decreased 4%
Sebastian: $2,400, decreased 4%
Stuart: $2,696, increased 4%
Vero Beach: $2,500, decreased 16%
The median rents for all Treasure Coast exceed the national average rent of $1,900, according to Zumper, although to varying degrees.
Median rent in Fort Pierce exceeds the national average by 18%, according to Zumper, or $340. On the other end of the spectrum, Indian River Shores’ rent exceeds the national average by 153%, or $2,900.
Here’s how much higher Treasure Coast rents are than the national average, according to Zumper:
Fort Pierce: 18%, or $340
Hobe Sound: 51%, or $962
Indian River Shores: 153%, or $2,900
Port St. Lucie: 37%, or $700
Sebastian: 26%, or $500
Stuart: 42%, or $796
Vero Beach: 32%, or $600
The median apartment rental prices used in this report are gathered from Zumper, which aggregates over 1 million active listings posted by brokers and landlords to Zumper’s Landlord Platform, and from third-party listings from MLS providers to calculate median asking rents. Read more about its rent-estimate methodology here.
Jack Randall is TCPalm’s economy and real estate reporter. You can reach him at jack.randall@tcpalm.com.
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: How rent in Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Vero Beach rose and fell