How The Cap Rate Calculator Works
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Users may enter a property street address located anywhere in the United States.
Enter Property Characteristics
The tool relies on user descriptions of physical attributes and earnings potential.
Refine Income & Expenses
Users are able to make adjustments to a proforma income and expense statement generated from data analytics.
Get Cap Rate & Valuation
The tool displays an automated cap rate and valuation as well as a value based upon the user's projections.
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Current Cap Rates for Apartments in the 50 Largest Multifamily Markets
The list below shows median cap rates for the entire Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for select property types. Cap Rates will be higher or lower for individual properties depending upon the size, class and location of the property within the MSA.
Enter the property address into the box at the top of the page to find the cap rate for a particular property. You can also watch a video on How to Find Cap Rates.
| Market (MSA) | Median Cap Rate | Property Type | Year Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Cap Rate for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 6.66% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 5.91% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 7.25% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 5.88% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 4.66% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Austin-Round Rock, TX | 5.31% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 6.01% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Richmond, VA | 7.14% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 5.19% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 6.48% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 5.99% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Lexington-Fayette, KY | 7.08% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 7.53% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for St. Louis, MO-IL | 7.23% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 6.8% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 5.22% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 6.22% | 1-3 Floors | 2000 or newer |
| Current Cap Rate for Provo-Orem, UT | 4.99% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Madison, WI | 6.03% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 6.54% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 6.59% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 7.19% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Columbus, OH | 7.11% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 7.7% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Columbia, SC | 7.08% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Oklahoma City, OK | 7.23% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Raleigh, NC | 6.27% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 4.75% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 6.61% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 6.91% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Salt Lake City, UT | 5.18% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 6.72% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 6.66% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 4.8% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 6.73% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 4.7% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Baton Rouge, LA | 8.36% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 4.56% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 6.11% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 7.71% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 5.84% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Jackson, MS | 9.44% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 6.79% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 7.54% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 8.3% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Jacksonville, FL | 7.15% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 6.72% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 7.01% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 5.98% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 7.64% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Boise City, ID | 5.22% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Knoxville, TN | 7.58% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 8.2% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 7.27% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 5.85% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Springfield, MA | 7.59% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Bakersfield, CA | 6.21% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 6.19% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Colorado Springs, CO | 6.69% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 6.98% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Greensboro-High Point, NC | 7.64% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Urban Honolulu, HI | 5.27% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 6.55% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Toledo, OH | 7.86% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 7.56% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Albuquerque, NM | 7.08% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 7.97% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Fresno, CA | 6.7% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Kansas City, MO-KS | 7.34% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Tulsa, OK | 7.1% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 7.84% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 6.25% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for El Paso, TX | 7.04% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 8.02% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 7.78% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Akron, OH | 8.52% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Stockton-Lodi, CA | 6.28% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 6.9% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Wichita, KS | 8.92% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Winston-Salem, NC | 8.81% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Dayton, OH | 7.8% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Chattanooga, TN-GA | 8.23% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for New Haven-Milford, CT | 6.9% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Rochester, NY | 6.88% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Worcester, MA-CT | 7.2% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Tucson, AZ | 6.99% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Portland-South Portland, ME | 6.34% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 7.68% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Pittsburgh, PA | 7.2% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 7.74% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 7.82% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 5.72% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 7.13% | 1-3 Floors | 1949 or older |
| Current Cap Rate for Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 7.81% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA | 10.65% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 7.72% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 7.35% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 8.16% | 1-3 Floors | 1980-1999 |
| Current Cap Rate for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 8.08% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
| Current Cap Rate for North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 7.08% | 1-3 Floors | 1950-1979 |
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