Apartments for Rent in Gresham, OR

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• How many apartments for rent are available in Gresham, OR right now?

  Nearly half of Gresham's households rent, high for a city this far out in the metro, which keeps a steady flow of apartments turning over. Roomster shows 4 apartments for rent around Gresham, heaviest in Rockwood, Wilkes East, and the Blue Line corridor where the mid-century garden complexes and newer buildings sit, and lighter in the single-family south and east. As Oregon's fourth-largest city with about 112,000 residents, Gresham has the apartment depth of a real city while pricing below Portland, which is exactly why the corridor stays busy.

• How much does it cost to rent an apartment in Gresham, OR?

  Figure roughly $1,375 for a one-bedroom and $1,600 for a two-bedroom, with studios in the low $1,200s and three-bedroom houses climbing past $2,100. You can find one-bedrooms under $1,300 a month in Rockwood and along the Powell Valley apartment strip, while the newer buildings near downtown and the quieter complexes toward Gresham Butte sit at the top. Rents have been close to flat over the past year, drifting a little either way depending on the survey, so treat the market as steady rather than clearly rising - and remember the whole draw is that these numbers run a few hundred dollars under comparable Portland units.

• What are the most affordable areas to rent an apartment in Gresham, OR?

  Rockwood is the cheapest, with a neighborhood average near $1,421 a month, followed by Kelly Creek and Northeast Gresham - all three sit below the citywide average, and Rockwood adds built-in Blue Line access. Powell Valley and Centennial hold more mid-priced complexes near Powell Butte and the main bus lines. Rents rise as you move toward the buttes and foothills in the south, where the stock shifts to single-family rentals on larger lots and you trade transit for space and Mount Hood views. If the low rent is the point, stay north near a MAX platform, where a cheaper apartment plus a transit pass can retire a car payment.

• Is there rent control on Gresham apartments for rent?

  Yes - Oregon has statewide rent control, so it covers Gresham even though the city has no ordinance of its own. Under Senate Bill 608 and its 2023 update, a landlord can raise rent only once in any 12-month period and cannot raise it at all in the first year, and the increase is capped each year at the lower of 10 percent or 7 percent plus inflation. For 2026 that cap is 9.5 percent. Buildings under 15 years old are exempt from the cap, and the state announces the number every fall, so ask how old your building is and when the last increase landed before you sign.

• Are there apartments for rent near Gresham's MAX Blue Line or commute routes?

  That is Gresham's whole rental pitch. The MAX Blue Line runs east to west across the north half of the city with five stops - Ruby Junction, Civic Drive, Gresham City Hall, Gresham Central, and the Cleveland Avenue terminus - and Rockwood reaches downtown Portland in about 45 minutes without a car. Apartment hunters who work in Portland but want cheaper rent cluster along that corridor on purpose. If you drive instead, the complexes near Burnside, Powell, and Division feed onto I-84 and US-26 toward the city and toward Mount Hood. Weigh the walk to a station against the rent, since a slightly pricier apartment on the line can beat a cheaper one that forces a car.

• How does Gresham compare to Portland on apartment rent?

  Gresham is the cheaper seat in the same metro. A one-bedroom that runs around $1,375 here costs meaningfully more inside Portland for a comparable unit, and the Blue Line means you do not give up access to the city to get the lower number - the trade is a longer ride, not being cut off. Against the adjacent suburbs, Gresham generally undercuts Happy Valley and runs near Troutdale and Fairview. The catch is the one every commuter weighs: the further south you rent for space, the more you lean on a car, so price the apartment and the commute together.