Apartments for Rent in Longmont, CO

Frequently asked questions

• How many apartments for rent are available in Longmont, CO right now?

  Longmont is doing something almost nothing else on the northern Front Range is doing, which is getting cheaper. The citywide average eased 0.85 percent over the past year to about $1,904, and that figure now sits essentially level with Denver at $1,906 while running $557 below Boulder at $2,461. In other words you can rent in Boulder County at Denver prices. The 7 apartments for rent showing around Longmont concentrate in the central and northeast parts of the city and along the Ken Pratt and Hover corridors, with newer purpose-built stock toward the south and west. Renters make up 38 percent of households here, about 15,823 of them, so the market is a real one rather than an afterthought, though still smaller than the ownership side.

• What does an apartment for rent in Longmont cost each month?

  The citywide figure is about $1,904 for roughly 916 square feet. A one-bedroom averages near $1,694 for about 733 square feet, a two-bedroom near $2,014 for around 1,033, and a three-bedroom near $2,474 for about 1,288. The distribution is tight, with 58 percent of listings clearing between $1,501 and $2,000, so most of this market lives in one narrow band and your practical choice is where in it you land. You can find apartments under $1,600 a month in Old Town, across Northeast Longmont and around the central commercial strip, generally older buildings with plain finishes but sensible room sizes. The newer complexes in Southwest Longmont and anything near Prospect sit at the top. Worth noting that the one-bedroom here is expensive relative to the two-bedroom, which is why sharing is so common locally.

• Is there rent control on apartments for rent in Longmont?

  No, and Longmont has no power to introduce it. Colorado law treats rent control as a matter of statewide concern and bars any county or municipality from adopting an ordinance controlling rents on private residential property, with narrow exceptions only for voluntary affordability agreements and deed restrictions negotiated with an owner or permit applicant. What you do have is a set of statewide protections that are stronger than most renters realize. Your landlord may raise the rent no more than once in any twelve-month period of continuous occupancy, and where there is no written agreement they owe you 60 days written notice before an increase, and cannot end the tenancy to sidestep that. Since April 2024 Colorado has also required a lawful cause before a landlord evicts or refuses to renew most residential tenancies, so a non-renewal for no stated reason is no longer something you simply have to accept.

• What deposit and fees should I expect on a Longmont apartment for rent?

  This changed substantially on January 1, 2026, and it is worth knowing precisely because many listings and lease templates have not caught up. Colorado now caps a residential security deposit at one month of rent, down from the two months that were previously common, and it gives you the right to pay that deposit in installments over a period of up to six months rather than in one lump before move-in. On the way out, the landlord may not keep any part of the deposit for normal wear and tear or for damage that existed before your tenancy started, and uncleanliness now falls within normal wear and tear rather than being a chargeable item. The deposit or an itemized statement is due back within 30 days of the tenancy ending, or a longer period if your lease says so, capped at 60. Wrongful withholding exposes a landlord to treble damages plus your attorney fees, so keep dated photographs from the day you move in.

• Are there apartments for rent near Longmont transit or the planned rail line?

  Longmont is a bus and car city today, with a rail line that has been promised for a generation. Voters approved the FasTracks sales tax more than twenty years ago on the understanding it would bring rail to Boulder and Longmont, and that section was never built, which remains a live local grievance. There is now genuine movement: a 2024 state law directs RTD, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Front Range Passenger Rail District to work toward joint Denver to Fort Collins service, with stops in between, by January 1, 2029. Until that runs, plan around the regional buses and the highway rather than a station. If you commute to Boulder, apartments on the south and west sides put you nearest the Diagonal; if you head toward Denver or the airport, the eastern side of the city is the faster start. Treat any listing advertising itself on the coming rail as selling you a schedule, not a service.

• How does Longmont compare with Boulder, Denver and Greeley on apartment rent?

  Longmont occupies a genuinely useful middle. Against Boulder at $2,461 it saves about $557 a month while keeping you in the same county, on the same side of the mountains and within a straightforward drive of Boulder employers, which is the trade most people here have made. Against Denver at $1,906 it is a wash on price, so the choice there is lifestyle rather than money. Fort Collins at $2,003 runs slightly higher, Loveland at $1,839 slightly lower, and Greeley at $1,509 is meaningfully cheaper at about $395 below Longmont, which is the real budget alternative if price outranks everything. What Longmont buys for the difference over Greeley is Boulder County proximity, a municipal gigabit network and an Old Town people actually walk in.