South Renton

Renton, WA

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South Renton - Renton, WA Area Guide

South Renton extends from Downtown Renton to I-405, providing easy access to the entire region. Your South Renton apartment will place you in a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood filled with shops and restaurants, especially along Rainier Avenue. Here, you'll find Fred Meyer, restaurants like Jimmy Mac's Roadhouse and Pabla Indian Cuisine, and smaller stores like McLendon Hardware and Game Stop. Catch up with friends over coffee at Liberty Café or Common Ground Coffee. Expect to find your neighbors at community garage sales, neighborhood cleanups, and the annual State of the City breakfast. The Carco Theater presents plays and concerts, as well as intriguing movies. When you want to get outside, the Cedar River hiking trail and park let you soak up all the beauty this southern portion of Lake Washington can offer.

Rent Trends

As of May 2026, the average apartment rent in South Renton is $1,556 for a studio, $1,692 for one bedroom, and $2,016 for two bedrooms. Apartment rent in South Renton has decreased by -1.4% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 557 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,556/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 704 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,692/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 967 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,016/month

    Average Rent

Getting Around

Fairly Walkable

Walkability

50 / 100

Some Public Transit

Transit

50 / 100

Exceptionally Drivable

Drivability

90 / 100

Fairly Bikeable

Bikeability

50 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 5 Minute Walk

Groceries

90 / 100

Good Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

60 / 100

Good Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

60 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

60 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

70 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

40 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

30 / 100

Limited Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

30 / 100

Very Noisy

Quiet Score

30 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Riverview Park
  • Lakeridge Park
  • Kubota Gardens
  • Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden
  • Pritchard Island Beach

Airports

  • Seattle-Tacoma International
  • Seattle Paine Field International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.