Monopoly Rent Calculator
Three Different Rent Systems on One Board
Monopoly's board mixes three genuinely different rent mechanics under one game: street properties use a fixed schedule that jumps sharply with each house, railroads double with every additional one owned, and utilities scale directly off the dice roll that landed you there. Knowing which formula applies avoids the classic dispute over how much a given property actually owes.
The Three Rent Formulas
Street (with houses/hotel): Rent = fixed schedule value for that property and house count
Railroad: Rent = $25 × 2^(Railroads Owned − 1)
Utility: Rent = Dice Roll × (4 if one utility owned, 10 if both owned)
Railroad Rent Scales Fast
| Railroads owned | Rent |
|---|---|
| 1 | $25 |
| 2 | $50 |
| 3 | $100 |
| 4 | $200 |
Owning all four railroads pays out 8× the single-railroad rent — a much steeper curve than most players expect.
Street Rent Jumps Sharply With Development
Boardwalk, the most expensive street property, runs from $50 with no houses (or $100 with a monopoly and no houses) up to $200 with one house, $600 with two, $1,400 with three, $1,700 with four, and $2,000 with a hotel — the official published US-edition schedule. Every property on the board follows this same shape: a modest base rent that multiplies dramatically once houses go up.
Where This Gets Used
- Settling rent disputes mid-game — a fast way to confirm the exact rent owed without digging through a physical card or house rules debate.
- Evaluating trades — comparing potential rent income across color groups before deciding what to trade for.
- House-building strategy — seeing how much rent jumps at each house count helps decide whether to build evenly or concentrate on one property first.
How to Use This Calculator
- Choose Street Property, Railroad, or Utility.
- For a street property, select the property name, number of houses (0–5, where 5 is a hotel), and whether the full color-group monopoly is owned.
- For a railroad, enter how many railroads are currently owned.
- For a utility, enter how many utilities are owned and the dice roll that landed on the space.
- Select Calculate to see the rent owed.
Related Calculations
Check the odds behind a specific dice roll with the Dice Probability Calculator, or track scores across a full game with the Board Game Score Tracker Calculator.