A compiled reference of 42 verified statistics on rental carpet and flooring: the useful life each published schedule assigns to carpet, vinyl, laminate, tile, and hardwood, what each type costs to install per square foot, the proration rule HUD and state law apply to deposit deductions, and how fast the market is moving from carpet to hard surface. Every figure is drawn from a named public source (HUD's special claims processing guidance (Handbook HSG-06-01, 2006) and CNA e-Tool schedule, IRS Publication 527, four state statutes, the NAHB and InterNACHI life expectancy charts, three cost guides, and Floor Covering News market data) and independently checked before publishing. It also traces the most repeated claim in the field, that HUD says carpet lasts 7 years, back to the page it comes from.
Key statistics
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Key statistics
Key takeaways
There is no single legal lifespan for rental carpet. HUD's damage-claim chart says 5 years for family units, HUD's capital-planning table says 6, the building trades say 8 to 10, and the cheapest builder-grade carpet wears out in 3 to 5. What the sources agree on is the math: a tenant pays for the life they destroyed, never for the life that was already used up.
HUD's damage-claim chart gives carpet 5 years in family units and 7 years in elderly units, not a flat 7.
HUD's worked example: a 5-year carpet destroyed two years early costs the tenant at most 2/5 of the replacement; at 5 or more years old, nothing.
Both the NAHB study and InterNACHI's chart give carpet 8 to 10 years.
Builder-grade carpet, the grade landlords most often install, lasts 3 to 5 years.
Carpet replacement runs $780 to $2,812, averaging $1,778, or $3 to $11 per square foot.
Luxury vinyl plank costs $3 to $16 per square foot installed; most projects land at $5 to $12.
In 2024, luxury vinyl tile and plank out-sold all U.S. carpet for the first time, by $35 million.
How we built this report
Every figure was compiled in September 2026 from named public sources and checked against the original document before publishing.
- Compiled from primary sources
HUD program guidance and capital-planning tables, IRS Publication 527, the text of four state deposit statutes, the NAHB and InterNACHI component life schedules, a city depreciation schedule, three national cost guides, and trade-press market data.
- Only explicitly stated figures
We include only numbers a named source states directly, and attribute each inline at the point it appears. The one worked example on this page is arithmetic on stated figures, and it is labeled as ours.
- Disagreements shown, not averaged
Carpet life runs from 3 years (builder grade) to 22 years (a commercial facility estimate) depending on who is measuring and why. We show every figure with its source instead of blending them into a false single number.
- Independent review
Written by one co-founder, reviewed by the other before publishing.
Scope caveat: the life figures here are published schedules, not a survey of real rental floors, and the cost figures are national guide ranges, not local quotes. HUD's charts govern HUD-assisted housing and are cited by courts and landlords elsewhere only as a reference point. Confirm any figure against the source and your own lease and state law before using it in a deduction.
Rental carpet and flooring, by the numbers
All 42 figures, grouped by theme, each from a named public source and independently verified.
What HUD actually says about carpet life
The "HUD says 7 years" line traces to one page. According to HUD's 2006 special claims processing guidance, Handbook HSG-06-01 (hud.gov), Appendix 5D is a sample life expectancy chart for damage claims in HUD-assisted multifamily housing, and it gives plush carpeting 5 years in family units and 7 years in elderly units. Chapter 5 of the same guide contains the worked example every deposit calculator copies: a 5-year carpet replaced two years early is charged at no more than 2/5 of its cost, and a carpet already 5 or more years old is charged at zero. HUD's separate capital-planning schedule, the CNA e-Tool useful life table, runs longer: 6 years for carpet in family properties and 10 in elderly properties, with resilient floors at 15 to 20 years and hardwood at 50. None of these documents binds a private landlord, but they are the most-cited public schedules in the country, so the exact wording matters.
Statistic 1
HUD's sample life expectancy chart for damage claims gives plush carpeting a life of 5 years in family units and 7 years in elderly units.
HUD, special claims guidance HSG-06-01, Appendix 5D (2006)
Statistic 2
The same HUD chart gives tile and linoleum flooring 5 years in family units and 7 years in elderly units.
HUD, special claims guidance HSG-06-01, Appendix 5D (2006)
Statistic 3
The HUD chart applies only when the item was in good condition at move-in and damage above normal wear and tear can be shown.
HUD, special claims guidance HSG-06-01, Appendix 5D (2006)
Statistic 4
HUD's worked example charges a family no more than 2/5 of the cost of new carpet when a 5-year carpet is destroyed two years early.
HUD, special claims guidance HSG-06-01, Chapter 5 (2006)
Statistic 5
Under HUD's guide, carpet that has been in service for five or more years at move-out supports a replacement charge of zero.
HUD, special claims guidance HSG-06-01, Chapter 5 (2006)
Statistic 6
HUD requires the owner or agent to determine the useful life expectancy of every replaceable item damaged by a tenant before claiming it.
HUD, special claims guidance HSG-06-01, Chapter 5 (2006)
Statistic 7
HUD's capital-planning schedule (the CNA e-Tool useful life table) gives carpet 6 years in family properties and 10 years in elderly properties.
HUD, CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table
Statistic 8
The same HUD capital-planning table gives resilient vinyl or linoleum floors 15 to 20 years, laminated wood floors 20 to 25 years, ceramic floor tile 40 to 50 years, and hardwood 50 years.
HUD, CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table
What this means: HUD publishes two carpet numbers for two jobs. The 5-year figure is for charging a departing tenant; the 6-year figure is for budgeting a replacement. Neither is 7 unless the building is designated elderly housing. A deduction letter that cites "HUD's 7-year rule" for a family unit is citing the wrong line, and the chart itself says it only applies if the item was in good condition at move-in and damage above normal wear and tear can be shown.
Flooring lifespan by material
Outside HUD, the schedules run longer. According to the National Association of Home Builders and Bank of America Home Equity's 2007 component life study (nahb.org), carpet lasts 8 to 10 years with appropriate maintenance and normal traffic. The same study gives vinyl up to 50 years, laminate 15 to 25, tile 75 to 100, and natural wood 100 years or more. InterNACHI's life expectancy chart (nachi.org) matches on carpet, laminate, tile, and wood but puts vinyl at 25 years. The cost guides are blunter about rental-grade product. According to HomeGuide's 2026 carpet guide (homeguide.com), carpet lasts 5 to 20 years overall, but builder-grade carpet, the grade landlords most often install, lasts 3 to 5 years, and any carpet under 30 ounces of face weight lasts less than 7. The Carpet and Rug Institute (carpet-rug.org) uses an average 22-year lifespan when arguing carpet's case for commercial facilities. The City of Longmont, Colorado's advisory schedule (longmontcolorado.gov) gives carpet 10 years. And the IRS (irs.gov) classes carpet as 5-year property in Publication 527, a tax recovery period that the Minnesota tenant nonprofit HOME Line (homelinemn.org) traces to a Treasury class life of more than 4 but less than 10 years.
Statistic 9
Carpet lasts 8 to 10 years with appropriate maintenance and normal traffic.
NAHB and Bank of America Home Equity, component life study (2007)
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Vinyl floors last up to 50 years, linoleum about 25 years, laminate 15 to 25 years, tile 75 to 100 years, and natural wood floors 100 years or more.
NAHB and Bank of America Home Equity, component life study (2007)
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InterNACHI's life expectancy chart gives carpet 8 to 10 years, laminate 15 to 25 years, vinyl 25 years, tile 75 to 100 years, and wood floors 100 years or more.
InterNACHI, component life expectancy chart
Statistic 12
Carpet lasts 5 to 20 years depending on quality, material, foot traffic, and maintenance.
HomeGuide, carpet installation cost guide (2026)
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Builder-grade carpet, the grade landlords most often install, lasts 3 to 5 years.
HomeGuide, carpet installation cost guide (2026)
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Carpet with a face weight under 30 ounces lasts less than 7 years, while 40-ounce-plus carpet lasts 12 or more years.
HomeGuide, carpet installation cost guide (2026)
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Vinyl flooring lasts 10 to 25 years with proper maintenance, while linoleum lasts 20 to 50 years.
HomeGuide, vinyl flooring installation cost guide (2026)
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The Carpet and Rug Institute uses an average 22-year carpet lifespan in its facility cost comparison against hard-surface flooring.
The Carpet and Rug Institute, facility maintenance guidance
Statistic 17
The City of Longmont, Colorado's advisory depreciation schedule gives carpeting 10 years and kitchen and bathroom flooring 12 years.
City of Longmont, Colorado, rental depreciation schedule
Statistic 18
For tax depreciation, the IRS classes carpets in residential rental property as 5-year property under GDS and 9-year property under ADS.
IRS, Publication 527 (2025 tax year)
Statistic 19
The IRS 5-year class means Treasury judged rental carpet's anticipated useful life at more than 4 but less than 10 years, not exactly 5.
HOME Line, legal analysis of IRS carpet depreciation
What this means: The spread from 3 years to 22 years is not a contradiction. It is three different questions: how long does cheap rental carpet hold up (3 to 5), how long does a maintained residential carpet last (8 to 10), and how long can a well-specified commercial carpet be made to last (22). For a deposit deduction, the defensible move is to pick one published schedule, name it in the itemized statement, and apply it to every unit the same way. The ledger below lines the schedules up next to each material's installed cost.
The flooring ledger: cost, useful life, and the replace-or-clean call
Installed cost per square foot from two national guides, useful life from three kinds of schedule, and the remedy each material usually gets at turnover. Bars are scaled to 25 years.
| Material | Installed cost / sq ft | Useful life, years | At turnover | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarpetWall-to-wall, pad included | $3 to $11 HomeAdvisor 2025$1.36 to $13.58, avg $7.47 (Fixr 2026) | Claim5 (7 elderly)
Plan6 (10 elderly)
NAHB8 to 10
|
ReplaceClean | Clean between tenants; replace when stains, burns, or pet damage go past the pad, or when the schedule life is used up. Builder grade wears out in 3 to 5 years (HomeGuide). |
| Luxury vinyl plankLVP / LVT, rigid core | $3 to $16 Fixr 2026most projects $5 to $12; $4 to $16 (HomeGuide 2026) | ClaimNot listed (HUD groups tiles/linoleum at 5)
Plan15 (20 elderly)
Guide10 to 25
|
Clean | HUD's claim chart lumps all "tiles/linoleum" at 5 years; its planning table gives resilient floors 15 to 20. Damaged planks are swapped, not re-floored. |
| LaminateClick-lock wood-look | $3 to $13 HomeAdvisor 2025$1,471 to $4,657 per project | Plan20 (25 elderly)
NAHB15 to 25
|
Clean | Cannot be refinished; water swelling is the usual end of life. Not listed on HUD's claim chart. |
| HardwoodSolid or engineered | $6 to $25 HomeAdvisor 2025solid $11 to $25, engineered $9 to $20 (HomeGuide 2026) | Plan50
NAHB100+
|
Refinish | Refinishing at $3 to $8 per square foot (HomeAdvisor) is the remedy for scratches; replacement is rare. |
| Ceramic tileFloor tile, kitchen and bath | Not compiledSee the per-square-foot repair reference linked below | Claim5 (7 elderly)
Plan40 (50 elderly)
NAHB75 to 100
|
Clean | Grout and cracked single tiles are repairs, not replacement. The 5-year claim figure is the same "tiles/linoleum" line HUD uses for vinyl. |
Sources for every cell: HUD special claims guidance HSG-06-01, Appendix 5D (claim), HUD CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table (plan), NAHB and Bank of America 2007 study, HomeAdvisor 2025 guides, Fixr 2026 guides, HomeGuide 2026 guides. The replace-or-clean column is our editorial reading of those sources, not a figure from any of them. Carpet cleaning prices are on our carpet cleaning cost statistics page and are not repeated here.
Replacement cost per square foot
The three national guides bracket each other. According to HomeAdvisor's 2025 carpet replacement guide (homeadvisor.com), a carpet job runs $780 to $2,812, with an average of $1,778, or $3 to $11 per square foot. Fixr's 2026 guide (fixr.com) gives $1.36 to $13.58 per square foot with a national average of $7.47, and HomeGuide's 2026 guide gives $2 to $8, or $200 to $900 for a 10-by-12 room. Hard surface costs more up front: Fixr puts luxury vinyl plank at $3 to $16 per square foot installed with most projects at $5 to $12. HomeAdvisor puts laminate at $3 to $13 and hardwood at $6 to $25, and HomeGuide puts solid hardwood at $11 to $25. Tear-out is a separate line, at $0.70 to $1.60 per square foot for old carpet and pad. For the trade-by-trade view, our repair cost per square foot page compares flooring against painting, roofing, and windows.
Statistic 20
Carpet replacement costs $780 to $2,812, with an average project at $1,778.
HomeAdvisor, carpet replacement cost guide (2025)
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Installed carpet runs $3 to $11 per square foot; three average bedrooms (about 500 square feet) cost $1,500 to $5,500.
HomeAdvisor, carpet replacement cost guide (2025)
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Carpet installation runs $1.36 to $13.58 per square foot, with a national average of $7.47 per square foot for labor and materials.
Fixr, carpet installation cost guide (2026)
Statistic 23
Carpet installation costs $2 to $8 per square foot; a 10-by-12 room runs $200 to $900 and 1,000 square feet runs $1,800 to $7,500.
HomeGuide, carpet installation cost guide (2026)
Statistic 24
Removing old carpet and pad costs $0.70 to $1.60 per square foot; removing old tile or hardwood costs $1.00 to $3.00 per square foot.
HomeGuide, carpet installation cost guide (2026)
Statistic 25
Luxury vinyl plank costs $3 to $16 per square foot installed, with most projects at $5 to $12 per square foot.
Fixr, luxury vinyl plank cost guide (2026)
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A 200-square-foot luxury vinyl plank installation averages $1,600, with a typical range of $800 to $2,400.
Fixr, luxury vinyl plank cost guide (2026)
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Standard vinyl plank costs $2 to $7 per square foot for material and $1 to $4 to install, for a total of $3 to $11 per square foot.
Fixr, vinyl plank flooring cost guide (2026)
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Vinyl flooring averages $2 to $12 per square foot installed; luxury vinyl plank or tile runs $4 to $16, stone-polymer composite $4 to $13, and sheet vinyl $2 to $7.
HomeGuide, vinyl flooring installation cost guide (2026)
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Laminate flooring installation runs $1,471 to $4,657, or roughly $3 to $13 per square foot.
HomeAdvisor, laminate flooring cost guide (2025)
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Hardwood floor installation costs $6 to $25 per square foot, with most projects at about $4,722; refinishing costs $3 to $8 per square foot.
HomeAdvisor, hardwood floor installation cost guide (2025)
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Solid hardwood costs $11 to $25 per square foot installed; engineered hardwood costs $9 to $20.
HomeGuide, hardwood flooring cost guide (2026)
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Installing vinyl or linoleum flooring costs $790 to $2,630 for most projects, and repairing carpet costs $130 to $270.
HomeAdvisor, flooring cost overview (2026)
What this means: At the low end, carpet and vinyl plank cost about the same per square foot to install. The difference is what happens at each turnover. Carpet gets cleaned every tenancy and replaced on a 5-to-10-year clock; plank gets mopped and a damaged board swapped. That is why the market data below shows apartments moving to hard surface even though the invoice on day one is not lower.
Worked example: the deposit depreciation arithmetic
One ruined bedroom carpet, five published schedules, five different deductions
The proration rule is the same everywhere; the schedule you cite is what changes the number. Inputs are stated figures from the sources above. The outputs are our arithmetic, shown so a reader can check them.
life remaining = total useful life - age of carpet at move-out (never below zero)
Same carpet, same damage, a $360 spread between the shortest and longest published schedule. Move the carpet's age to 5 years and the HUD family-unit line drops to $0, which is exactly the endpoint HUD's Chapter 5 example states. Whatever schedule you use, the statement should name it, show the age, and attach the move-in and move-out photos; California now requires those photos by statute. Our useful life schedule compiles 40 items across six schedules for the rest of the unit.
What state rules say about carpet, wear, and deductions
No state statute we fetched sets a carpet lifespan. What they regulate is the deduction. According to Revised Code of Washington 59.18.280 (app.leg.wa.gov), as amended in 2023, no portion of a deposit may be withheld for carpet cleaning unless the landlord documents wear beyond ordinary use. The same section caps any deduction at the cost of repairing the damaged portion when the damage does not cover the whole item. Wisconsin Administrative Code ATCP 134.06 (docs.legis.wisconsin.gov) says in its agency note that a landlord may not withhold for routine painting or carpet cleaning where there is no unusual damage caused by tenant abuse. California Civil Code 1950.5 (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov) bars any claim for ordinary wear and tear, including the cumulative wear of several tenancies, and since April 1, 2025 requires the landlord to photograph the unit before and after any repair it deducts for. Oregon Revised Statutes 90.300 (oregon.public.law) allows a carpet-cleaning charge only when a carpet-cleaning machine is used, the carpet was cleaned or replaced before the tenancy began, and the written lease says so. The statute text for all 51 jurisdictions is compiled on our security deposit statistics page.
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Since 2023, Washington landlords cannot withhold any deposit for carpet cleaning unless they document wear beyond ordinary use.
RCW 59.18.280 (as amended 2023)
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Washington also caps a deduction at the cost of repairing the damaged portion when the damage does not cover the whole item.
RCW 59.18.280
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Wisconsin's landlord-tenant rule bars deductions for routine painting or carpet cleaning where there is no unusual damage from tenant abuse.
Wisconsin Administrative Code ATCP 134.06, agency note
Statistic 36
California bars deposit claims for ordinary wear and tear, including the cumulative wear of several tenancies.
California Civil Code 1950.5
Statistic 37
Since April 1, 2025, California landlords must photograph the unit before and after any repair they deduct for, and since July 1, 2025 at move-in too.
California Civil Code 1950.5(g)
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Oregon allows a carpet-cleaning deduction only if a carpet-cleaning machine was used, the carpet was cleaned or replaced before the tenancy, and the written lease says so.
Oregon Revised Statutes 90.300
What this means: Every one of these rules turns on documentation. Washington will not let you charge for carpet cleaning unless you have documented wear beyond ordinary use; California will not let you deduct without before-and-after photos; Oregon will not let you charge for cleaning unless you can show the carpet was clean at move-in. The schedule decides how much; the condition record decides whether you can charge anything. Our tenant damage statistics page covers how often those records are missing when a dispute starts. For how often deposit deductions turn into disputes in the first place, see our security deposit statistics page.
The market is leaving carpet
The replacement decision is increasingly a switch, not a like-for-like. According to Floor Covering News' 2025 industry statistics (fcnews.net), U.S. carpet sales fell 4.1% to $7.15 billion in 2024, resilient flooring out-sold carpet for the third year running by $1.3 billion. Luxury vinyl tile and plank alone out-sold all carpet for the first time, by $35 million. Resilient took 57.4% of hard-surface dollars and 60.4% of volume. Floor Focus market data presented to the Carpet America Recovery Effort (carpetrecovery.org) in 2024 still had carpet as the largest single category in 2023 at 31% share, but named the same trend in one line: homes bought for the rental market and apartments continue to shift away from carpet.
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U.S. carpet sales fell 4.1% to $7.15 billion in 2024, and resilient flooring out-sold carpet for the third year in a row, by $1.3 billion.
Floor Covering News, annual industry statistics (2025)
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In 2024, luxury vinyl tile and plank alone out-sold all carpet for the first time, by $35 million.
Floor Covering News, annual industry statistics (2025)
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Resilient flooring took 57.4% of hard-surface dollar sales and 60.4% of volume in 2024, with LVT at $7.185 billion of the $14.605 billion hard-surface total.
Floor Covering News, resilient flooring statistics (2025)
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Carpet held 31% of U.S. flooring dollars in 2023 ($7.8 billion) against 29.7% for resilient ($7.5 billion), and apartments continue to shift away from carpet.
Floor Focus market data via Carpet America Recovery Effort (2024)
What this means: The two trade sources disagree on whether carpet or resilient is bigger; they cover different years (2023 versus 2024) and use their own market definitions, so we show both rather than pick one. Both agree on direction. For an operator, the practical consequence is that the "replace" line in a turnover budget is increasingly a one-time conversion to plank, after which the recurring cost is cleaning and the occasional board, not a new carpet every schedule cycle.
Claims we could not verify
Three claims appear on nearly every landlord blog about carpet. We went looking for their sources. Here is what we found.
"HUD says carpet lasts 7 years."
The 7-year figure is real, but it is the elderly-unit line of Appendix 5D in HUD's 2006 special claims guidance. The family-unit line, the one that covers most HUD-assisted units, is 5 years. The chart is a sample for damage claims in HUD-assisted multifamily housing, not a rule for private landlords. The document most often named as the source, HUD's 2003 public housing occupancy guidebook, contains no carpet life figure at all; we searched the full 2003 text and found zero mentions of carpet or life expectancy.
"The IRS says carpet only lasts 5 years."
IRS Publication 527 lists carpet as 5-year property for tax depreciation (9 years under the alternative system). That is a cost-recovery period, not a condition finding. HOME Line's legal analysis traces the class to a Treasury determination that rental carpet's anticipated useful life is more than 4 but less than 10 years. A carpet is not worn out on its fifth birthday because a tax table says so.
"Landlords must replace carpet every 7 years by law."
We fetched the deposit statutes of Washington, Wisconsin, California, and Oregon. None sets a replacement interval for carpet. All four regulate what can be deducted and how wear and tear is treated, not when a floor must be replaced. If a jurisdiction has such a rule, we did not find it in any statute we fetched.
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RapidEye builds inspection intelligence for property operators; this reference exists because the proration math only works when move-in and move-out condition are on record.
Quick FAQ
Does HUD say carpet lasts 7 years?
Not exactly. HUD's special claims processing guidance (Handbook HSG-06-01, 2006) includes a sample life expectancy chart in Appendix 5D that gives plush carpeting 5 years in family units and 7 years in elderly units. The chart is guidance for damage claims in HUD-assisted multifamily housing, not a rule for private landlords. HUD's 2003 public housing occupancy guidebook, which is often cited for the figure, does not mention carpet life at all.
How long does carpet last in a rental?
Published schedules disagree. HUD's damage-claim chart uses 5 years for family units. HUD's capital-planning table uses 6 years. The NAHB and InterNACHI both say 8 to 10 years. The City of Longmont, Colorado uses 10 years. HomeGuide says builder-grade carpet, the grade landlords most often install, lasts 3 to 5 years, while carpet in general lasts 5 to 20 years.
How do you calculate a carpet deduction from a security deposit?
Multiply the replacement cost by the fraction of useful life the tenant destroyed. HUD's own example: a carpet with a 5-year life is replaced two years early, so the tenant is charged no more than 2/5 of the cost of the new carpet. If the carpet was already 5 or more years old, the charge is zero. Under California Civil Code 1950.5 and similar state rules, ordinary wear and tear can never be charged.
How much does it cost to replace carpet in a rental?
HomeAdvisor's 2025 guide puts carpet replacement at $780 to $2,812, with an average project at $1,778 and a per-square-foot range of $3 to $11. Fixr's 2026 guide gives $1.36 to $13.58 per square foot with a national average of $7.47. HomeGuide's 2026 guide gives $2 to $8 per square foot, or $200 to $900 for a 10-by-12 room.
Is luxury vinyl plank cheaper than carpet over time?
Installed cost is similar, but life is longer. Fixr puts luxury vinyl plank at $3 to $16 per square foot installed, with most projects at $5 to $12, against carpet at $1.36 to $13.58. HUD's capital-planning table gives resilient vinyl floors 15 to 20 years against 6 to 10 for carpet, and HomeGuide gives vinyl 10 to 25 years against 5 to 20 for carpet.
Data sources
Every figure on this page traces to one of these named public sources, each checked against the original document before publishing.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSpecial claims guidance HSG-06-01, Chapter 5 and Appendix 5D (2006); CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table; 2003 public housing occupancy guidebookhud.gov
Internal Revenue ServicePublication 527, Residential Rental Property, recovery period tableirs.gov
National Association of Home BuildersComponent life expectancy study with Bank of America Home Equity (2007)nahb.org
InterNACHIStandard estimated life expectancy chart for homesnachi.org
HomeAdvisorCarpet, laminate, hardwood, and general flooring cost guides (2025 to 2026)homeadvisor.com
FixrCarpet, vinyl plank, and luxury vinyl plank cost guides (2026)fixr.com
HomeGuideCarpet, vinyl, and hardwood flooring cost guides (2026)homeguide.com
The Carpet and Rug InstituteCommercial facility carpet maintenance guidancecarpet-rug.org
City of Longmont, ColoradoAdvisory depreciation schedule for rental propertylongmontcolorado.gov
HOME LineLegal analysis of the IRS carpet depreciation classhomelinemn.org
Washington State LegislatureRCW 59.18.280, deposit retention and statementapp.leg.wa.gov
Wisconsin LegislatureWis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.06, security depositsdocs.legis.wisconsin.gov
California Legislative InformationCal. Civ. Code 1950.5, security depositsleginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Oregon Revised StatutesORS 90.300, security deposits and prepaid rentoregon.public.law
Floor Covering NewsAnnual U.S. flooring industry statistics and resilient category report (2025)fcnews.net
Carpet America Recovery EffortFloor Focus U.S. flooring market presentation (2024)carpetrecovery.org