For singles not wanting to double or triple up with roommates to make ends meet, renting a studio apartment offers the benefits of privacy and affordability.
Studios and Singles
RentHop, an online marketplace for apartment rentals nationwide, offers an app that helps renters find their next apartment. Powered by AI, RentHop ranks apartment listings by quality and security. It offers renters an inside look at the property itself with extensive photos, price verification by multiple data sources to help ensure that the apartment’s price isn’t too good to be true, building amenities and multiple landlord reviews.
RentHop’s Singles Index ranked the 50 largest US cities based on affordability for singles. After analyzing some 1.2M studio listings posted on RentHop in 2020 and 2021, it categorized 50 of the largest US cities based on the median cost of a studio apartment relative to average local salaries of single people.
Most Affordable Cities for Single Renters and Studios
City Median Rent % of Income for Rent
Wichita KS $500 14%
Columbus OH $625 14%
Albuquerque NM $700 17%
Oklahoma City OK $723 17%
Tulsa OK $695 18%
Minneapolis MN $958 18%
Kansas City MO $791 18%
Seattle WA $1,395 19%
El Paso TX $670 19%
Arlington TX $790 19%
Omaha NB $795 19%
Colorado Springs CO $875 20%
Louisville KY $769 20%
Tucson AZ $700 20%
Indianapolis IN $812 20%
Least Affordable Cities for Singles & Studios
Miami FL $1,800 37%
New York NY $2,450 37%
New Orleans LA $1,269 33%
Raleigh NC $1,691 32%
Boston MA $2,250 31%
Detroit MI $880 30%
Philadelphia PA $1,235 28%
Mesa AZ $1,207 28%
Houston TX $1,449 28%
Charlotte NC $1,450 28%
Memphis TN $975 27%
Baltimore MD $1,250 27%
San Antonio TX $1,088 27%
Atlanta GA $1,640 27%
Fort Worth TX $1,264 27%
Thanks to RentHop and The New York Times.
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