Dwelling alone with a $2,000 housing funds could also be almost unimaginable in some main cities — however in others you might be able to afford as much as three bedrooms.
Throughout the U.S., the common lease for a studio residence listed on Flats.com in October was $1,699 a month, and a two-bedroom house had a mean lease of $1,887 per thirty days, in response to knowledge collected and analyzed by Flats.com in a November report.
Of the 25 most populous cities within the U.S., New York, Boston and California cities San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose have been the costliest. Common lease for a studio residence in these cities was over $2,000 in October, in response to knowledge from Flats.com shared with CNBC Make It.
With $2,000, you can get a mean of 267 sq. toes in New York Metropolis, or one-third the dimensions of a pickleball courtroom, in response to a normalized estimate from October listings. Evaluate that with Oklahoma Metropolis, essentially the most reasonably priced of essentially the most populous cities, the place $2,000 is value about 1,900 sq. toes — greater than two pickleball courts.
Whereas this knowledge presents a helpful benchmark for comparability throughout cities, it is not essentially indicative of the dimensions of any single residence a renter is more likely to encounter. In actuality, residence sizes and costs can differ throughout the similar metropolis on account of numerous elements, and renters ought to preserve that in thoughts, the authors of the report mentioned.
Here is the place $2,000 in lease would get you the least house within the 25 most populous cities in America:
- New York, N.Y.: 267 sq. toes
- Boston, Mass.: 336 sq. toes
- San Francisco, Calif.: 340 sq. toes
- San Diego, Calif.: 458 sq. toes
- San Jose, Calif.: 427 sq. toes
Here is the place $2,000 in lease would get you essentially the most house within the 25 most populous cities in America:
- Oklahoma Metropolis, Okla.: 1,900 sq. toes
- El Paso, Texas: 1,762 sq. toes
- Indianapolis, Ind.: 1,676 sq. toes
- Columbus, Ohio: 1,633 sq. toes
- San Antonio, Texas: 1,517 sq. toes
Here is how a lot house you can get for $2,000 a month in all 25 of essentially the most populous U.S. cities as of October.
New York, N.Y.
- Unit sort: N/A
- Common dimension for $2,000: 267 sq. toes
Los Angeles, Calif.
- Unit sort: Studio
- Common dimension for $2,000: 530 sq. toes
Chicago, Unwell.
- Unit sort: One bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 679 sq. toes
Houston, Texas
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,443 sq. toes
Phoenix, Ariz.
- Unit sort: Two bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,230 sq. toes
Philadelphia, Pa.
- Unit sort: One bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 772 sq. toes
San Antonio, Texas
- Unit sort: Three Bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,517 sq. toes
San Diego, Calif.
- Unit sort: N/A
- Common dimension for $2,000: 458 sq. toes
Dallas, Texas
- Unit sort: Two bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,154 sq. toes
Jacksonville, Fla.
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,453 sq. toes
Fort Value, Texas
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,305 sq. toes
San Jose, Calif.
- Unit sort: N/A
- Common dimension for $2,000: 427 sq. toes
Austin, Texas
- Unit sort: Two bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,186 sq. toes
Charlotte, N.C.
- Unit sort: Two bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,235 sq. toes
Columbus, Ohio
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,633 sq. toes
Indianapolis, Ind.
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,676 sq. toes
San Francisco, Calif.
- Unit sort: N/A
- Common dimension for $2,000: 340 sq. toes
Seattle, Wash.
- Unit sort: Studio
- Common dimension for $2,000: 534 sq. toes
Denver, Colo.
- Unit sort: One bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 852 sq. toes
Oklahoma Metropolis, Okla.
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,900 sq. toes
Nashville, Tenn.
- Unit sort: One bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 863 sq. toes
Washington, D.C.
- Unit sort: Studio
- Common dimension for $2,000: 512 sq. toes
El Paso, Texas
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,762 sq. toes
Las Vegas, Nev.
- Unit sort: Three bed room
- Common dimension for $2,000: 1,354 sq. toes

