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City ………………. Median 2 BR price……. Change in past year
New York, NY ………………… $5,200 ………………. 0.9%
San Francisco, CA ………….. $4,720 ……………… -2.7%
Jersey City, NJ ………………. $3,280 ………………. -1.2%
Boston, MA ……………………. $3,150 …………………. 3.2%
Washington, DC ……………. $3,100 …………………. 4.1%
Stamford, CT …………………. $2,700 ………………. 4.1%
San Jose, CA …………………… $2,680 ………………… -0.4%
Los Angeles, CA ……………… $2,600 ………………… 2.6%
Miami, FL ………………………… $2,400 ……………….. -1.4%
Seattle, WA ……………………. $2,360 ……………….… 8.0%
San Diego, CA ……………….. $2,050 …………………. 3.3%
Long Beach, CA ……………… $2,020 …………………. 5.2%
Denver, CO ……………………. $1,890 ………………….. 1.6%
Santa Ana, CA ……………….. $1,790 …………………….0.2%
Fort Lauderdale, FL ……….. $1,750 …………………… 4.5%
Anaheim, CA ………………….. $1,730 ……………………. 6.5%
Atlanta …………………………… $1,710 …………………….. 5.3%
Chicago, IL …………………….. $1,660 ……………………. 0.9%
New Orleans, LA …………….. $1,650 …………………… -0.7%
Portland, OR ……………………. $1,640 …………………… 1.3%
Source: Apartment List
What's up? Nothin' but the rent.
That is, Atlanta rents have continued to edge up – increasing by 0.5 percent last month and by 5.3 percent during the past year, according to a report issued by Apartment List.
The city of Atlanta has the highest rents in the metro region, followed by Alpharetta.
One-bedroom apartments in Atlanta have a median rent of $1,380 a month. Two-bedroom apartment have a median rent of $1,710, according to Apartment List.
The most expensive in-town neighborhood is Midtown, where the median for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,370, followed by the north side of Buckhead, where two-bedrooms are $2,240.
But those rents were not rising anywhere near as fast as in Inman Park where rents rose 14.3 percent since last summer. A two-bedroom in Inman Park rents for a median price of $2,020.
Elsewhere in the metro area, median rents for a two-bedroom apartment:
Alpharetta, $1,400.
Duluth, $1,210.
Marietta, $1,010.
San Francisco-based Apartment List gathers and analyzes information about rents across the county and offers online information for people looking to rent. The company says it draws its data from "the millions of listings on our site."
