where could you afford to live

... with roommates in the United States?

  • traditional roommate rent averages, most affordable cities first
  • if you have a max rent in mind, see which cities meet your cut off
  • non-traditional rent tends to be less
  • Canada instead



  up to 600
Wichita      Cheyenne      Little Rock      Fargo      Jackson (MS)      Tulsa      Memphis      Oklahoma City
  600 to 700
College Station      Sioux Falls      Baton Rouge      Louisville      Des Moines      Columbia (SC)      Detroit      Tucson      Albuquerque      Buffalo      Tallahassee
  700 to 800
San Antonio      Spokane      Gainesville      Omaha      Milwaukee      Salem or Eugene      Indianapolis      Jacksonville      Cleveland      Syracuse      Kansas City      Birmingham      Columbus      Boise      Colorado Springs      Athens      Cincinnati      Pensacola      Norfolk      Hartford      Bangor      Grand Rapids      Las Vegas
  800 to 900
Richmond      Reno      St. Louis      Anchorage      Pittsburgh      Knoxville      Raleigh or Durham or Chapel Hill      Phoenix or Tempe      Tacoma      Houston
  900 to 1000
Salt Lake City      Baltimore      Manchester      Portland (Oregon)      Madison      Philadelphia      Orlando      Sacramento
  1000 to 1100
New Orleans      Burlington      Charlotte      Tampa or St. Petersburg      Nashville      Worcester      Newark      Minneapolis or St. Paul
  1100 to 1200
Providence      Austin      New Haven or Bridgeport      Santa Fe      Portland (Maine)      Dallas or Fort Worth      Atlanta
  1200 to 1400
Denver      Boulder      NYC- The Bronx      NYC - Staten Island      Charleston
  1400 to 1600
Seattle      New Brunswick      Washington D.C.      Orange County      San Jose
  1600 to 1700
Honolulu      San Diego      Chicago
  1700 to 1800
Los Angeles      Boston
  1800 to 1900
NYC - Queens      Miami or Fort Lauderdale
  1900 and up
San Francisco / Bay Area      NYC - Brooklyn      NYC - Manhattan