{"id":18482,"date":"2023-12-05T14:38:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/?p=18482"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:32:05","slug":"singles-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/singles-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Women Spend 124% More of Their Income on Rent Than Men in Major Cities in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With housing prices skyrocketing over the past year, many young professionals are now faced with high rent prices as single-income earners. But are certain cities more affordable than others for singles?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, RentHop updates the Singles Index to calculate the housing burden \u2013 the percentage of income a single renter has to allocate each month to rent a studio home \u2013 in the largest cities in the country. In our third annual edition, we further broke down the data this year to understand single renters&#8217; struggles. Using the median nonfamily income and nonfamily household income by sex data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, we found that:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>New York, NY is the least affordable city for single renters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A single renter would have to spend 71.13% of their income on a studio unit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York is also the least affordable city when breaking down the data by sex. Female renters must allocate 79.42% of their annual income vs. 60.99% for single men.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, <\/span><b>Wichita, KS is the most affordable city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With a median studio rent of $565 per month, a single renter only needs to spend<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 17.65% of their income on rent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single female renters in <\/span><b>El Paso, TX<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would have to spend 1.9 times more of their income to live alone than men. For male renters, the monthly burden is 18.12%, whereas <\/span><b>for women, it is 34.51%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their income.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Arlington, TX<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the only city where single women would spend a smaller portion of their annual income on a studio apartment than men. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rent cost as % of Singles Income comes out to be <\/span><b>28.18% for women vs. 28.28% for men<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While California has some of the smallest gender wage gaps in the country, <\/span><b>San Jose<\/b> <b>has the fourth-highest housing cost gap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among all the cities. Single female renters would have to spend 35.17% of their annual income on a studio home, whereas single men would only need to spend 23.02%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18489 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1860\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image.png 1860w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image-1024x727.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image-1536x1090.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image-696x494.png 696w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-featured-image-1068x758.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Least Affordable Cities for Singles<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. New York, NY<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is no surprise to those living in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/new-york-ny\">New York City<\/a> that studios are unaffordable for most. The median studio rent in the past year has risen over 9%, reaching $3,308 monthly. Based on a median nonfamily household income of $55,810, a single renter looking to rent a studio would have to spend<\/span><b> 71.13%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their income on rent. However, a single renter can reduce their monthly burden by over $600 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/roommate-rent-savings\/\">by having a roommate<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Miami, FL<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the median studio rent being 4.06% cheaper than last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/miami-fl\">Miami<\/a> remains the second most unaffordable city for single renters. Given the median nonfamily income of $48,826 and $1,986 for a studio, a single person would need to spend <\/span><b>48.81%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their annual income on rent alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Detroit, MI<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/detroit-mi\">Detroit<\/a> is the third most unaffordable city for singles in the country. While housing costs are relatively low in the city compared to other major cities, the below-average income makes renting a studio challenging for most. With a median studio rent of $895 a month and a median nonfamily income of $25,449, singles in Detroit are required to spend <\/span><b>42.20%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their income to live alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Boston, MA<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/boston-ma\">Boston<\/a> is filled with high-income job opportunities, and it has one of the highest median nonfamily incomes, $75,252, in the nation. Even so, the city continues to grapple with expensive housing costs. With a median studio rent of $2,049, singles would have to spend <strong>37.47%<\/strong> of their annual income on housing, meaning it is still unaffordable for renters to rent a studio apartment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Philadelphia, PA<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philly is the fifth least affordable city for singles in America, with rent commanding <strong>36.94%<\/strong> of an average single person\u2019s annual income. On the bright side, studio homes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/philadelphia-pa\">Philadelphia<\/a> only saw a slight 1.16% increase in median rent in the past year, currently at $1,264.50.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most Affordable Cities for Singles<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Wichita, KS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/wichita-ks\">Wichita<\/a> is the most affordable U.S. city for singles. The city has the lowest median studio rent, $565 per month, among all 50 cities included in the index. With a median nonfamily income of $38,412, a single renter can expect to spend just <strong>17.65%<\/strong> of their annual income on rent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Minneapolis, MN<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to relatively high nonfamily income and cheap housing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/minneapolis-mn\">Minneapolis<\/a> ranks as the second most affordable city for single renters. Given a median studio rent of less than $1,000 each month, singles can expect to allocate a reasonable <strong>20.43%<\/strong> of their annual income toward housing costs. It is worth noting that Minneapolis is the <\/span><b>second most friendly city for single female renters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Colorado Springs, CO<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to the high housing costs in Denver, studio homes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/colorado-springs-co\">Colorado Springs<\/a> are much more affordable for renters, with a median of $910 monthly. Based on a median nonfamily income of $53,185, single renters can expect to spend 20.53% on renting a studio, taking the place on our affordability list.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Seattle, WA<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/seattle-wa\">Seattle<\/a> is the fourth most affordable city in the country for singles. Strong income levels boost the average single renter\u2019s ability to live alone despite expensive housing costs. Given a median nonfamily income of $83,237 and a median studio rent of $1,450, singles would only need to spend <strong>20.90%<\/strong> of their income per year on renting a studio. It is the only city among the most affordable markets with a median studio rent exceeding $1K per month.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Columbus, OH<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/columbus-oh\">Columbus<\/a> closes out our 2023 rankings as the fifth most affordable city for singles. Median studio rent rose only 0.12% year-over-year. With a median nonfamily income of $48,759, an average single renter in Columbus would only need to spend <strong>20.92%<\/strong> of their annual income on a studio home. Meanwhile, the city ranks as the third most affordable market for single women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Burden Among Singles, Broken Down by Sex<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many single renters feel the effects of strenuous economic conditions when considering the gender wage gap. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2023\/03\/01\/the-enduring-grip-of-the-gender-pay-gap\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Pew Research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the gap barely narrowed in 2022 \u2013 for every dollar men earned, women earned only 82 cents. Translating to housing, the gap means it is harder for women to buy or even rent a home independently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our analysis indicates that across the top 50 U.S. cities, single women, on average, would have to spend <\/span><b>1.24 times more<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their annual income on renting a studio than their male counterparts. Given the high rental prices and relatively low single income, New York City, Detroit, Miami, and Boston remain the top four unaffordable cities for single men and women. We see a different story, however, when ranking the cities by the housing burden gap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Paso is the Most Unfriendly City for Single Female Renters<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The list below highlights the 10 U.S. cities with the worst housing burden gap among single renters. In <strong>El Paso, TX<\/strong>, single women would have to spend <strong>34.51%<\/strong> of their income on housing if they wished to rent a studio home and live alone, over the commonly known 30% standard for housing affordability. Meanwhile, single men would only need to spend 18.12% of their income to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1860\" height=\"1651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap.png 1860w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap-1024x909.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap-768x682.png 768w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap-1536x1363.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap-150x133.png 150w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap-696x618.png 696w, https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-housing-burden-gender-gap-1068x948.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While California has a smaller gender pay gap at the state level compared to many other states, two of its cities, <\/span><b>San Jose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Bakersfield<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are ranked as some of the most unfriendly cities for single women to rent a studio in. In San Jose, the median studio rent is $2,049. This means that a single female renter making the median nonfamily household income of $69,915 would have to spend <\/span><b>35.17%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their annual income on rent. Single men, on the other hand, would spend only 23.02% of their income on a studio home with a median income of $106,818.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, studio homes are cheaper to rent in Bakersfield, but single women tend to make much less than in many other California cities, making it challenging for them to live alone. <\/span><b>The housing burden for single females is 34.11%, whereas for single men, it is 22.11%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, way below the housing affordability standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The RentHop Singles Index analyzes both proprietary and ACS Census data to provide a snapshot of housing affordability for single-income households across the 50 most populous cities in the country. To compile our housing price data, we pulled every listing for a studio apartment advertised on RentHop from January 1 to November 30, 2023. In theory, a single person can rent a larger space, but we chose this unit type to represent the minimum space in which one can live alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To calculate the index, the following statistics were used:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Median non-family household income from the U.S. Census<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Median advertised prices for the \u201cstudio\u201d unit type via RentHop data<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) Year-over-year price changes for the &#8220;studio&#8221; unit type based on RentHop data<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) Population count by city from the U.S. Census<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the income factor is updated to median nonfamily household income. Median values are less likely to be skewed by outliers and, therefore, more representative of the income distribution and what typical single Americans make.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on our methodology or to contact our data team, please email press@renthop.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Full Data<\/h2>\n<p>You can learn more about our index this year using the two interactive tables below. The first table includes overall rankings and housing burden, and the second one further breaks down the data by sex.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 1068px; width: 100%; height: auto;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"sroll: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-full-data.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Housing Burden by Sex<\/h3>\n<div style=\"max-width: 1068px; width: 100%; height: auto;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"sroll: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/singles-index-2023-full-data-by-sex.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"660\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With housing prices skyrocketing over the past year, many young professionals are now faced with high rent prices as single-income earners. 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