average rent for two bedroom in LA = $1,890 now

[Liberal_in_LA]

The folks at Apartment List looked at "several hundred thousand monthly listings on our site" and determined that the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in L.A. last month was about double the national average.

That's $1,890 here versus about $950 in much of the rest of America. The finding once again placed L.A. among the most expensive cities in the United States for housing costs.


The site looked at rents in 100 U.S. metro markets overall.

Los Angeles ranked third for highest rents nationwide among the 10 largest American cities, Apartment List found.

New York topped the list with a $3,250 December average. San Jose, home of booming Silicon Valley, came in second place among the 10 largest cities with $2,160.

Only three cities on that list, Dallas ($910), San Antonio ($830) and Phoenix ($760) had average December rents that were less than the national average, the site said
http://www.laweekly.com/news/la-rents-are-double-the-us-average-5333282

[beaglelover]

1. That's almost as much as my mortgage

on a 2 br/1bath 1600 square foot home in North Hollywood. Rents are crazy in L.A. Probably why I see so many new apt buildings going up.

[KamaAina]

2. Sharks 2160, Kings 1890

Of course the rents are high in San Jose. We have soooooooooo much to offer compared to those other cities.

In case anyone's wondering, SF would have beaten us to a pulp, except that it isn't one of the ten largest cities (we're No. 10).

[brooklynite]

5. Apparently you do...

...or people wouldn't want to live there in sufficient numbers to jack up the rental rates.

[KamaAina]

10. In terms of jobs, yes.

Ambiance, not so much. Why do you think all those techies pile into those Google buses to come all the way down 101 from SF?

[CreekDog]

12. you're wrongly assuming that people live precisely where they want to live

many people who live in one part of the Bay Area would choose to live in another, but cannot afford that.

[Earth_First]

3. This is outrageous!

There are many things that I am privileged to have access to.

Affordable shelter is one of them.

This unfortunately is not the case for a lot of folks...

[PasadenaTrudy]

4. Not surprised a bit...

The one studio apt I rent out goes for $1135.

[REP]

6. I used to pay $1100.00/mo for a studio in Mountain View - eight years ago

I lived there for 10 years; the rent started around $950.00. I paid less than others because I had been there so long.

You don't even want to know what the rent on a 3b/3br "townhouse"'apartment in Scummyvale was, but the mortgage on my much larger house in Los Gatos is a lot less.

[NaturalHigh]

7. Thats 2.5 times my house payment...

AND I don't have to live in L.A.

[PasadenaTrudy]

13. We love it!

Pasadena is a nice part of L.A. Lots of trees.

[NaturalHigh]

15. I was being a smartass.

L.A. would never be for me, but then a lot of people wouldn't love Oklahoma the way that I do.

[handmade34]

8. hmmm.... I am currently working in Boston

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/boston/average_rent_neighborhood/

part of my job is looking at housing and demographics
....the rents are pretty high here!... although, there does seem to be a fair share of subsidized housing in the areas I am traveling through

I was working Roxbury today and the average rent there is about $1800

[smirkymonkey]

11. Chinatown has one of the highest average

rents in Boston?? That's shocking.

[smirkymonkey]

9. That's $90 more than I pay for a studio

in Boston. It's ridiculous here. I can't even think about a 1 BR unless I want a very long commute.

[msongs]

14. honolulu 2BR apt avg $2169 (source = rentjungle.com) and they are small 2BR apts nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

17. In L.A. proper? Plenty of cheaper suburbs, including beach communities.

Who in the world would want to live in L.A. proper?

[former9thward]

18. Its the second largest U.S. city

so apparently someone does.

[Bluenorthwest]

19. Cheaper beach suburbs?

nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

23. A person can check "rentals.com", filter for 2 bedrooms, and find apartments in Long Beach for as

little as $1150 all day long. When people think of "Los Angeles", they need to realize that Los Angeles County is HUGE, is a suburb of Los Angeles divided into a hundred different cities.

My Son Charlie lives in a 3 bedroom house within walking distance of 2nd Street in Long Beach. It's 2100 sq. ft., has a huge back yard, and rents for LESS than $1500. A HOUSE. With a driveway and a garage... AND A HUGE FENCED BACK YARD.

I was born in L.A. County and spent most of my life there. It's a LOT more than The City of Los Angeles, and a LOT cheaper in most places. Places that are but a few miles in any direction.

That doesn't even include Orange County. It's like ONE HUGE CITY... all of it.

To say Los Angeles is one of the most expensive places to live is misleading if you're talking to a person who doesn't understand it's one big suburb from north of L.A. all the way to Mission Viejo.

[PasadenaTrudy]

21. Lots of nice parts in the city

the beaches are not cheaper here. Ever.

[Texasgal]

20. Austin, TX is starting to get that way too.

Just ten years ago we rented an apartment for my husbands sister,two bedroom, two bath...695.00. UGH.

[smirkymonkey]

22. I would kill to pay that for even a 1 BR

here. Hell, even a studio.

[Gormy Cuss]

24. San Francisco rents are MUCH higher than that. Curious that it isn't on the top ten.

It must be an artifact of using listings rather than all existing rents. Average rents in SF (all units, not normalized to a 2BR standard) is well over $3000/month.