"Top 200 US Cities - Average 2-Bedroom Rental Prices" Posting by Staff link to story | permalink June 8, 2009 A household must earn $37,105 a year to afford the national average two-bedroom fair-market rent of $928 a month. A full-time worker would have to make $17.84 an hour to afford the average 2 bedroom if no more than the recommended guideline of 30 percent of income is spent on housing. A household must earn over $66,000 to afford a 2-bedroom in San Francisco or Honolulu, but only $24,800 for a 2br apt in Fargo, North Dakota. Here's the top 200 most to least expensive rental markets in the United States, based on 2008 data from the Center for Housing Policy. Rank City Average Monthly Rent 1 San Francisco, CA $1,658 2 Honolulu, HI $1,631 3 Santa Cruz, CA $1,590 4 Suffolk-Nassau, NY $1,581 5 Santa Ana, CA $1,546 6 Oxnard, CA $1,502 7 San Diego, CA $1,418 8 Los Angeles, CA $1,361 9 Edison, NJ $1,349 10 Boston, MA $1,345 11 Cambridge, MA $1,345 12 San Jose, CA $1,338 13 Fort Lauderdale, FL $1,313 14 New York, NY $1,313 15 Santa Rosa, CA $1,296 16 Napa, CA $1,295 17 Oakland, CA $1,295 18 West Palm Beach, FL $1,294 19 Bethesda, MD $1,288 20 Washington, DC $1,288 21 Santa Barbara, CA $1,262 22 Bridgeport, CT $1,214 23 Newark, NJ $1,213 24 Barnstable, MA $1,192 25 Vallejo, CA $1,161 26 Miami, FL $1,156 27 Trenton, NJ $1,152 28 Riverside, CA $1,125 29 Salinas, CA $1,125 30 San Luis Obispo, CA $1,125 31 Naples, FL $1,120 32 Poughkeepsie, NY $1,117 33 Burlington, VT $1,108 34 New Haven, CT $1,101 35 Rockingham-Strafford, NH $1,075 36 Atlantic, NJ $1,068 37 Sarasota, FL $1,059 38 Flagstaff, AZ $1,044 39 Manchester, NH $1,042 40 Portland, ME $1,042 41 Baltimore, MD $1,037 42 New Orleans, LA $1,030 43 Boulder, CO $1,029 44 Sacramento, CA $1,022 45 Hartford, CT $1,021 46 Las Vegas, NV $1,013 47 Camden, NJ $1,005 48 Philadelphia, PA $1,005 49 Wilmington, DE $1,005 50 Chicago, IL $1,004 51 Anchorage, AK $990 52 Seattle, WA $987 53 Orlando, FL $985 54 Vineland, NJ $985 55 Cape Coral, FL $984 56 Reno, NV $967 57 Norwich, CT $961 58 Providence, RI $956 59 Stockton, CA $950 60 Tampa, FL $946 61 Ann Arbor, MI $940 62 Santa Fe, NM $928 63 Tacoma, WA $926 64 Richmond, VA $925 65 Ithaca, NY $923 Oc an City, NJ $923 67 Worcester, MA $922 68 Port St. Lucie, FL $916 69 Austin, TX $912 70 Jacksonville, FL $907 71 Dallas, TX $905 72 Virginia Beach, VA $904 73 Daytona Beach, FL $896 74 Tallahassee, FL $892 75 Denver, CO $891 76 Atlanta, GA $878 77 Phoenix, AZ $877 78 Punta Gorda, FL $877 79 Springfield, MA $874 80 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN $873 81 Albany, NY $868 82 Houston, TX $866 83 Palm Bay, FL $866 84 Modesto, CA $864 85 Bremerton, WA $855 86 Allentown, PA $853 87 Madison, WI $846 88 Gulfport, MS $844 89 Fresno, CA $842 90 Milwaukee, WI $839 91 Pittsfield, MA $839 92 Fort Worth, TX $838 93 Olympia, WA $835 94 Fort Collins, CO $834 95 Madera, CA $834 96 Durham, NC $827 97 Chico, CA $826 98 Fort Walton Beach, FL $816 99 Salisbury, MD $815 100 Detroit, MI $809 101 Portland, OR $809 102 Warren, MI $809 103 Gary, IN $807 104 Redding, CA $802 105 Salt Lake City, UT $802 106 Rochester, NY $797 107 Colorado Springs, CO $796 108 Corpus Christi, TX $796 109 Raleigh, NC $795 110 San Antonio, TX $792 111 Kansas City, MO $791 112 Bellingham, WA $790 113 Baton Rouge, LA $788 114 Gainesville, FL $788 115 Charleston, SC $787 116 Jackson, MS $784 117 Monroe, MI $777 118 Merced, CA $774 119 Lancaster, PA $771 120 Eugene, OR $768 121 Hagerstown, MD $764 122 Harrisburg, PA $764 123 Nashville, TN $761 124 Charlotte, NC $757 125 Omaha, NE $757 126 Pensacola, FL $755 127 Akron, OH $754 128 Syracuse, NY $754 129 Albuquerque, NM $753 130 Lansing, MI $750 131 Ocala, FL $749 132 Memphis, TN $746 133 Indianapolis, IN $745 134 Tucson, AZ $743 135 Columbus, OH $740 136 Yuba City, CA $740 137 St. Louis, MO $737 138 Bakersfield, CA $736 139 Cincinnati, OH $733 140 Reading, PA $733 141 Des Moines, IA $727 142 Buffalo, NY $723 143 Boise City, ID $722 144 Ogden, UT $717 145 Columbia, SC $710 146 Pittsburgh, PA $710 147 South Bend, IN $707 148 Tulsa, OK $707 149 Montgomery, AL $706 150 Greensboro, NC $699 151 Birmingham, AL $698 152 Grand Rapids, MI $698 153 Spokane, WA $695 154 Cleveland, OH $694 155 Green Bay, WI $691 156 Asheville, NC $690 157 Rockford, IL $689 158 Kennewick, WA $688 159 Dayton, OH $687 160 Oklahoma City, OK $686 161 Champaign-Urbana, IL $684 162 Peoria, IL $684 163 Little Rock, AR $680 164 Louisville, KY $680 165 Lexington, KY $679 166 Pueblo, CO $679 167 Fayetteville, NC $678 168 Shreveport, LA $677 169 Battle Creek, MI $676 170 Beaumont, TX $676 171 Salem, OR $675 172 Kalamazoo, MI $674 173 Visalia, CA $674 174 Sioux Falls, SD $673 175 Saginaw, MI $672 176 Mobile, AL $671 177 Provo-Orem, UT $670 178 Knoxville, TN $667 179 Chattanooga, TN $666 180 Winston-Salem, NC $666 181 Greeley, CO $665 182 Appleton, WI $663 183 Greenville, SC $656 184 Toledo, OH $656 185 Amarillo, TX $655 186 Cedar Rapids, IA $649 187 Erie, PA $648 188 Lincoln, NE $644 189 Springfield, IL $644 190 Davenport, IA $642 191 Spartanburg, SC $642 192 Springfield, OH $639 193 Canton, OH $636 194 Charleston, WV $636 195 Scranton, PA $635 196 Wichita, KS $632 197 Topeka, KS $630 198 Flint, MI $628 199 Duluth, MN $621 200 Fargo, ND $620	The World's Highest Tsunami Wave What is the DNA of the Perfect Song? 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