Cities are some of the most vibrant and exciting places to live, yet city living can be incredibly expensive, so it's no surprise that people live with roommates to share costs.
But just how much cheaper is living with roommates? We compared average monthly roommate rents with the average monthly rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in the top 25 US cities and we were shocked by the results!
See below for an idea of how much extra you'd have to pay every year to live in a key US city in a one bedroom apartment instead of living with roommates:
- New York = $33,048
- Boston = $25,476
- San Francisco Bay Area = $22,656
- San Diego = $20,928
- Los Angeles = $17,880
- Miami = $16,776
- Seattle = $16,080
- Washington D.C. = $15,000
- Chicago = $13,464
- Tampa = $12,780
- Sacramento = $12,744
- Atlanta = $12,276
- Philadelphia = $12,036
- Portland = $11,988
- Denver = $11,616
- Baltimore = $10,308
- Orlando = $9,864
- Charlotte = $9,132
- Virginia Beach = $8,856
- Austin = $7,992
- Dallas = $7,920
- Las Vegas = $7,332
- Phoenix = $7,164
- Houston = $6,600
- San Antonio = $5,604
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