Your next city.
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A big move starts with the small details. Compare housing costs, understand your budget, and find a place that feels right.
Independent research. Public Census data.
SMALL DETAILS. BIG DIFFERENCES.
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Median gross rent, side by side.
Gap exceeds combined 90% MOE.
2020-2024 ACS 5-Year · Survey estimates, not live listings.
1,211Cities to explore
10 statesOne consistent dataset
U.S. CensusTraceable public sources
2020-2024ACS 5-Year estimates
What this site answers
Housing affordability, not guesswork
Use the city pages to check median rent, the income needed to keep that rent near 30% of gross income, home values, owner occupancy and state rankings.
These are 2020-2024 ACS 5-Year estimates for consistent comparisons. The latest release was checked Oct 01, 2026 at 03:00 UTC. They are not live listings or a complete consumer-price index.
Better side by side
Put two housing markets side by side
Compare rent, income targets, home values and ownership across reviewed relocation routes.
Open city comparison- Austin vs Dallas$257 reported rent gap
- Austin vs San Antonio$405 reported rent gap
- Dallas vs Fort Worth$37 reported rent gap
- Los Angeles vs San Diego$380 reported rent gap
- San Jose vs San Francisco$193 reported rent gap
- New York vs Philadelphia$424 reported rent gap
- Miami vs Tampa$57 reported rent gap
- Raleigh vs Charlotte$40 reported rent gap
- Houston vs Dallas$111 reported rent gap
- Jacksonville vs Tampa$236 reported rent gap
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Lowest median rents
Lowest rent-to-income benchmarks
Rankings exclude missing and open-ended medians and cover the current 10-state dataset and should not be described as national rankings. See formulas and limitations.
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30 reviewed city guides
- New York, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Chicago, IL
- Houston, TX
- Philadelphia, PA
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- Dallas, TX
- San Jose, CA
- Austin, TX
- Jacksonville, FL
- Fort Worth, TX
- Columbus, OH
- Charlotte, NC
- San Francisco, CA
- El Paso, TX
- Detroit, MI
- Fresno, CA
- Sacramento, CA
- Atlanta, GA
- Raleigh, NC
- Miami, FL
- Long Beach, CA
- Oakland, CA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Tampa, FL
- Arlington, TX
- Cleveland, OH
- Anaheim, CA
- Stockton, CA
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Browse every covered city, then filter and sort the numbers that matter to you.
Open data. Clear definitions.
Know what is behind the numbers.
Download the 1,211-city housing dataset with Census variables, 90% margins of error, place identifiers and source links. The 2020-2024 ACS 5-Year snapshot covers California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas.
Census source data follows the Census API terms. Cite the source, period and city when reusing it.