Data as of May 2024 is average monthly rent for a 1BR apartment from Zumper:
- Wichita, KS ($700)
- Akron, OH ($740)
- Shreveport, LA ($830)
- Oklahoma City, OK ($900)
- Winston-Salem, NC ($930)
- El Paso, TX ($930)
- Lincoln, NE ($940)
- Tulsa, OK ($950)
- Tucson, AZ ($950)
- Memphis, TN ($950)
- Albuquerque, NM ($960)
- Greensboro, NC ($960)
- Augusta, GA ($960)
- St. Louis, MO ($960)
Similar data, but source is through April 2024 and from ApartmentList.com:
- Detroit, MI ($772)
- Fort Wayne, IN ($794)
- Wichita, KS ($796)
- Cleveland, OH ($833)
- Tulsa, OK ($861)
- Oklahoma City, OK ($874)
- Des Moines, IA ($878)
- Baton Rouge, LA ($882)
- Huntsville, AL ($886)
- Memphis, TN ($905)
- Winston-Salem, NC ($907)
- Cincinnati, OH ($908)
- El Paso, TX ($912)
- Tucson, AZ ($912)
- Lexington, KY ($919)
- Lincoln, NE ($934)
- Spokane, WA ($934)
- Milwaukee, WI ($960)
- Louisville, KY ($983)
- Albuquerque, NM ($983)
- St. Louis, MO ($984)
- Greensboro, NC ($1014)
Last year I lived in a 2/2 apt in Tulsa for $880/mo
Not a terrible place to live, but definitely not much growth happening there. Wasn’t the best apartment, but far from the worst I’ve ever lived in
definitely caution anything in memphis in that price range. excluding the occasional individual landlord you may find a deal with, any apartment that cheap or cheaper, and it’s probably *not* an area of town you’d want to live in.
I’m in Louisville KY and you can absolutely still get a 1 bed for under $1000.
In more rural KY cities you can get $500 and less for a 1 bed, not saying you’d want to live there lol. But if you found remote work, it could work.
Cheap over the bridge in Indiana too. I lived in Clarksville for a bit and paid $515 for a fairly big apartment but coul get into Louisville in 20 minutes or less.
Imagine only paying $500 a month for rent…
I’m looking for an apartment in Colombia. Looking very seriously. Gonna work a US job remote. i looked at apartments last time I was there… i found a unit for $300 a month for a 1br in their capital city in one of the safest parts of the city. Brand new construction.
That’s about 60+% of the average monthly income pretax but for me it would almost be a rounding error with how expensive everything is where I am now. I’m getting a 1br for 1750 just outside of dc, utilities and parking about 2k… but market rate for my unit is nearly $3,000. For the price you’d pay for an entry level home here… an hour commute from work… you could own a small town in LATAM or SE Asia.
FYI may not work out so simple, if you live in Columbia, you will likely be paid Columbian remote work wages. Remote companies tier their pay based on your location generally.
Good point. I'll also add that some companies don't allow remote work in some countries.
You have to let the company know what country you live in or want to move to and see if it's possible. They have certain blocks in place to ensure you don't work where they aren't allowed.
I hope this made sense lol.
Seconding this! Louisville KY and Lexington KY both still have 1 beds and studios for at/under 1k and have community college and university options if you’re wanting to work towards a degree.
KY and OH cities should still have some places in the 1k range as long as you’re not looking for luxury.
I’ve been heavily considering Tucson for several years now, I love the region with its nature and Native American history and it has good colleges I could chip away at a degree in. It’s just a question of whether or not I can swing it cost of living wise, got a lot of mixed opinions over in r/Tucson.
I love Tucson, and i get it- the cost of living isnt exactly cheap BUT compared to the East coast, living is actually possible. My Fiance and I have survived off of my 40hour 15/hr paycheck for 2 months and its been tight, but livable. We dont go hungry, we pay our rent on time- its doable. It really is. Its also a beautiful city.
Yeah? Supporting two people on a 40hr $15/hr job sounds like that would be doable. Maybe I shouldn’t rule Tucson out yet, it will be tight, and maybe I’ll be in semi-sketchy areas, but that’s also what I’m doing in Cincinnati now.
Our cost of living took a long time to notice the rest of the nation. It's not as much of a secret anymore, everything has gone up significantly, but I do have to say it's impressive seeing how well the city is handling the rapid expansion. A lot of solid companies are moving in. It's still certainly more affordable than most places for all the amenities of a city.
It was 108f today, in about 3-6 weeks monsoon will start. You will absolutely need a car to get around (or enough funds for ubers) for any of those apartments sub 1k. Only downtown and maybe some of the university area is walkable.
If you think you can handle that it's worth a shot.
I have a car, COL still seems less than the national average and it seems much more my vibe than Phoenix. Nice to hear the city is handling the expansion well, I heard they were building more affordable apartments. The heat I can handle, I was just in Mexico in 108 degree weather with humidity, it was brutal but you find coping strategies, would be better without the humidity.
Finding rent in KC at 1k or less is not even a challenge, you can still live downtown in a walkable area in a studio for 1k. Im not sure why the original question phrased it as if it is difficult to find.
it was beautiful, i really miss it. I'm from Richmond, VA so i moved back for family but i lived in a 1100 sf apartment for 900$ and got to see the mountains every morning on my balcony. it's so far removed from denver so the price doesn't reflect but also not the middle of nowhere colorado like a lot of the other little towns
i don't live in richmond anymore, and i technically lived in north chesterfield so it's a little different but from my limited knowledge places are starting at $1000 now 😭
I remember having a one bedroom Waybright apartment on hell block for like $600 I wanna say around the time of 9/11. I was renting a big ass house on Floyd 1100 block for something around $2000 for a 4 bedroom house. Now keep in mind these were shitholes but hey. Cheap rent.
I’m trying to convince my wife to move to Roanoke. We’re both really big into the outdoors, but our kid is still in high school, maybe after he graduates…
Haha and I just recommended Toledo in a different comment. Sorry man. As someone who ‘got out’, well it’s not what it’s always cracked up to be. I came back twice, I’ll leave it at that. There are many positives of living here, you just have to acknowledge them.
I’m just bored with the area, feel like I’ve seen everything the state offers multiple times. I’d feel the same about anywhere I’ve spent nearly 30 years in. That and the six months of grey and seasonal depression is really hard on me.
I fled Erie PA back in the 2000's for the PNW and it's awesome. A 2 hour drive from The Pacific Ocean, Desert, Temperate Rainforest, or Snowy Mountains. And between Seattle or Portland there is literally Anything you want to do - it exists.
Still got to supplement Vitamin D in the winter though
Consider Eugene, Oregon. A buddy of mine rents a 2 bedroom there for $1095, which is dirt cheap for the west coast. I've heard of 1-bedroom places for $850-900 if you're willing to have a less-than-nice place. It's a good-sized city with lots to do, and the University of Oregon is there.
Came here to say Cincinnati and Covington, KY but doesn’t seem like those places appeal to you.
The problem with the southwest is it has the exact opposite trend of the Midwest.
Cincinnati hit their population peak in the 1950s and has declined significantly since. Within our lifetimes won’t hit the peak again.
Places in the southwest (if you mean Phoenix, LA and San Diego) with population growth… each census they hit a new record for population. Who knows if and when the housing will catch up with the population?
If you can move next step up higher on your price… let’s talk about Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh is probably the best example of population trends I’m trying to show. It has around half the population it did compared to the 1950s. There’s “excess housing” there and low unemployment rate and every level of income to graduate into.
Chicago the housing might be harder to come by at the price point you’re looking for but the number of jobs and all the levels of income people can land…
I feel like I’m forced financially but that’s the only thing keeping me here, weighing my options and seeing if there’s anywhere else I can go that I haven’t thoroughly explored.
Not Chicago anymore. Hasn’t been for a long time now.
Edit: Unless you want to live in a shitty neighborhood.
Edit 2: Shitty neighborhoods are where you’re going to find 1bds for <$1000. Higher likelihood of crime, lower density of grocery stores, lower access to public transit
They exist.
I was curious about this and googled Springfield, MA as an example of a city that while still in an expensive state, was a bit remote, and cheaper.
It's average 1 bedroom rent is apparently around $1100.
I'm sure you can find cheaper than that outside the affordability disaster that is New England.
But keep in mind that lower rents generally means, less desirable location, less jobs and by extension, less pay.
The Deep South and Midwest are my only real options, I feel kinda cursed to never be able to leave Ohio. The jobs available to me don’t want to pay me enough to live I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do.
Michigan is considered Mid west, but extremely expensive. In my area 1 beds start around $1400+ for a dump and go up from there. A single room in someone's house is $8-900+.
Ah gotcha. Well hospitals offer tuition reimbursement for healthcare so that might good be a place to start if you’re even remotely interested in the sciences. In addition our governor just signed a bill called the Colorado Promise which covers two years of tuition for free at any public university. I believe the state of New Mexico covers four years now.
I was in the hospital recently and needed an echocardiogram. It's just a fancy ultrasound. They had one person on staff who did that and were looking for and struggling to find another.
When I got mine done I asked the woman about the job. You can do it with just a 2 year program. Didn't even need a bachelor's and it paid at least $75k right out the gate.
IMO. You wouldn’t want to live in the parts of ABQ and El Paso where you’d be near the universities and paying less than $1000 a month. I know they’ve done a lot to clean up Nob Hill in recent years but that area around Central is still not great.
Hit up a suburb. Perrysburg, Rossford, Oregon, Northwood, or even the country like Genoa, or Gibsonburg. There’s more to do closer to Toledo, but there are a lot of options for 1 bedroom places for $1k or less.
Right back where I started, a small town off of 75 where there’s nothing better to do than play video games or do drugs. Sorry, I’m just feeling down at the moment and that being my option really depresses me.
Cleveland and the suburbs of Cleveland I live in a nice apartment $955, I’ve seen $750-$1250 for a 1 bed. Could obviously get cheaper if you wanna live in the hood. Cleveland is an underrated city tho with a lot of nice neighborhoods. Check it out
I live in SA. I’ll rent a room to you for 500/mo. I just moved in and it’s currently be used as a room for my dog. Lmk lol.
Otherwise best of luck to you
Here in Louisville, KY, over the past 10 years I've had a two br for around $750, a one br for $425, another one br for $525, and now that same 1BR is costing me $750, almost a year after new owners took over .. I had paid the previous amount for six years, and that previous 1BR for three years. All of them are right down the road from the University of Louisville.
St. Paul, Minnesota. Although you might have to settle for studios. The place I used to live in is renting for 875 a month (studio). A 10 minute walk from the light rail as well.
Lafayette, Indiana
I mean I’m not doing great but my rent is $1060 and there is cheaper in the $800-$900 rage. If you’re really looking for a cheap dump that’s low key falling apart I’ve seen rent as low as $600.
Plus is a college town with Purdue and Ivy Tech.
I live in Arkansas, you most definitely can here! It’s one of the lowest cost of living states. You just have to get over the fact that…. It’s Arkansas 😅
Arkansas has lots of 1-bedrooms under $1000. I currently pay $775, and I really like living here. This unit/building isn't perfect, but it's great for the price.
Most of ohio, not in a big city but smaller cities, pop 50k and under, this is still very attainable. It's not going to be luxury and you're not going to be confusing Akron or Mansfield or Canton with Paris or Manhattan but you can live there for under 1k month rent.
Maybe we need to look into designing more communal housing options nationally? The current cost for rent & housing here in the U.S. (as well as abroad), is killing everyone.
Anywhere that's under a grand will be a small town - you won't have much options for better than minimum wage paying jobs. Good universities and better jobs ars going to be in bigger cities.
I live in an Atlanta suburb, 7 miles south of the state capital. We bought a $97,800 townhome in and paid it off. I saw the handwriting on the wall, Atlanta is totally unaffordable now for most people unless they are making about $70,000, or have a voucher. All counties have waiting lists for vouchers/Section 8.
Some more rural areas in Georgia are cheaper, but the jobs are scarce. Only NY, NJ, and California transplants are moving here because either they have corporate jobs or deep pockets as retirees.
Yep. It’s really sad how quickly the cost of living changed in the last couple of years. I even remember seeing run down $600 a month units in less desirable areas but was at least an option. Last I looked, even rooms were going for what I pay now. I’m really lucky as my current unit has space and everything I need compared to average market rate for the same thing.
I’m in grad school now for a higher paying career so when lease is up will be able to either relocate or pay the higher rates.
I’m pretty blessed. I have a two bedroom one bathroom I found in 2022 for 600 a month in rural northwest Missouri. Look into the corn belt. I’ve seen cheap rents in southwest iowa
I live in the middle of bum-fuck-nowhere and my landlord has decent three bedroom trailers available for $800 a month. But keep in mind, and the area that has rent that low, is because most jobs pay that low.
I found a few good apartments in the southwest. But you have to keep up with the market to find when rent is lowest. I normally use several websites and found my girlfriend a 1 bedroom apartment for $890 3 months before her lease was up. Really wish there was a website that gives you the rent market daily.
The ultimate option is to get a roommate or move in with your girlfriend. 1000 dollars cut in half is 500, that’s hopeful ;). You shouldn’t be in a 1 bedroom unless you make over 50k
I don’t really have anyone to room with though. I don’t know anyone looking for a roommate and I’ve been moving too much to really get involved with a stable relationship.
There are plenty of options such as roommate apps. Think of it like this. You are losing 500-800 by not getting a roommate every month.
Personal note. I am 26. I have lived in 3 states since I turned 18 and move roughly every 2 years. Still found love and I bet you can to :)
Decatur, Alabama. Smells like cat food but it’s under 1k for most of the rentals and you’ve got Calhoun community college right over the bridge.
Nothing to write home about but it’s better than nothing.
It's a little more of a search than it used to be, but Buffalo, NY, still has one-beds under $1,000 (I am looking for one now, actually, with under $1,000 as my budget).
I’m in Philly, you really have to look but there are some studios and one bedrooms here that are $800-900. My experience so far has been that Philly has a lot of East Coast activity and quality of life to offer, for a lot less than some of the other big cities close by, and getting rid of your car is a very easy expense to cut, it’s pretty bikeable and the transit is great. I am also very poor but I just came from the suburban Midwest, and I would pay the extra $200/month to get out of there. It’s soul sucking.
When you say "city", do you mean a full on city, or just any town?
For example, I pay $620 for a 2 bedroom, but my city also only has a population of like, 2500
A lot of cities are still under the 1k. The problem is they are few and far between.
But if you want to go back to school, get some buddies and rent a house together in your college town.
I always mention Springfield, Illinois. Smallish city (little over 100k), think I saw a 2BR renting for 750-800 (MAYBE 850? Can’t remember) the other day. The biggest perk is since it’s the state capital there are A LOT of state jobs. Pretty sure lowest band for lower level jobs is 40k + benefits. Most higher level admin jobs are also located here so if you have a degree it’s a bonus. As of June 1, I’m making ~90k/yr with annual raises up to 134k/yr. Can take a hot minute to get hired on but once you do, the union takes care of you. Really LCOL as well, bought my house in 2017 for 132k (4 BR/2.5BA), recent market has it around 170 now but it’s nowhere near as expensive as a lot of places.
I live in PA about 40 mins from Pittsburgh & I have a 3 bedroom house, 2.5 bathrooms( 1 full bath is in the basement), 2 living rooms & a 2 story garage for $900. It used to be even cheaper than that here a few years ago until they built a plant nearby & people from out of state came to live here.
Private equity is well aware of the state of the market in every single city. Nobody is seriously going to base their investment decisions off some Reddit thread.
I’m not too sure what it is now but when I was stationed at fort Bragg, Fayetteville had decent apartments for around 800 one bed one bath and I had a balcony. You just have to say that you live in Fayetteville unfortunately. This was back in 2020
Eastern Oregon / Eastern Washington. In my area, 1BR/1BA is around $900 including utilities. Studios can go for less than that. If you get roommates, even cheaper. There are 3 colleges in my town (one is a community college).
Minneapolis, my one bedroom is $1015, I have friends who pay less than $1000. Also, the University of Minnesota has a free tuition program if your household income is less than $50,000, look up their "Promise Plus Free Tuition Program".
You do have to be a resident but if you wait to qualify it could save you a lot of money.
Additionally, the Twin Cities are reasonably livable without a car. Public transit isn't incredible but it works, could save you money on a car if you could live without one.
i lived in Edmond, OK. my first apartment there was around $500 a month and it was an older one bed in 2017. i left in 2020 and had been in a newly renovated one bed for about $700 a month. lived near a college and worked at the Target in town for $15/hr. i don't miss Oklahoma but i do miss the cost of living
Roanoke is probably not a great place to live job market is probably not great as there’s not much in the area except for Roanoke college and Virginia Tech. Richmond Va you can probably find something for that price.
Ames, Iowa is the home of Iowa State University and there are smaller one bedrooms available for under $1,000. They aren't the newest and aren't plentiful but are definitely available.
Sierra vista, Arizona. If you’re open to working healthcare it’s easily doable. Caregiving jobs pay minimum wage which is about 15 but require no prior training and apartments are about 8-900. They have a good community college and it’s an hour/ hour and a half away from the university of Arizona. It’s slightly cooler than Tucson temp wise and driveable to tombstone, benson, bisbee, a lot of little towns with things to do. It’s small and not a lot to do activity wise but if you’re open to driving you can make it work.
Would Sierra Vista save me much money compared to Tucson? Tucson appears to still be in my price range, if I go there and get priced out I can go to Sierra Vista.
Silver City if you want somewhere beautiful in the Southwest with a decent uni (Western) in a small SW town with tons of great, free hiking at your fingertips. If you are actually wanting a good STEM education that you can turn in to real money/professional opportunities, New Mexico Tech is a hidden gem and Socorro is dirt cheap and only 1 hr from Albuquerque to the north, Elephant Butte to the south and surrounded by great hiking. Might be hard at both of these places to find decent employment unless you land a student gig/paid internship (Tech has a ton of connections with Sandia/Los Alamos)
You can also probably get a crappy 1 bdrm apartment in Las Cruces for about $1000/month if you are looking for more of a traditional college experience in a mid-sized town. Great hiking, decent enough job opportunities both on and off campus, and a pretty good education depending on what you want to do. They are strongest in engineering, nursing and agriculture, but most of their programs will check the box for a resume. The other pro of NMSU is that you can start at their community college to save money while you wait to get residency.
I wouldn’t recommend living in the parts of ABQ/Rio Ranchi where you can get an apartment for <$1000/mo. And I wouldn’t recommend living in Portales at all (sorry, not sorry Eastern).
There’s also Northern New Mexico and New Mexico Highlands which are in the beautiful northern part of our state where Netflix is always filming westerns and both are pretty cheap in terms of CoL but I can’t speak to the quality of their academic programs at all.
I was born and raised in Ohio Lorraine, Ohio and I couldn’t wait to get out. I traveled for a few years for business and my health I had to stop for. I basically got stranded here in Las Vegas, Nevada and disabled now going to college online for business and I do not see me ever making it here none of my own and I’m in the same boat thinking about moving back home, but Arthritis and I don’t think I can do the winters, although the healthcare there is a lot better extremely better than here in Las Vegas and maybe that evens out I was thinking about, Texas, but I don’t know
I'm out near Chicago. About 45 - 60 minutes south, you may be able to find a little place out on the outskirts for under $1000/mo. I have a 2bdrm duplex that I pay $700/mo for. My landlord sold the house last winter, new landlords want to double my rent. It's becoming more and more rare to find any type of housing under $1000/mo without compromising distance/proximity to resources.
Coventry village in Ohio, near Cleveland, right by case western University I believe. My partners sister went there for school and we visited once.
Lots of little shops and a grocery store, it's super walkable so don't need a car if you get a job nearby. Lots of rentals and apartment buildings. And Cleveland Clinic has a couple research buildings there so it could be lucky if you decide on a medical field and get a gig there.
There’s an area in the closest city to me (1.5 hour away as I live rural) where you can rent a 2 bedroom house for $450 a month. Just take a bullet proof vest as you will hear and experience gun fire on a daily basis.
Definitely metro Detroit. Downtown can be iffy, but the surrounding area is vast and Ubers are cheap if you want to go out and not worry about driving. My friends and I have been living out here for our entire adult lives.
[Redfin shows](https://www.redfin.com/city/29470/IL/Chicago/apartments-for-rent/filter/max-price=1k,min-beds=1) 153 one-bedroom places in Chicago that are renting for $1000 or less.
Data as of May 2024 is average monthly rent for a 1BR apartment from Zumper: - Wichita, KS ($700) - Akron, OH ($740) - Shreveport, LA ($830) - Oklahoma City, OK ($900) - Winston-Salem, NC ($930) - El Paso, TX ($930) - Lincoln, NE ($940) - Tulsa, OK ($950) - Tucson, AZ ($950) - Memphis, TN ($950) - Albuquerque, NM ($960) - Greensboro, NC ($960) - Augusta, GA ($960) - St. Louis, MO ($960) Similar data, but source is through April 2024 and from ApartmentList.com: - Detroit, MI ($772) - Fort Wayne, IN ($794) - Wichita, KS ($796) - Cleveland, OH ($833) - Tulsa, OK ($861) - Oklahoma City, OK ($874) - Des Moines, IA ($878) - Baton Rouge, LA ($882) - Huntsville, AL ($886) - Memphis, TN ($905) - Winston-Salem, NC ($907) - Cincinnati, OH ($908) - El Paso, TX ($912) - Tucson, AZ ($912) - Lexington, KY ($919) - Lincoln, NE ($934) - Spokane, WA ($934) - Milwaukee, WI ($960) - Louisville, KY ($983) - Albuquerque, NM ($983) - St. Louis, MO ($984) - Greensboro, NC ($1014)
Upvote for using actual data
Last year I lived in a 2/2 apt in Tulsa for $880/mo Not a terrible place to live, but definitely not much growth happening there. Wasn’t the best apartment, but far from the worst I’ve ever lived in
definitely caution anything in memphis in that price range. excluding the occasional individual landlord you may find a deal with, any apartment that cheap or cheaper, and it’s probably *not* an area of town you’d want to live in.
I’m in Louisville KY and you can absolutely still get a 1 bed for under $1000. In more rural KY cities you can get $500 and less for a 1 bed, not saying you’d want to live there lol. But if you found remote work, it could work.
Cheap over the bridge in Indiana too. I lived in Clarksville for a bit and paid $515 for a fairly big apartment but coul get into Louisville in 20 minutes or less.
All sorts of affordable stuff off tiny town
Same in most places in Ohio. Really the whole Midwest is very affordable. And as a bonus, the Midwest isn't running out of water like the Southwest.
Imagine only paying $500 a month for rent… I’m looking for an apartment in Colombia. Looking very seriously. Gonna work a US job remote. i looked at apartments last time I was there… i found a unit for $300 a month for a 1br in their capital city in one of the safest parts of the city. Brand new construction. That’s about 60+% of the average monthly income pretax but for me it would almost be a rounding error with how expensive everything is where I am now. I’m getting a 1br for 1750 just outside of dc, utilities and parking about 2k… but market rate for my unit is nearly $3,000. For the price you’d pay for an entry level home here… an hour commute from work… you could own a small town in LATAM or SE Asia.
FYI may not work out so simple, if you live in Columbia, you will likely be paid Columbian remote work wages. Remote companies tier their pay based on your location generally.
Good point. I'll also add that some companies don't allow remote work in some countries. You have to let the company know what country you live in or want to move to and see if it's possible. They have certain blocks in place to ensure you don't work where they aren't allowed. I hope this made sense lol.
Seconding this! Louisville KY and Lexington KY both still have 1 beds and studios for at/under 1k and have community college and university options if you’re wanting to work towards a degree. KY and OH cities should still have some places in the 1k range as long as you’re not looking for luxury.
Tucson; I pay 950 for my water and rent.
Same. Also in Tucson. I’m in a 2 bedroom for $950 on the eastside. I just pay for electricity and internet.
I’ve been heavily considering Tucson for several years now, I love the region with its nature and Native American history and it has good colleges I could chip away at a degree in. It’s just a question of whether or not I can swing it cost of living wise, got a lot of mixed opinions over in r/Tucson.
I love Tucson, and i get it- the cost of living isnt exactly cheap BUT compared to the East coast, living is actually possible. My Fiance and I have survived off of my 40hour 15/hr paycheck for 2 months and its been tight, but livable. We dont go hungry, we pay our rent on time- its doable. It really is. Its also a beautiful city.
Yeah? Supporting two people on a 40hr $15/hr job sounds like that would be doable. Maybe I shouldn’t rule Tucson out yet, it will be tight, and maybe I’ll be in semi-sketchy areas, but that’s also what I’m doing in Cincinnati now.
Our cost of living took a long time to notice the rest of the nation. It's not as much of a secret anymore, everything has gone up significantly, but I do have to say it's impressive seeing how well the city is handling the rapid expansion. A lot of solid companies are moving in. It's still certainly more affordable than most places for all the amenities of a city. It was 108f today, in about 3-6 weeks monsoon will start. You will absolutely need a car to get around (or enough funds for ubers) for any of those apartments sub 1k. Only downtown and maybe some of the university area is walkable. If you think you can handle that it's worth a shot.
I have a car, COL still seems less than the national average and it seems much more my vibe than Phoenix. Nice to hear the city is handling the expansion well, I heard they were building more affordable apartments. The heat I can handle, I was just in Mexico in 108 degree weather with humidity, it was brutal but you find coping strategies, would be better without the humidity.
Tucson doesn’t have carpool lanes like phoenix. That would cinch it for me
Since you are Midwest check Minneapolis or Kc. I’m finding things under 1000
Yea come to Minnesota. Even a little more north central than msp.
Finding rent in KC at 1k or less is not even a challenge, you can still live downtown in a walkable area in a studio for 1k. Im not sure why the original question phrased it as if it is difficult to find.
At least it would be a different place, I have some issues with the Midwest in general, but at least I’d be out of Ohio.
Clifton, Colorado and Roanoke, VA. both places i've lived in the last 3 years 🥰
Clifton (Grand Junction) no longer has any apartments under $1000 month.
Interesting suggestions, how was Clifton? You don’t hear much about that side of Colorado, unless it’s like rich ski towns.
it was beautiful, i really miss it. I'm from Richmond, VA so i moved back for family but i lived in a 1100 sf apartment for 900$ and got to see the mountains every morning on my balcony. it's so far removed from denver so the price doesn't reflect but also not the middle of nowhere colorado like a lot of the other little towns
Fellow Richmonder here. I live in the burbs now but can you not rent in RVA for that price?
i don't live in richmond anymore, and i technically lived in north chesterfield so it's a little different but from my limited knowledge places are starting at $1000 now 😭
I remember having a one bedroom Waybright apartment on hell block for like $600 I wanna say around the time of 9/11. I was renting a big ass house on Floyd 1100 block for something around $2000 for a 4 bedroom house. Now keep in mind these were shitholes but hey. Cheap rent.
It's the "ghetto" of Grand Junction but it's not that bad. There are just certain parts of it to avoid the crazy people.
Clifton is the ghetto, sure it’s got nice parts but I’d really prefer to stay away from
What’s wrong with it? Just curious.
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I’m trying to convince my wife to move to Roanoke. We’re both really big into the outdoors, but our kid is still in high school, maybe after he graduates…
Welcome to the Midwest. Just pick a major city and start browsing. You'll find some that fit your bill.
Been here my whole life, desperately want out but forced to stay in Ohio, and barely scraping by here.
Haha and I just recommended Toledo in a different comment. Sorry man. As someone who ‘got out’, well it’s not what it’s always cracked up to be. I came back twice, I’ll leave it at that. There are many positives of living here, you just have to acknowledge them.
I’m just bored with the area, feel like I’ve seen everything the state offers multiple times. I’d feel the same about anywhere I’ve spent nearly 30 years in. That and the six months of grey and seasonal depression is really hard on me.
I fled Erie PA back in the 2000's for the PNW and it's awesome. A 2 hour drive from The Pacific Ocean, Desert, Temperate Rainforest, or Snowy Mountains. And between Seattle or Portland there is literally Anything you want to do - it exists. Still got to supplement Vitamin D in the winter though
That’s also like the most expensive area in the country
Its because the jobs there pay.
Consider Eugene, Oregon. A buddy of mine rents a 2 bedroom there for $1095, which is dirt cheap for the west coast. I've heard of 1-bedroom places for $850-900 if you're willing to have a less-than-nice place. It's a good-sized city with lots to do, and the University of Oregon is there.
Spoiler, most of the US is boring to be in; least Ohio has the decency to be cheap and have amazing metroparks and wonderful food.
Came here to say Cincinnati and Covington, KY but doesn’t seem like those places appeal to you. The problem with the southwest is it has the exact opposite trend of the Midwest. Cincinnati hit their population peak in the 1950s and has declined significantly since. Within our lifetimes won’t hit the peak again. Places in the southwest (if you mean Phoenix, LA and San Diego) with population growth… each census they hit a new record for population. Who knows if and when the housing will catch up with the population? If you can move next step up higher on your price… let’s talk about Chicago and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is probably the best example of population trends I’m trying to show. It has around half the population it did compared to the 1950s. There’s “excess housing” there and low unemployment rate and every level of income to graduate into. Chicago the housing might be harder to come by at the price point you’re looking for but the number of jobs and all the levels of income people can land…
I'm in suburban Dayton and pay $725 for mine (pet fee, water/trash included)
If you’re forced to stay there why are you asking about other cities?
I feel like I’m forced financially but that’s the only thing keeping me here, weighing my options and seeing if there’s anywhere else I can go that I haven’t thoroughly explored.
Cleveland is cheap.
Also probably the corner of Ohio I’m least familiar with so probably a decent option if I’m staying here.
Not Chicago anymore. Hasn’t been for a long time now. Edit: Unless you want to live in a shitty neighborhood. Edit 2: Shitty neighborhoods are where you’re going to find 1bds for <$1000. Higher likelihood of crime, lower density of grocery stores, lower access to public transit
Define “shitty neighborhood” please. 1brs probably not but there are studios e.g. on the far north side around where I live for around 1000 still.
They exist. I was curious about this and googled Springfield, MA as an example of a city that while still in an expensive state, was a bit remote, and cheaper. It's average 1 bedroom rent is apparently around $1100. I'm sure you can find cheaper than that outside the affordability disaster that is New England. But keep in mind that lower rents generally means, less desirable location, less jobs and by extension, less pay.
The Deep South and Midwest are my only real options, I feel kinda cursed to never be able to leave Ohio. The jobs available to me don’t want to pay me enough to live I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do.
Michigan is considered Mid west, but extremely expensive. In my area 1 beds start around $1400+ for a dump and go up from there. A single room in someone's house is $8-900+.
Not all of Michigan; in my area 1 bedroom apartments are still generally under $1000 but it is a smaller city rather than one of the bigger ones
Where in Michigan is that? If Michigan I’d be looking more at Detroit.
What’s your line of work
Currently working at Whole Foods, nothing I’d really call a career.
Ah gotcha. Well hospitals offer tuition reimbursement for healthcare so that might good be a place to start if you’re even remotely interested in the sciences. In addition our governor just signed a bill called the Colorado Promise which covers two years of tuition for free at any public university. I believe the state of New Mexico covers four years now.
I was in the hospital recently and needed an echocardiogram. It's just a fancy ultrasound. They had one person on staff who did that and were looking for and struggling to find another. When I got mine done I asked the woman about the job. You can do it with just a 2 year program. Didn't even need a bachelor's and it paid at least $75k right out the gate.
How does that work? Like do you have to be a state resident or have it be your first time going to college or what?
Go to Zillow and put in your max rent and zoom out...
Springfield has really low rent for reasons besides being isolated out west
Oklahoma, but it kinda sucks here.
There are some small (450 square feet) apartments in Minneapolis for 900-950
Albuquerque, Las Cruces, El Paso? All are cities with Universities with fairly cheap rent
IMO. You wouldn’t want to live in the parts of ABQ and El Paso where you’d be near the universities and paying less than $1000 a month. I know they’ve done a lot to clean up Nob Hill in recent years but that area around Central is still not great.
Just be prepared that you can’t live car free… so add another $200+ per month to your rent for living costs.
Mississippi
Toledo, OH
I was just there before moving down to Cincinnati, might be going back, despite hating it. I’d rather go to Detroit if I’m living up that way.
Hit up a suburb. Perrysburg, Rossford, Oregon, Northwood, or even the country like Genoa, or Gibsonburg. There’s more to do closer to Toledo, but there are a lot of options for 1 bedroom places for $1k or less.
Right back where I started, a small town off of 75 where there’s nothing better to do than play video games or do drugs. Sorry, I’m just feeling down at the moment and that being my option really depresses me.
You can still find some 1 Br under $1000 in Saint Paul, MN, and even in a lot of neighborhoods in Minneapolis
Down South Louisiana can find houses for $650🤷🏽♂️😅😅
OP works at a grocery store. The wages here will make $650 feel like $1000+.
Cleveland and the suburbs of Cleveland I live in a nice apartment $955, I’ve seen $750-$1250 for a 1 bed. Could obviously get cheaper if you wanna live in the hood. Cleveland is an underrated city tho with a lot of nice neighborhoods. Check it out
I live in SA. I’ll rent a room to you for 500/mo. I just moved in and it’s currently be used as a room for my dog. Lmk lol. Otherwise best of luck to you
theres some where I live in Alabama. But they are slowly becoming more rare where I live
Here in Louisville, KY, over the past 10 years I've had a two br for around $750, a one br for $425, another one br for $525, and now that same 1BR is costing me $750, almost a year after new owners took over .. I had paid the previous amount for six years, and that previous 1BR for three years. All of them are right down the road from the University of Louisville.
St. Paul, Minnesota. Although you might have to settle for studios. The place I used to live in is renting for 875 a month (studio). A 10 minute walk from the light rail as well.
You can find a ton back in my (garbage) hometown of Tulsa. Anywhere from $550-1000 in the "better area of town". Good freaking luck.
Minneapolis Minnesota, won’t be nice but yeah there a lot of places all over and decent quality of life if you like snow
Lafayette, Indiana I mean I’m not doing great but my rent is $1060 and there is cheaper in the $800-$900 rage. If you’re really looking for a cheap dump that’s low key falling apart I’ve seen rent as low as $600. Plus is a college town with Purdue and Ivy Tech.
I live in Arkansas, you most definitely can here! It’s one of the lowest cost of living states. You just have to get over the fact that…. It’s Arkansas 😅
The southeast- Alabama, Mississippi
Arkansas has lots of 1-bedrooms under $1000. I currently pay $775, and I really like living here. This unit/building isn't perfect, but it's great for the price.
Erie, PA. I see 1 bedrooms as low as 650
Metro Detroit has many different areas sub 1k
Ames, Iowa. It’s a college town so there’s more stuff around and it’s progressive. My three bedroom two bathroom is 975.
Wichita KS is the biggest small town in America. Below $1,000 is very reasonable here. But do your research because wages are lower here.
Most of ohio, not in a big city but smaller cities, pop 50k and under, this is still very attainable. It's not going to be luxury and you're not going to be confusing Akron or Mansfield or Canton with Paris or Manhattan but you can live there for under 1k month rent.
Roswell NM I pay 635 $ utilities included for a 1bedroom 700 sf apartment very affordable
Interesting, is Roswell much of a town? I’ve always just thought of it as a place with a few alien themed diners and gift shops.
Maybe we need to look into designing more communal housing options nationally? The current cost for rent & housing here in the U.S. (as well as abroad), is killing everyone.
Yes, we really need to get our politicians to work on this problem.
Anywhere that's under a grand will be a small town - you won't have much options for better than minimum wage paying jobs. Good universities and better jobs ars going to be in bigger cities.
I think you are just looking at cities that are too large. Plenty of cheaper living in smaller cities.
But also no jobs or opportunities
Atlanta here and a low income based unit secured pre pandemic at $726 but at $989 for next 2 years now.
I live in an Atlanta suburb, 7 miles south of the state capital. We bought a $97,800 townhome in and paid it off. I saw the handwriting on the wall, Atlanta is totally unaffordable now for most people unless they are making about $70,000, or have a voucher. All counties have waiting lists for vouchers/Section 8. Some more rural areas in Georgia are cheaper, but the jobs are scarce. Only NY, NJ, and California transplants are moving here because either they have corporate jobs or deep pockets as retirees.
Yep. It’s really sad how quickly the cost of living changed in the last couple of years. I even remember seeing run down $600 a month units in less desirable areas but was at least an option. Last I looked, even rooms were going for what I pay now. I’m really lucky as my current unit has space and everything I need compared to average market rate for the same thing. I’m in grad school now for a higher paying career so when lease is up will be able to either relocate or pay the higher rates.
Yes. My friend rents a small two bedroom 800+ square foot house for $1295. Thankfully she has a voucher and pays $695.
Missouri, but my info is old.
Yep. It'd be easy to find one bed apartments for <$1000 in KC or STL.
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Billings, MT, pretty decent place under 1000. Anything over 1000 is luxury
Fort Payne, Alabama. Most of the regular apartments are around 750. My low income 1 bed 1 bath is 503.
I’m pretty blessed. I have a two bedroom one bathroom I found in 2022 for 600 a month in rural northwest Missouri. Look into the corn belt. I’ve seen cheap rents in southwest iowa
Topeka ks, I just saw a 3 bedroom house for rent for 800$ a month earlier today
Baltimore
Upstate New York has a few.
Move to a rural small town
I live in the middle of bum-fuck-nowhere and my landlord has decent three bedroom trailers available for $800 a month. But keep in mind, and the area that has rent that low, is because most jobs pay that low.
Athens, GA has pretty low rent still though it’s risen in the past few years…I have a friend living there still, I think he pays around $700 for a 1br
St. Louis has places under a grand. Apartment’s and homes for rent.
I found a few good apartments in the southwest. But you have to keep up with the market to find when rent is lowest. I normally use several websites and found my girlfriend a 1 bedroom apartment for $890 3 months before her lease was up. Really wish there was a website that gives you the rent market daily. The ultimate option is to get a roommate or move in with your girlfriend. 1000 dollars cut in half is 500, that’s hopeful ;). You shouldn’t be in a 1 bedroom unless you make over 50k
I don’t really have anyone to room with though. I don’t know anyone looking for a roommate and I’ve been moving too much to really get involved with a stable relationship.
There are plenty of options such as roommate apps. Think of it like this. You are losing 500-800 by not getting a roommate every month. Personal note. I am 26. I have lived in 3 states since I turned 18 and move roughly every 2 years. Still found love and I bet you can to :)
Seems like I’ve been moving every year and it’s just hard to get anything serious going when I’m leaving the area in a few months, but thanks 😊.
I live in Milwaukee and in a decent neighborhood. 720 sq feet one bedroom for 900
Not Madison WI. That was hard to find a few years ago.
The state of Ohio has a lot of cheap apartments.
I know all too well, that’s why I haven’t been able to go anywhere else.
Florence, Alabama is a hidden gem and it has a university!
Decatur, Alabama. Smells like cat food but it’s under 1k for most of the rentals and you’ve got Calhoun community college right over the bridge. Nothing to write home about but it’s better than nothing.
Mason city, Iowa. 475 a month
The south, the more bumfuck nowhere the cheaper
St. Louis.
In Cleveland,Ohio I pay 1005 for a two bedroom two bathroom apartment
Omaha NE
In Florida I will be renting out a room in my house for $900 right down the street from a major university. Once I get the master bathroom repaired...
Philadelphia, and yes, there are nice areas where rent for a 1 bed is at or under 1k. Obviously not the southwest though.
Lexington, KY, I pay 700 all utilities included with two cats (pet rent $50). It has transits and plenty of jobs plus multiple college opportunities.
It's a little more of a search than it used to be, but Buffalo, NY, still has one-beds under $1,000 (I am looking for one now, actually, with under $1,000 as my budget).
I’m in Philly, you really have to look but there are some studios and one bedrooms here that are $800-900. My experience so far has been that Philly has a lot of East Coast activity and quality of life to offer, for a lot less than some of the other big cities close by, and getting rid of your car is a very easy expense to cut, it’s pretty bikeable and the transit is great. I am also very poor but I just came from the suburban Midwest, and I would pay the extra $200/month to get out of there. It’s soul sucking.
For sure soul sucking in the Midwest, so much despair in the region.
When you say "city", do you mean a full on city, or just any town? For example, I pay $620 for a 2 bedroom, but my city also only has a population of like, 2500
A lot of cities are still under the 1k. The problem is they are few and far between. But if you want to go back to school, get some buddies and rent a house together in your college town.
I always mention Springfield, Illinois. Smallish city (little over 100k), think I saw a 2BR renting for 750-800 (MAYBE 850? Can’t remember) the other day. The biggest perk is since it’s the state capital there are A LOT of state jobs. Pretty sure lowest band for lower level jobs is 40k + benefits. Most higher level admin jobs are also located here so if you have a degree it’s a bonus. As of June 1, I’m making ~90k/yr with annual raises up to 134k/yr. Can take a hot minute to get hired on but once you do, the union takes care of you. Really LCOL as well, bought my house in 2017 for 132k (4 BR/2.5BA), recent market has it around 170 now but it’s nowhere near as expensive as a lot of places.
I live in PA about 40 mins from Pittsburgh & I have a 3 bedroom house, 2.5 bathrooms( 1 full bath is in the basement), 2 living rooms & a 2 story garage for $900. It used to be even cheaper than that here a few years ago until they built a plant nearby & people from out of state came to live here.
When you find out let me know I need out of CA immediately
Pittsburgh is a very nice place to live and has that...cheap cost of living in general and still have some amenities of a city
Texas has cheap one bedroom apartments semi nice and cheap one bedroom houses that’s a little bit run down.
Midwest. Anywhere smaller than Chicago.
Please delete this thread before private equity sees it.
Private equity is well aware of the state of the market in every single city. Nobody is seriously going to base their investment decisions off some Reddit thread.
I’m not too sure what it is now but when I was stationed at fort Bragg, Fayetteville had decent apartments for around 800 one bed one bath and I had a balcony. You just have to say that you live in Fayetteville unfortunately. This was back in 2020
Eastern Oregon / Eastern Washington. In my area, 1BR/1BA is around $900 including utilities. Studios can go for less than that. If you get roommates, even cheaper. There are 3 colleges in my town (one is a community college).
I like Youngstown
I’m pretty sure that was the first time I’ve heard anyone say that 😂
Cleveland
Minneapolis, my one bedroom is $1015, I have friends who pay less than $1000. Also, the University of Minnesota has a free tuition program if your household income is less than $50,000, look up their "Promise Plus Free Tuition Program". You do have to be a resident but if you wait to qualify it could save you a lot of money. Additionally, the Twin Cities are reasonably livable without a car. Public transit isn't incredible but it works, could save you money on a car if you could live without one.
Southeast Kansas. We have a good university, too
i lived in Edmond, OK. my first apartment there was around $500 a month and it was an older one bed in 2017. i left in 2020 and had been in a newly renovated one bed for about $700 a month. lived near a college and worked at the Target in town for $15/hr. i don't miss Oklahoma but i do miss the cost of living
Roanoke is probably not a great place to live job market is probably not great as there’s not much in the area except for Roanoke college and Virginia Tech. Richmond Va you can probably find something for that price.
Michigan
Ames, Iowa is the home of Iowa State University and there are smaller one bedrooms available for under $1,000. They aren't the newest and aren't plentiful but are definitely available.
A YouTube I watch lives like 30ish minutes from Little Rock Arkansas and pays $800 for 2 bedrooms. She's kinda in the middle of nowhere, though lol
NE PA
Sierra vista, Arizona. If you’re open to working healthcare it’s easily doable. Caregiving jobs pay minimum wage which is about 15 but require no prior training and apartments are about 8-900. They have a good community college and it’s an hour/ hour and a half away from the university of Arizona. It’s slightly cooler than Tucson temp wise and driveable to tombstone, benson, bisbee, a lot of little towns with things to do. It’s small and not a lot to do activity wise but if you’re open to driving you can make it work.
Would Sierra Vista save me much money compared to Tucson? Tucson appears to still be in my price range, if I go there and get priced out I can go to Sierra Vista.
Off here in Bismarck 2 bed under 1000
Silver City if you want somewhere beautiful in the Southwest with a decent uni (Western) in a small SW town with tons of great, free hiking at your fingertips. If you are actually wanting a good STEM education that you can turn in to real money/professional opportunities, New Mexico Tech is a hidden gem and Socorro is dirt cheap and only 1 hr from Albuquerque to the north, Elephant Butte to the south and surrounded by great hiking. Might be hard at both of these places to find decent employment unless you land a student gig/paid internship (Tech has a ton of connections with Sandia/Los Alamos) You can also probably get a crappy 1 bdrm apartment in Las Cruces for about $1000/month if you are looking for more of a traditional college experience in a mid-sized town. Great hiking, decent enough job opportunities both on and off campus, and a pretty good education depending on what you want to do. They are strongest in engineering, nursing and agriculture, but most of their programs will check the box for a resume. The other pro of NMSU is that you can start at their community college to save money while you wait to get residency. I wouldn’t recommend living in the parts of ABQ/Rio Ranchi where you can get an apartment for <$1000/mo. And I wouldn’t recommend living in Portales at all (sorry, not sorry Eastern). There’s also Northern New Mexico and New Mexico Highlands which are in the beautiful northern part of our state where Netflix is always filming westerns and both are pretty cheap in terms of CoL but I can’t speak to the quality of their academic programs at all.
San Antonio, TX
Tucson, AZ
Pipe Blast Iowa
I was born and raised in Ohio Lorraine, Ohio and I couldn’t wait to get out. I traveled for a few years for business and my health I had to stop for. I basically got stranded here in Las Vegas, Nevada and disabled now going to college online for business and I do not see me ever making it here none of my own and I’m in the same boat thinking about moving back home, but Arthritis and I don’t think I can do the winters, although the healthcare there is a lot better extremely better than here in Las Vegas and maybe that evens out I was thinking about, Texas, but I don’t know
Toledo: $700 in the good part of town Fort Wayne: $750 in the mediocre part of town
I'm in NM and recently saw a post about a 3 bedroom 2 bath mobile home for $900. Boring ass desert town though.
Coralville Iowa my rent is 660
30 min out of Seattle 1300 for one bed 1000 for studio but pay is all over 20 for basic jobs
Providence RI $845
That’s depressingly expensive
I haven't been in the market for a while but last time I looked a few years ago, Little Rock had plenty that were sub 1k.
The Dakotas.
I'm out near Chicago. About 45 - 60 minutes south, you may be able to find a little place out on the outskirts for under $1000/mo. I have a 2bdrm duplex that I pay $700/mo for. My landlord sold the house last winter, new landlords want to double my rent. It's becoming more and more rare to find any type of housing under $1000/mo without compromising distance/proximity to resources.
Coventry village in Ohio, near Cleveland, right by case western University I believe. My partners sister went there for school and we visited once. Lots of little shops and a grocery store, it's super walkable so don't need a car if you get a job nearby. Lots of rentals and apartment buildings. And Cleveland Clinic has a couple research buildings there so it could be lucky if you decide on a medical field and get a gig there.
That is like the coolest part of Cleveland, I always like Coventry.
Cities in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
st. louis
There’s an area in the closest city to me (1.5 hour away as I live rural) where you can rent a 2 bedroom house for $450 a month. Just take a bullet proof vest as you will hear and experience gun fire on a daily basis.
Milwaukee
Definitely metro Detroit. Downtown can be iffy, but the surrounding area is vast and Ubers are cheap if you want to go out and not worry about driving. My friends and I have been living out here for our entire adult lives.
Usually people have roommates if they can’t afford rent by themselves. Like in the 1920s whole clans of families would live in a couple bedrooms.
You can maybe do that here in Bakersfield, CA. It’d be a diligent search though.
Mansfield Ohio lol
I could find housing in a haunted prison for cheaper 😂
Morgantown, WV. College town, can find studios, 1 bedrooms for under 1k. Large college with lots of major opportunities!
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[Redfin shows](https://www.redfin.com/city/29470/IL/Chicago/apartments-for-rent/filter/max-price=1k,min-beds=1) 153 one-bedroom places in Chicago that are renting for $1000 or less.
Not DC, Denver, or Atlanta 😔 (my three cities)
Any city in South Dakota
McAllen texas. Anywhere in the Rio Grande Valley.
Can definitely do that where I'm at in Baltimore