Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2023, by metro area

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 22, 2023

In 2023, households in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA MSA needed an hourly wage of 63.33 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment. It's no coincidence that the three least affordable counties in the country are located in or around the San Francisco metro area.

Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the United States in 2023, by metropolitan area (in U.S. dollars)

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2023

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

HMFA = HUD Metro Fair Market Rent (FMR) Area. This term indicates that a portion of the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) defined core-based statistical area is in the area to which the income limits and FMRs apply. HUD is required by OMB to alter the name of the metropolitan geographic entities it derives from the Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) when the geography is not the same as that established by theOMB. CBSA is a collective term meaning both metro and micro.
MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geographic entities defined by OMB for use by the federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing federal statistics. A metro area contains an urban core of 50,000 or more in population.

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