Average rents by city
Average monthly apartment rents:
$3,017: New York City*
$2,328: Santa Monica
$1,434: Los Angeles County
Sources: REIS, a real estate research firm, and USC Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast
*Includes four of New York’s five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.
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