Study: Georgia Renters Give State C+ Overall, B for Affordability

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Friday, September 9th, 2016

The official results from the United States Renter Confidence Survey have just been released, which had more than 30,000 responses nationwide. In the study, renters are asked to rate their cities across safety, jobs, affordability, and other dimensions. How does your city or state compare?

Here are some highlights:

- Among large cities, Boston, Denver, Charlotte, and San Francisco were the top rated cities for renter satisfaction. Baltimore, Memphis, and Detroit received the lowest ratings.

- In general, however, small and mid-sized cities received better ratings: 52% of them received an A- or higher, compared to only 24% of large cities.

- Affordability continues to be a concern for renters, with 44% of renters saying that they are 'very dissatisfied' or 'somewhat dissatisfied' with affordability in their city.

- The strongest predictor of overall satisfaction was local job and career opportunities: Cities that scored an A- or above on that metric were nearly 3.6x as likely to score an A- or above for city satisfaction as those that scored a C or below.

You can see the full results here: https://www.apartmentlist.com/survey