Rent / Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Median price
$ 2,500
Median sqft
1.34K
Price per sqft
$1.8
Large tech companies bring in money and the young, wealthy people who earn it, driving up the housing costs and increasing the stark socio-economic divides. Although the average Seattlite earns more than the average American, Seattle is one of the most expensive places to live in the U.S., and the high cost of living has been pushing low-income residents out of the city proper to suburbs, or even other metro areas.
98101 is the priciest ZIP in the Seattle MSA. 1BR units are the most common unit types in that ZIP.
This one bedroom unit at Residences at Ranier, which is a newly constructed building, is priced at
$5000/month. This is the priciest listing in the area.
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Kent, WA goes through a rapid growth of rental prices while the rest of the region is going cheaper. Kent apartment rents increase sharply by 10.8% compared to 2020. Sixth straight monthly increase, median rents stand at $1,421 for a one-bedroom apartment. Throughout the past year, rent increases have been occurring not just in Kent, but across the entire Seattle-Tacoma metro area.
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