Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2024, by county

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 18, 2024

In 2024, Santa Cruz County had the highest housing cost, as the two-bedroom apartments cost almost 78 U.S. dollars hourly wage. Moreover, households in Marin County, San Francisco County and San Mateo County all needed an hourly wage of 64.6 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom rental home. California and Massachusetts were the least affordable states in the country in that year.

Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in selected counties in the United States in 2024 (in U.S. dollars)

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June 2024

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United States

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2024

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The source adds the following information: "excludes metropolitan counties in New England."

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