Overview of Findings
Apartment List has released Irvine’s results from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters nationwide, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of the country’s 111 million renters.
"Irvine renters expressed general satisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "However, ratings varied greatly across different categories, indicating that even though renters love Irvine, some aspects can be better."
Key Findings in Irvine include the following:
- Irvine renters gave their city an A+ overall.
- The highest-rated categories for Irvine were safety and low crime, weather and quality of local schools, which all received grades of A+.
- The areas of concern to Irvine renters are public transit, affordability and state and local taxes, which all received F scores.
- Irvine did relatively well compared to other nearby cities like Los Angeles (C+), Long Beach (C+), Anaheim (C) and Santa Ana (D).
- Irvine did relatively well compared to cities nationwide, including Houston (B+), Tucson (D) and Miami (C+).
- The top rated cities nationwide for renter satisfaction include Scottsdale, AZ, Irvine, CA, Boulder, CO and Ann Arbor, MI. The lowest rated cities include Tallahassee, FL, Stockton, CA, Dayton, OH, Detroit, MI and Newark, NJ.
Renters say:
- "I love the friendly neighborhoods. I dislike that there’s not much to do at nights." -Anon.
- "I love how Irvine is very clean and they constantly improve the roads and shopping plazas. I hate how expensive it is to live here." -Connie
- "The weather and the community are amazing, but traffic gets out of hand." -Thu N.
For more information on the survey methodology and findings or to speak to one of our researchers, please contact our team at rentonomics@apartmentlist.com.
