Overview of Findings
Apartment List has released Riverside’s results from the third annual Apartment List Renter Satisfaction Survey. This survey, which drew on responses from over 45,000 renters, provides insight on what states and cities must do to meet the needs of 111 million American renters nationwide.
"Riverside renters expressed general dissatisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "Interestingly, ratings for Riverside vary widely across categories such as jobs and career opportunities and commute time."
Key findings in Riverside include the following:
- Riverside renters gave their city a D overall.
- The highest-rated categories for Riverside were social life and jobs and career opportunities, which both received a B.
- The areas of concern to Riverside renters are commute time (F) and pet-friendliness (D).
- Riverside did relatively poorly compared to other cities in California, including San Diego (A-), San Francisco (B+) and Los Angeles (C+).
- Riverside did relatively poorly compared to similar cities nationwide, including Austin, TX (A-), Seattle, WA (B+) and Denver, CO (B+).
- 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’m 30-45 minutes from the beach, Disneyland and the mountains. It’s very accessible to local shops, restaurants and fitness activities." – Ashley F.
- "I like the scenery and the available access to shopping malls, grocery stores and activities for the weekend." – Cristin M.
- "Not a lot of higher paying jobs so you have to commute to major cities." – Dana H.
- "Love that there is always something to do, but I hate that the city is a bit isolated" – Margaret S.
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.
