Overview of Findings
Apartment List has released Sacramento’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.
"Sacramento renters expressed general dissatisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "They gave most categories average or below average scores.
Key findings in Sacramento include the following:
• Sacramento renters gave their city a C overall.
• The highest-rated category for Sacramento was weather (B-).
• The areas of concern to Sacramento renters are safety and crime rate, jobs and career opportunities, and state and local taxes, which all received a D.
• Millennial renters are unsatisfied with their city, giving it an overall rating of F.
• Sacramento earned similar scores to other nearby cities like Los Angeles (C+) and San Jose (C) but earned lower marks than San Diego (A-) and San Francisco (B+).
• Sacramento earned similar scores to other cities nationwide, including Las Vegas, NV (C), Oklahoma City, OK (C+), and Albuquerque, NM (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:
• "It’s very diverse and welcoming, and the weather is pretty good most of the time." – Anon.
• "There’s always something to do, but parking downtown can be a pain." - Angelina
• "I love that it’s an hour away from both the beach and the mountains. It has big city convenience and little city atmosphere." – Mary H.
• "It’s not a very nice area, but it has pretty much everything you need and it’s not very expensive to live here." – Megan 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.
