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February 2020 Thousand Oaks Rent Report
Welcome to the February 2020 Thousand Oaks Rent Report. Thousand Oaks rents remained steady over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Thousand Oaks rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the state and nation.
February 2020 Thousand Oaks Rent Report
Welcome to the February 2020 Thousand Oaks Rent Report. Thousand Oaks rents remained steady over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Thousand Oaks rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the state and nation.
Thousand Oaks rent trends were flat over the past month
Thousand Oaks rents have remained steady over the past month, but have decreased moderately by 0.6% year-over-year. Currently, median rents in Thousand Oaks stand at $2,061 for a one-bedroom apartment and $2,720 for a two-bedroom. Thousand Oaks' year-over-year rent growth lags the state average of 1.3%, as well as the national average of 1.6%.
Rents rising across cities in California
While rent decreases have been occurring in the city of Thousand Oaks over the past year, cities in the rest of the state are seeing the opposite trend. Rents have risen in 9 of the largest 10 cities in California for which we have data. The state as a whole logged rent growth of 1.3% over the past year. Here's a look at how rents compare across some of the largest cities in the state.
- Looking throughout the state, San Francisco is the most expensive of all California's major cities, with a median two-bedroom rent of $3,090; of the 10 largest cities in the state that we have data for, Oakland, where a two-bedroom goes for $2,205, is the only other major city besides Thousand Oaks to see rents fall year-over-year (-0.7%).
- Sacramento, Anaheim, and Fresno have all experienced year-over-year growth above the state average (2.5%, 2.1%, and 1.8%, respectively).
Many large cities nationwide show more affordable rents compared to Thousand Oaks
As rents have fallen moderately in Thousand Oaks, many large cities nationwide have seen prices increase, in some cases substantially. Compared to most large cities across the country, Thousand Oaks is less affordable for renters.
- Thousand Oaks' median two-bedroom rent of $2,720 is above the national average of $1,193. Nationwide, rents have grown by 1.6% over the past year compared to the 0.6% decline in Thousand Oaks.
- While rents in Thousand Oaks fell moderately over the past year, many cities nationwide saw increases, including Phoenix (+3.7%), Dallas (+2.4%), and Seattle (+1.8%).
- Renters will generally find more expensive prices in Thousand Oaks than most large cities. For example, Detroit has a median 2BR rent of $898, where Thousand Oaks is more than three times that price.
For more information check out our national report. You can also access our full data for cities and counties across the U.S. at this link.
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Methodology:
Apartment List is committed to making our rent estimates the best and most accurate available. To do this, we start with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, comparing only units that are available across both time periods to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country.
Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. Our methodology also allows us to construct a picture of rent growth over an extended period of time, with estimates that are updated each month.
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