Overview of Findings
Apartment List has released Stone Mountain’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.
"Stone Mountain renters expressed dissatisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "Some categories received average scores, and many received below average scores."
Key findings in Stone Mountain include the following:
- Stone Mountain renters gave their city a D overall.
- The highest-rated categories for Stone Mountain were affordability and public transit, which both received B+ grades.
- The areas of concern to Stone Mountain renters are jobs and career opportunities, safety and low crime rate, state and local taxes, quality of local schools, social life and pet-friendliness, which all received F grades.
- Stone Mountain did relatively poorly compared to other cities in Georgia, including Atlanta (B), Athens (B) and Savannah (B+).
- Stone Mountain did relatively poorly compared to other cities nationwide, including Portland, OR (B), Dallas, TX (B) and San Francisco, CA (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 love that my side of town is relatively quiet. I hate that there isn’t much to do unless you go into the city." – Ijeoma U.
- "The city is okay but there’s not enough to do." – Michael G.
- "I love the weather and the homes but I hate the traffic." – Ebonic P.
- "Love the weather and the cost of living. Hate that there isn’t any public transportation on my side of Gwinnett County." – Ruqaiyah 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.
