Overview of Findings
Apartment List has released Wilmington’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.
"Wilmington renters expressed general dissatisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "Interestingly, ratings for Wilmington vary widely across categories such as weather, social life, public transit, and jobs."
Key Findings in Wilmington include the following:
- Wilmington renters gave their city a C overall.
- The highest-rated categories for Wilmington were weather and social life, which received A+ and A grades, respectively.
- The areas of concern to Wilmington renters are public transit (D) and jobs and career opportunities (F).
- Wilmington did relatively poorly compared to other cities in North Carolina like Raleigh (A), Charlotte (A-) and Greensboro (A-).
- Wilmington did relatively poorly compared to other coastal Southern cities, including Charleston (A-), Virginia Beach (A-) and Jacksonville (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.
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.
