Overview of Findings
Apartment List has released Arlington’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.
"Arlington renters expressed general satisfaction with the city overall," according to Apartment List. "Interestingly, ratings for Arlington vary widely across categories such as safety and public transit."
Key Findings in Arlington include the following:
- Arlington renters gave their city a B+ overall.
- The highest-rated categories for Arlington were pet-friendliness and safety and low crime rate, which both received an A- score.
- The areas of concern to Arlington renters are public transit and commute time, which received scores of F and C+, respectively.
- Arlington millennials are unsatisfied with their city, giving it an overall rating of C.
- Arlington earned similar scores compared to other nearby cities like Fort Worth (B), Dallas (B) and Irving (B), but earned lower marks than Plano (A+) and Garland (A).
- Arlington did relatively well compared to similar cities nationwide, including Tulsa (D), Cleveland (C) and Tampa (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:
- "No matter what you love to do, you can find it in Arlington. I don’t love the never-ending road construction, but other than that, it’s great here." -Leigh H.
- "The traffic is less than desirable, but there’s a lot of things for families to do here." -Brenna R.
- "I love the diversity and that there’s not a lot of crime." -Anon.
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.
