WARNING: The following post may make you question several life decisions.
It's not unusual for city dwellers to brag about a cheap deal that they got on their apartment—and it's even less unusual for visiting to friends to ask, "How much do you pay for rent here?" We tend to be a little obsessed with the cost of putting a roof over our heads.
And that cost can vary wildly depending on which patch of the USA you decide to call home. In New York, a three-bedroom penthouse in the new One57 building is listed at $150,000 per month; in Kentucky $4,999 per month will nab you a seven-bedroom McMansion (the price of several shoebox-sized apartments in Manhattan). And both of those places are the most expensive rental on the market in their respective states.
The folks over at RentCafe diligently scraped listing services from across the country and found the most expensive rentals in all 50 states across the country, and the disparity in price between the most expensive (Florida) and the least expensive (Arkansas) is pretty staggering.
See the full list below and see where your state's most expensive home rental stacks up.
1. Florida—$300,000/month
2. California—$250,000/month
3. New York—$150,000/month
4. Colorado—$150,000/month
150 White Horse Springs Lane, Aspen
5. Connecticut—$100,000/month
50 Poplar Hill Drive, Farmington
6. Ohio—$65,000/month
7. Rhode Island—$60,000/month
8. Illinois—$45,000/month
9. Arizona—$35,000
5761 N Casa Blanca Drive, Paradise Valley
10. Massachusetts—$35,000/month
1 Huntington Ave, #PH1702, Boston
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11. Virginia—$32,000/month
12. Texas—$30,000/month
13. Louisiana—$27,000/month
620 Decatur St, Penthouse B, New Orleans
14. Georgia—$25,000/month
5335 Northside Drive NW, Sandy Springs
15. New Jersey—$20,000/month
110 S Nassau Ave, Margate City
16. Hawaii—$17,000/month
17. Maryland—$16,900/month
8507 Country Club Drive, Bethesda
18. Nevada—$15,000/month
1801 S Cimarron Road, Las Vegas
19. Minnesota—$15,000/month
3630 Zenith Ave S, Minneapolis
20. Michigan—$15,000/month
1881 Heron Ridge Drive, Bloomfield Township
21. North Carolina—$14,250/month
995 Deep Gap Farm Road E, Mill Spring
22. Missouri—$13,500/month
16 Grand Meridien Forest Drive, Wildwood
23. Washington—$13,000/month
8279 W Mercer Way, Mercer Island
24. Pennsylvania—$10,000/month
25. Tennessee—$10,000/month
4303 Harding Place, Belle Meade
26. Wisconsin—$8,000/month
27. New Hampshire—$7,900/month
28. Nebraska—$7,500/month
29. Oklahoma—$7,500/month
30. South Dakota—$7,000/month
1 W Penmarch Place, Sioux Falls
31. Oregon—$6,766/month
32. Maine—$6,500/month
33. South Carolina—$6,500/month
3024 Middle St, Sullivan's Island
34. Indiana—$6,000/month
35. Kansas—$5995/month
36. Alabama—$5,500/month
4644 Old Looney Mill Road, Birmingham
37. Delaware—$5,000/month
103 Trotter Drive W, Wilmington
38. Alaska—$5,000/month
39. Kentucky—$4,999/month
60 Avenue of Champions, Nicholasville
40. Iowa—$4,900/month
3668 Timberline Drive, West Des Moines
41. Montana—$4,500/month
201 N Black Ave, Apt #1, Bozeman
42. Vermont—$4,500/month
1268 Lakeshore Drive, Greater Island Pond
43. West Virginia—$4,000/month
156 Ruffed Grouse Drive, Bridgeport
44. Mississippi—$4,000/month
45. New Mexico—$3,600/month
8810 Vidal Road SW, South Valley
46. Utah—$3,500/month
47. Wyoming—$3,500/month
48. Idaho—$3,200/month
49. North Dakota—$3,200/month
50. Arkansas—$3,100/month
401 Cypress Court, Jacksonville
All photographs courtesy RentCafe