The statistic presents the hourly wages that a household had to earn in order to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment in the United States in 2019, by metro area. The households in Oakland-Fremont, California needed an hourly wage of 40.88 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment.
Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the United States in 2019, by metropolitan area
(in U.S. dollars)
HMFA = HUD Metro Fair Market Rent (FMR) Area. This term indicates that a portion of the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) defined core-based statistical area is in the area to which the income limits and FMRs apply. HUD is required by OMB to alter the name of the metropolitan geographic entities it derives from the Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) when the geography is not the same as that established by theOMB. CBSA is a collective term meaning both metro and micro.
MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geographic entities defined by OMB for use by the federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing federal statistics. A metro area contains an urban core of 50,000 or more in population.
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NLIHC. (June 19, 2019). Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the United States in 2019, by metropolitan area (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 22, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/203412/us-two-bedroom-housing-wage-by-metro-area/
NLIHC. "Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the United States in 2019, by metropolitan area (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203412/us-two-bedroom-housing-wage-by-metro-area/
NLIHC. (2019). Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the United States in 2019, by metropolitan area (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203412/us-two-bedroom-housing-wage-by-metro-area/
NLIHC. "Hourly Wages Needed to Afford a Two-bedroom Apartment in The United States in 2019, by Metropolitan Area (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203412/us-two-bedroom-housing-wage-by-metro-area/
NLIHC, Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the United States in 2019, by metropolitan area (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203412/us-two-bedroom-housing-wage-by-metro-area/ (last visited February 22, 2020)
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