Salary Needed to Afford Rent
Salary Needed to Afford Rent
This week’s visualization is based on Voronoi and compares the annual income needed to afford a modest two-bedroom rental across U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
My Visualization
This visualization maps the salary needed to afford rent across America, making regional differences and the highest-cost states easy to compare.
AI-assisted Visualization
Below is an AI-assisted Plotly map that compares the annual salary needed to afford a modest two-bedroom rental in every state and Washington, D.C.
Insights
- California and Hawaii are the only states where affording a modest two-bedroom rental requires annual earnings above $100,000;
- Even the lowest statewide thresholds, in West Virginia and South Dakota, require about $39,400 per year.
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