{"id":8705522,"date":"2023-01-04T07:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8705522&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=8705522"},"modified":"2023-01-05T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T00:05:22","slug":"california-ranks-3rd-worst-value-for-renters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/04\/california-ranks-3rd-worst-value-for-renters\/","title":{"rendered":"California ranks 3rd-worst place for renters. Which states are worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/12340962\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"550px\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe\" allowtransparency=\"1\" id=\"63c75d728e20d\" allowfullscreen=\"yes\" allow=\"geolocation\" ><\/iframe>\n\n<p><em>\u201dSurvey says\u201d looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buzz:<\/strong> Only two states are worse deals for renters than California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong>My trusty spreadsheet compared Census Bureau housing data from 2021 through 2016 for 50 states plus the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>To create a value metric for renting, states were scored on five-year changes in rental costs, the 2021 share of financially burdened renters, the burden&#8217;s change in 2016-21, the five-year change in rental households, and residents per rental unit in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Rankings were derived from each state&#8217;s average grade.<\/p>\n<h4>Topline<\/h4>\n<p>My scorecard put California as the third-worst value for renters ahead of only Nevada and Arizona. After California came Georgia and Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The best states were North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Montana and Ohio.<\/p>\n<h4>Details<\/h4>\n<p>These five years of housing history included a pandemic push to find larger living spaces and mortgage rates at historic lows, which boosted homeownership by 11% nationwide vs. 1% growth in renter households.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, folks who didn&#8217;t own a home were hit by with soaring rent costs and significant stress on family finances.<\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s start with the basics. California had the most renting households with 5.73 million or 13.6% of the nation&#8217;s 42 million. Those tenants equal 44% of households in the state, the third-largest largest share of renters behind. D.C. at 58% and New York at 45%. After California was Nevada at 41%, and Hawaii and Texas at 37%.<\/p>\n<p>But consider a measure of popularity (or not), the five-year change in the number of renters.<aside class=\"related left\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2><ul><li>\n\n<div class=\"entry-section\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/business\/real-estate\/\">Real Estate | <\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/17\/california-rents-fall-4-straight-months-where-were-the-biggest-dips\/\" title=\"California rents fall 4 straight months. Where were the biggest dips?\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title premium\">\n\t\t\tCalifornia rents fall 4 straight months. Where were the biggest dips?\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul><\/aside><\/p>\n<p>California saw tenant households shrink by 1.5% between 2016 and 2021. That still ranked 34th best.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest dip was in West Virginia, off 9.9%, then Hawaii, off 6.2%, Michigan, off 6.1%, Rhode Island, off 6% and Louisiana, off 4.8%. In total, 24 states had fewer renters.<\/p>\n<p>Utah had the No. 1 gain with 18% more renters, then D.C. at 10%. Texas was up 9%, New Jersey rose 6% and Washington state increased by 5%.<\/p>\n<p>So why the California decline? Eye the price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Renting in California had a $1,750-a-month median cost in 2021, with only Hawaii higher at $1,774. After California came D.C. at $1,668, Colorado at $1,491 and Massachusetts at $1,487.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s really about how much rent moved upward.<\/p>\n<p>California tenants suffered the sixth-biggest rent-cost inflation in 2016-21 \u2013 up 27%. Top increases were found in Idaho, Washington state, and Nevada at 31%, Arizona at 28% and Colorado at 27%.<\/p>\n<p>Those rising rents made balancing a household budget work tricky.<\/p>\n<p>Lofty rent expenses left 3.2 million California tenant households financially &#8220;burdened,&#8221; which is defined as 30% or more of income going to housing costs.<\/p>\n<p>No state had more. No. 2 was Texas at 2 million, New York at 1.8 million Florida at 1.6 million and Illinois at 745,000.<\/p>\n<p>That financially struggling flock means 56% of California tenants were defined as &#8220;burdened&#8221; by rent vs. 51% nationally and the third-highest U.S. level of &#8220;unaffordability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Florida had the largest share of burdened renters at 59%, then Hawaii at 58%. Louisiana and Nevada followed California with 56%.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the best news in the Census rental report for California tenants was that the number of burdened renters fell in 2016-21 \u2013 down 1%. But that decline is more tied to the drop in renters statewide that any financial progress.<\/p>\n<p>Nationally, financially stressed renters rose by 4% nationally with increases in 34 states. The biggest jump was in Utah, up 26%, then Alaska at 21%, Wyoming at 18%, Texas at 17% and Nevada at 14%.<\/p>\n<p>And tenants jam into California&#8217;s pricey rentals.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the typical California rental unit had 2.73 people \u2013 the highest in the nation. No. 2 was Hawaii at 2.67, then Utah at 2.51, Nevada at 2.49 and Mississippi at 2.45. Florida was No. 7 at 2.43.<\/p>\n<p>Note that &#8220;crowded&#8221; housing isn&#8217;t just about sharing costs. Density is often high in states like California and Utah which have relatively youthful populations with many families with children.<\/p>\n<h4>Bottom line<\/h4>\n<p>To help explain poor rankings like California&#8217;s, I sliced the states into thirds \u2013 from worst grades to best. What did it tell me about the 17 lowest-value states for rentals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>They&#8217;re pricey:<\/strong> Rent expenses ran $1,382 a month in the low-ranked states in 2021 vs. $957 in the top-value states. That&#8217;s a 44% gap.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They&#8217;re getting pricier:<\/strong> These costs grew 24% in the bottom 17 between 2016 and 2021 vs. a 16% gain in top-value states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They&#8217;re a bigger burden:<\/strong> 37% of renters in low-ranked states were financially stressed in 2021 by housing costs vs. 31% in top-value states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They&#8217;re crowded:<\/strong> 2.44 people per rental unit in low-ranked states vs. 2.13 in top-value states.<\/p>\n<p>But renters seem to flock to places that might roughly pencil out as a bum deal.<\/p>\n<p>Low-ranked states had 24.3 million renter households in 2021 vs. 8.4 million in top-ranked states. And over five years, the renter group grew by 1.7% in low-ranked states while shrinking 1.3% in top-value states.<\/p>\n<p>Why the popularity of seemingly low-graded states? Real estate&#8217;s three-most important words: Jobs. Jobs. Jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest-ranked states created 3 million jobs in 2016-2021 vs. a loss of 460,000 jobs in the top-value states.<\/p>\n<p>Renters seek opportunity, even if it&#8217;s a costlier voyage.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:jlansner@scng.com\">jlansner@scng.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worst value was Nevada, then Arizona. 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