ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoMy rent doubled in less than a decadeslrpnk.netimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarecommandar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoQuick Google for the Census Bureau only turns up median rather than mean: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/tables/time-series/coh-grossrents/grossrents-unadj.txt Median is probably a better value here since it’s going to reduce outlier effects. Looks to me that median rent in most states in 1990 was closer to $300-400 per month than $500.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago$620 for California, which is where I was. I guess some parts of the country are way cheaper, even though I was in a city that was considered affordable in California.
Quick Google for the Census Bureau only turns up median rather than mean:
https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/tables/time-series/coh-grossrents/grossrents-unadj.txt
Median is probably a better value here since it’s going to reduce outlier effects.
Looks to me that median rent in most states in 1990 was closer to $300-400 per month than $500.
$620 for California, which is where I was. I guess some parts of the country are way cheaper, even though I was in a city that was considered affordable in California.