Buying a house or a condo in the D.C. market isn’t cheap, but neither is renting: The Washington Metro region ranked as eighth most expensive market for average apartment rent in 2019, according to apartment search site .
The average rent for all apartment types in the District for December was $2,236 per month, up 4.3% from the previous year. The average rent in Arlington rose 4.5% in 2019, to $2,252 a month. Alexandria rents rose 2.9% last year, to an average $1,752.
Nationally, rents rose an average 3% in 2019.
Manhattan remained the most expensive place for renters in 2019, with an average rent across all apartment types of $4,211 per month. Manhattan was followed by San Francisco, at $3,688 per month; Boston, at $3,438 per month; Brooklyn, New York, at $2,929 per month; and San Jose, at $2,685 per month.
Phoenix experienced the biggest annual increase in rents, jumping 9.6% last year.
RentCafe ranks markets by average rents, broken down by large, mid-sized and small series. See the results below.
