{"id":107405,"date":"2020-10-15T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/?p=107405"},"modified":"2024-09-03T02:34:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:34:54","slug":"the-hottest-cities-for-millennial-renters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/real-estate-news\/the-hottest-cities-for-millennial-renters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Cities for Millennial Renters: Austin Challenges Seattle for the Throne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Highlights:<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle, San Francisco and Austin were the best cities for Millennial renters in the past five years.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco attracted the largest share of its Millennial renters from New York.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, Austin takes over as the most sought-after city by Millennial renters. \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing is certain about Millennials: If a place secures its spot among the best cities for Millennials, that area will explode both economically and culturally. This generation has different views than its predecessors, preferring flexible jobs and experience-driven lifestyles that they seek out and develop in the cities they choose. At the same time, most <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2017\/09\/06\/5-facts-about-millennial-households\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millennials are renters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and are shifting away from the two-kid, white-picket-fence American dream \u2014 making them less likely to get tied down to a specific city. And, now that they officially\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2020\/04\/28\/millennials-overtake-baby-boomers-as-americas-largest-generation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overtook Baby Boomers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0as the largest U.S. generation to date and make up\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2018\/04\/11\/millennials-largest-generation-us-labor-force\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the majority of the workforce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Millennials have become the most instrumental group in shaping the future of America\u2019s urban cores.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, which are the cities with the most Millennials looking to move there? To find out, we looked at 13 million actual renter applications nationwide to identify the cities where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/millennial-statistics\/\">Millennials<\/a> represent the highest share of those who applied for apartments. Specifically, we focused on large and mid-sized cities \u2014 where Millennials represent 38.5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">% of applications \u2014 and ranked them based on each city\u2019s share. Finally, we looked at the hottest cities for Millennial renters in 2020 to get a snapshot of the emerging hubs where this trend-setting generation is heading next.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle has been the best city for millennial renters for the past 5 years\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last five years, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/seattle-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Seattle<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been the top magnet city for Millennial renters, who represent half of those who applied for an apartment in the largest city in the Pacific Northwest. This clearly places the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/wa\/\">Washington<\/a> job hub among the best cities for Millennials overall, since it has a significant 50.5% share of Gen Y applicants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2020\/10\/Millenial-Renters-Hottest-Cities-past-15-years.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109999 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2020\/10\/Millenial-Renters-Hottest-Cities-past-15-years.png\" alt=\"Best cities for millennials - ranking on map\" width=\"890\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2020\/10\/Millenial-Renters-Hottest-Cities-past-15-years.png 890w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2020\/10\/Millenial-Renters-Hottest-Cities-past-15-years.png?resize=500,455 500w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2020\/10\/Millenial-Renters-Hottest-Cities-past-15-years.png?resize=768,699 768w, https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2020\/10\/Millenial-Renters-Hottest-Cities-past-15-years.png?resize=150,137 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle was the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/data\/114000-more-people-seattle-now-this-decades-fastest-growing-big-city-in-all-of-united-states\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fastest-growing big city<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the past decade, so its presence on the list is to be expected. What\u2019s more, the massive job hub boasts homegrown tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft, as well as satellite offices for other big-name employers, such as Facebook, Google, Nintendo and Costco.\u00a0Clearly, a city with a strong tech sector is an attractive setting for a generation that dominates the tech world today. Plus, salaries in Seattle experienced the fourth-fastest rise among the nation\u2019s big cities in the past decade (up 55.2%), which \u2014 despite the city&#8217;s high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/cost-of-living-calculator\/us\/wa\/seattle\/\">cost of living<\/a> \u2014 can also be a big incentive to draw young talent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>San Francisco<\/strong> has been the second hottest city for Millennials in the last half-decade, with a 48.7% share of Millennials who applied for rent here. The epicenter of the U.S. tech boom, the Bay Area city had the second-fastest-growing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/1-35-million-more-wealthy-renters-in-a-decade\/\">incomes<\/a> in the nation in the last 10 years (up 56.6%), so it continues to attract young professionals looking for prosperous employment and upscale living \u2014 despite being one of the priciest markets in the U.S., with an infamously high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/cost-of-living-calculator\/us\/ca\/san-francisco\/\">cost of living<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Texas Triangle rounds up the top five<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Austin<\/strong>, <strong>Houston<\/strong> and <strong>San Antonio<\/strong> follow as the third, fourth and fifth Millennial favorites. The Lone Star State\u2019s lucrative oil sector, its booming health industry and zero state income tax have turned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/tx\/\">Texas<\/a> into the decade\u2019s biggest winner in terms of overall growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/austin-tx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Austin<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 the prime Southern hub for high-tech and culture \u2014 is the third-hottest city for Millennial renters in the U.S., with a 48.1% share of renters in this age group applying to move within or to the Texas capital. The city has long been known as one of the best cities for Millennials, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/cities\/austin-tx\/130-years-austin-skyline-history-video\/\">rapidly developing area<\/a> saw both its employment offer and its residents\u2019 incomes swell in recent years, while still maintaining a lower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/cost-of-living-calculator\/us\/tx\/austin\/\">cost of living<\/a> than other major business centers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/houston-tx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Houston<\/strong><\/a> (45.6%) follows, with a varied employment landscape that is firmly rooted in the health, research and oil industries. The city&#8217;s diversified economy \u2014 the result of a plethora of companies relying on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/tx\/houston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston office space<\/a> for rent \u2014 means that it has plenty of job opportunities on offer.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, military hub <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/san-antonio-tx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>San Antonio<\/strong><\/a> takes the fifth spot in the ranking, boasting a diverse economy, below-average unemployment rates, slightly lower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/cost-of-living-calculator\/us\/tx\/bexar-county\/san-antonio\/\">cost of living<\/a> than the national average and an affordable housing market.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/new-york-city-ny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/los-angeles-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a> are notably missing from the top 15. The two biggest cities in the U.S. are also the top two cities that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/market-snapshots\/renting-america-housing-changed-past-decade\/#migration\">lost the most residents<\/a> in the past decade, as renters and homeowners alike have been moving to less pricey areas.<\/p>\n<h2>The largest share of Gen Ys moving to San Francisco is from New York<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find out where the hottest cities for Millennial renters are attracting residents from, we excluded same-city moves and looked at the cities which contributed the largest share of Millennial rental applications to each hotspot.<\/span><br \/>\n<script id=\"infogram_0_518acc1a-0a2e-40c0-93f3-62144af9e4a4\" title=\"MillennialCitiesGraph2\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?FVc\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Use the drop-down menu to view all cities.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hottest city for Millennials, <strong>Seattle<\/strong>, attracted its most significant share of Millennial applications from neighboring boomburg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/bellevue-wa\/\">Bellevue<\/a> (6.4%). However, fellow hotspot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/chicago-il\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> contributed the second most Gen Y renters to the city (3.6%), while Los Angeles (3.5%) came in third.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>San Francisco<\/strong> is at its most popular by far among New York Millennial renters (8.2%), likely because New York is the only city in the nation with a higher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/cost-of-living-calculator\/us\/ny\/new-york-city\/\">cost of living<\/a> than the tech boomtown. San Francisco attracted its second and third largest shares of Gen Ys from fellow Bay Area hubs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/mountain-view-ca\/\">Mountain View<\/a> (6.9%) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/san-jose-ca\/\">San Jose<\/a> (5.9%).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Southern Millennial hubs attract residents on a regional level<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Austin<\/strong>, the definitive Southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/real-estate-news\/it-hubs\/\">tech hub<\/a>, has been attracting residents on a more regional level. Houston is its most significant contributor (7.7%), as Austin has been catching up economically with the in-state energy hub. Super suburb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/round-rock-tx\/\">Round Rock<\/a> (7.6%) and neighbor San Antonio (5.8%) follow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Houston<\/strong> is most popular among Gen Y renters from its own suburbs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/katy-tx\/\">Katy<\/a> contributed the largest share of Millennials to the city, 12.3%, followed by Spring (8.3%) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/humble-tx\/\">Humble<\/a> (4.7%). <strong>San Antonio<\/strong>, meanwhile, has been catching up from behind. Although its most significant contributor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/converse-tx\/\">Converse<\/a> (7.5%), the city is also popular among both Houston (6.5%) and Austin (6.2%) Gen Y renters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/charlotte-nc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Charlotte<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/louisville-ky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Louisville<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/memphis-tn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Memphis<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/dallas-tx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dallas<\/strong><\/a> also attract Millennial renters mostly from in-state cities or nearby towns <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span> these places are still developing as economic and cultural Gen Y hubs, so they still have a ways to go before competing with the\u00a0nation&#8217;s largest urban cores.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austin set to dethrone Seattle, to become the next No. 1 Millennial City<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Finally, we looked at the most sought-after cities by Millennial renters in 2020, to see which places are set to become the Gen Y hubs of the future. To that end,\u00a0<strong>Austin\u2019s<\/strong> rise in popularity puts it at no. 1 in 2020, as the top Millennial favorite.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Half of the total rental applicants from and to the Texas capital are Millennials who want to live here.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<script id=\"infogram_0_be0e2a75-0d19-431f-8646-781869505832\" title=\"MillennialsApplications-2020vs5yrs2\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?VBn\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Use the menu below the infographic to scroll to the second page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In tight competition, the next three cities have very similar shares.\u00a0<strong>San Francisco<\/strong> maintains its second spot in 2020 with a 48.6% share. Despite its high cost of living, it&#8217;s still one of the cities with the most Millennials. However, many Millennials have begun choosing the tech hub\u2019s more affordable neighbor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/oakland-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Oakland<\/strong><\/a>, as their home in the Bay Area, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/downtown-california-housing-costs-evolved-since-recession\/\">San Francisco\u2019s rents<\/a> drove them to seek less pricey housing in this emerging hotspot. As such, Oakland made an astounding entrance into the top 15, shooting straight up to third place with a 48.4% share of Millennials choosing to live in the city. This means it could surpass San Francisco among the best cities for Millennials in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Seattle<\/strong> drops to fourth place in 2020, with a 48.1% share of Millennials applying for apartments \u2014 hinting that its popularity among renters from this generation might be dwindling. The Northwestern city\u2019s average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/market-snapshots\/renting-america-housing-changed-past-decade\/#pricegrowth\">rent rose the second-fastest<\/a> among the largest cities in the past decade, so an increasing number of Millennial renters may begin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/rent-affordability-calculator\/\">choosing more affordable areas<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Houston<\/strong>, meanwhile, is holding steady (47.7%). While the oil industry has had its challenges in the last year, the city&#8217;s energy industry infrastructure, world-class port, and continued boom in healthcare and research have kept it among the top five hottest cities for Millennial renters in 2020 as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/philadelphia-pa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Philadelphia<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/san-jose-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>San Jose<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/virginia-beach-va\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virginia Beach<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong><\/a>, and <strong>Los Angeles<\/strong> are new additions to the top 15. At the same time,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/denver-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Denver<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Louisville<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/atlanta-ga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Atlanta<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Dallas<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/apartments-for-rent\/portland-or\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Portland<\/strong><\/a> dropped from the ranking. Whether these disruptions will continue into the new decade remains to be seen. For now, the map of prime hubs for Millennial renters is continually evolving, and it seems as though the country\u2019s established boomtowns might just be overtaken by up-and-coming players.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><em>Methodology<\/em><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Renter application data, which was sourced from RentGrow, was provided after being completely anonymized and aggregated. No personally identifiable or other confidential information was disclosed or used in conjunction with this article.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<li><em>A total of 13.2 million renter applications in 4,000 cities were analyzed overall, out of which 5.6 million were included in the final ranking analysis.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>For best statistical relevance, only cities with a minimum of 5,000 renter applications between 2015 and 2020 and a minimum of 1,000 applications in 2020 were taken into account for the ranking. The top 15 ranking is out of 61 cities.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Demographic data on population, income and employment was sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The analysis was limited to large and mid-sized cities with a population of over 300,000 residents.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Cities of all sizes were included in the migration pattern analysis to determine the largest contributors.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Millennials are defined as the generation born between 1981 and 1996. Millennials are sometimes referred to as Gen Y.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights: Seattle, San Francisco and Austin were the best cities for Millennial renters in the past five years. San Francisco attracted the largest share of its Millennial renters from New York.\u00a0 In 2020, Austin takes over as the most sought-after city by Millennial renters. \u00a0 One thing is certain about Millennials: If a place secures&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":107408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3661,3660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-snapshots","category-real-estate-news","gallery-content-unit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best Cities for Millennial Renters: Austin Challenges Seattle for the Throne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wondering which are the best cities for Millennials? 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