In the age of easy travel, work-from-home policies and growing spontaneity, more and more young adults are renting homes instead of buying - despite the clear value of homeownership. As a response, rent prices in large technology hubs (San Francisco, Washington D.C., NYC) have skyrocketed. If you're looking to move to an area with a great technology community plus a rent payment that's easy on the wallet, look no further!
Seven Tech Cities with the Least Expensive Rent
Seven Tech Cities with the Least Expensive Rent
TEXAS
#1: Austin
- Average 1br rent cost: $1242 (source)
- Austin's a great place to work - with 21 job openings per every 1,000 adults (one of the highest in the nation -source.)
- It also happens to be the home of Skills Fund, as well as bootcamps Galvanize and Hack Reactor.
#2: San Antonio
- Average 1br rent cost: $803 (source)
- Full of culture and low-cost living, San Antonio is a great destination for young career-changers.
- Take a look at San Antonio's first coding bootcamp (and a valued Skills Fund partner) Codeup!
#3: Dallas
- Average 1br rent cost: $968 (source)
- Home to headquarters of the Oil & Gas Industry.
- We've partnered up with Dallas-based Divergence Academy, Coding Dojo, and DevMountain
NORTH CAROLINA
#4: Charlotte
- Average 1br rent cost: $1195 (source)
- Charlotte is an up-and-coming technology hub - with over 6,000 technology jobs currently available.
- Charlotte is home to one of The Coder Foundry's campuses.
OHIO
#5: Cleveland
- Average 1br rent cost: $825 (source)
- Cleveland is in the midst of a developer shortage, so bootcamps have stepped up to the plate to offer quick skills training.
- Check out Tech Elevator or We Can Code IT
#6: Cincinnati
- Average 1br rent cost: $769 (source)
- Home to Tech Elevator's newest campus!
PENNSYLVANIA
#7: Pittsburgh
- Average 1br rent cost: $1140 (source)
- Some of the best up-and-coming technology companies are headquartered in Pittsburg - Google even has a local office!
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