Three things to know about a New Yorker: we like our bagels and our baconeggncheeses, speed walking is our normal walking speed, and we’ll sit and complain about how damn high our rent is until we’re blue in the face. And though the average rent in NYC is a staggering 149% higher than the rest of the country, a recent report released by Smart Asset found that another city is actually worse off than us.
SmartAsset, an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice, sought out to find the U.S. cities with the highest average rent, and you can let out your sigh of relief because New York City did not come in first. Actually, that title went to our friends over in Boston, where the highest average rent for all homes as of February 28th, 2025 was $3,495.
But okay, maybe we spoke to soon, because with that being said NYC wasn’t far behind–we placed as the city with the second highest average rent, clocking in at $3,489 as of February 28th, 2025. But you know what they say: first is the worst, second is the best, or something like that……