New Hampshire Housing's annual statewide survey of market-rate apartments released earlier this month provides a comprehensive view of a tight Granite State's rental market.
Their survey has captured the status of the rental housing market for more than 40 years, and serves as an important reference tool for researchers, decision-makers, property owners, and the public.
The 2024 Residential Rental Cost Survey gathered responses from the owners of 18,512 market-rate (unsubsidized) rental housing units, or 12 percent of all units statewide. According to the report, to afford the statewide median cost of a typical 2-bedroom apartment with utilities, a New Hampshire renter would have to earn 156 percent of the estimated statewide median renter income, or over $73,000 a year.
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