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Queens was ranked 147th out of the top 150 best cities for renters in the United States in 2026 by RentCafe.<\/p>\n
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Queens was ranked the 147th best place to live for renters in the United States in 2026 in a report<\/a> from RentCafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ranking was based on an analysis of 20 key metrics, which were then grouped into three broad categories: cost of living and housing, local economy and quality of life.\n<\/p>\n Queens ranked 144th in housing and cost of living, which accounts for 40% of the overall score. The cost of living there was 53.8% more than the national average. Its 15.2% share of new apartments was the second-highest of the three New York City boroughs included on the list, ahead of Manhattan\u2019s 4% and right behind Brooklyn\u2019s 15.6%. The average apartment size of 730 square feet in Queens was the smallest among the boroughs and the third-smallest out of the 150 locations. Queens also had the third-highest occupancy rate nationwide, at 97.8%.<\/p>\n The borough ranked much better in the local economy, in 98th place, accounting for 35% of the overall ranking. This is in large part thanks to a 31.4% jump in renter income over the last five years. However, there was just a 0.4% increase in job growth over this period of time. The report also determined that Queens has 148 businesses per 10,000 residents.<\/p>\n Queens placed 76th in quality of life, which factored into 25% of the ranking. The borough performed well in the percentage of renters who use public transportation or who walk, at 46.8%, ranking third in the nation. It also had the best school quality ranking among the boroughs included and the 22nd best in the United States, with a score of 5.64. However, 62.1% of renters in Queens experience long solo commutes, which is the third-highest nationally. Additionally, only 9.6% of apartments there are found in top-rated locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens was ranked 147th out of the top 150 best cities for renters in the United States in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,5434,31609,80631],"class_list":["post-361096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-real-estate-newsletter","tag-rentcafe","tag-rentcafe-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}