How Much Are Your Neighbors Paying in Rent? (Map)

Have you ever been curious whether you are paying too much (or too little) in rent in your neighborhood?

With the above map, courtesy of the Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks website, you can see data from the federal 2007-2011 American Community Survey that shows the median rents in neighborhoods all over the country.

The site shows the rent by census tracts, which gives a closer view to each neighborhood than a zip code or city wide map would.

Most of La Canada Flintridge, unfortunately, does not show on the map, a likely consequence of having too high a homeownership rate.  According to census data, 89.3 percent of La Canada residents own their home.

The one section on the map, centered around the Foothill Boulevard area shows a relatively low monthly median rent of $748.

Neighboring foothill communities in the Crescenta Valley and to Pasadena in the east show it costs much more to live in those areas - La Crescenta's two hill neighborhood census tracts have monthly median rents of $1946 and $1721.  

Using the above map you can look at neighborhoods all over the U.S. and also get reports on income levels and poverty rates by census tract.

Do you find the rent in your neighborhood high?  Were you surprised at how it compared to other areas in your town?  Tell us in the comments.