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Generation Z Will Pay $226,000 in Rent in their Lifetime

Generation Z will pay more in rent than millennials but will rent for a slightly shorter amount of time, according to a new HotPads analysis


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May 18, 2018, 08:00 ET

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SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Generation Z can expect to spend $226,000 on inflation-adjusted rent in their lifetime -- about $24,000 more than millennials and $77,000 more than baby boomers, according to a new HotPads® analysis.i

HotPads analyzed U.S. governmentii data and HotPads rental data to determine how many years each generation spent or will spend renting in their lifetime, as well as how much total rent each generation paid or can expect to pay.

While Generation Z can expect to pay more in rent than past generations, they may become homeowners slightly sooner than millennials. If historical trends hold, Generation Z is on track to spend less time renting than millennials. Baby boomers rented for about 10 years before half the generation became homeowners, millennials will rent for 12 years to reach that point, and Generation Z will rent for 11 years.iii

Though the oldest members of Generation Z are just entering the housing market as renters, they have a high regard for homeownership -- more than half of Generation Z renters say they considered buying during their search, and they are just as likely as older generations to consider homeownership part of the American Dream.iv

However, saving for a down payment on a home has become more difficult as rents rise, making it harder for younger generations to buy a home. Nationally, the current median rent was about $1,418 in March 2018, up 1.6 percent over the past year.

"Millennials entered the workforce during the Great Recession – a period of scarce job prospects and strong demand in rental markets across the country – making it harder for them to keep up with rising rents and still put money aside for a down payment," said Joshua Clark, economist at HotPads. "Millennials have also delayed major life decisions that typically coincide with homeownership, like getting married and having children, adding on to the total number of years they've spent renting. While there are a lot of unknowns about how the American economy will evolve over the coming decades as Generation Z grows into adulthood, if historical trends hold, the long-term forecast right now suggests that Generation Z is likely to benefit from a stronger job market than millennials. While rising rents and home values mean that it won't be as easy for Generation Z to become homeowners as it was for Baby Boomers, they should get there sooner than millennials did."

Rising home values can also affect renters' ability to save for a down payment. The current median home value in the U.S. is about $213,100, up 8 percent year-over-year.v In order to put 20 percent down on the median home, renters would need to come up with $42,600. In 1974, when many baby boomers were just entering adulthood, the median home value in the U.S. was equivalent to $182,800 today.vi

The gap between Generation Z's total lifetime rent and millennials' total lifetime rent is widest in San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles -- median rent in these metros is more than double the national median. Cleveland, Baltimore and Cincinnati have the smallest gap in lifetime rent paid between Generation Z and millennials.

HotPads is a Zillow® Group-owned apartment and home search platform for renters in urban areas across the United States. For more information on the U.S. rental market, visit HotPads.com.


Generation Zvii

(11 years renting)

Millennialsviii

(12 years renting)

Baby Boomers[ix]

(10 years renting)

Metropolitan
Area

Total Rent
Paid

Median
Monthly
Rent

Total
Rent
Paid

Median
Monthly
Rent

Total
Rent
Paid

Median
Monthly
Rent

United States

$226,000

$1,710

$202,000

$1,390

$148,900

1390

Los Angeles, CA

$470,400

$3,560

$359,600

$2,400

$225,200

$2,130

Chicago, IL

$270,000

$2,050

$239,700

$1,630

$164,500

$1,370

Dallas, TX

$251,300

$1,900

$216,100

$1,480

$189,200

$1,570

Philadelphia, PA

$252,900

$1,920

$234,500

$1,640

$170,200

$1,450

Houston, TX

$238,600

$1,810

$214,700

$1,450

$202,000

$1,680

Washington, DC

$328,400

$2,490

$311,100

$2,160

$232,800

$1,950

Miami, FL

$305,100

$2,310

$258,400

$1,730

$180,700

$1,510

Atlanta, GA

$216,200

$1,640

$190,700

$1,330

$165,400

$1,1350

Boston, MA

$367,100

$2,780

$311,000

$2,110

$192,200

$1,610

San Francisco, CA

$570,900

$4,330

$399,400

$2,2570

$230,000

$2170

Detroit, MI

$192,800

$1,460

$172,700

$1,190

$159,700

$1,340

Riverside, CA

$291,300

$2,210

$250,700

$1,730

$186,000

$1,560

Phoenix, AZ

$220,000

$1,670

$188,200

$1,280

$138,100

$1,160

Seattle, WA

$358,200

$2,710

$265,900

$1,740

$162,210

$1,1530

Minneapolis, MN

$252,000

$1,910

$222,600

$1,530

$162,500

$1,360

San Diego, CA

$405,700

$3,080

$333,500

$2,230

$236,300

$1,980

Saint Louis, MO

$181,900

$1,380

$166,100

$1,150

$120,400

$1,010

Tampa, FL

$220,000

$1,670

$188,800

$1,280

$137,200

$1,150

Baltimore, MD

$266,100

$2,020

$254,300

$1,760

$191,800

$1,610

Denver, CO

$320,300

$2,430

$251,200

$1,1620

$169,500

$1,420

Pittsburgh, PA

$168,000

$1,270

$152,400

$1,050

$110,700

$930

Portland, OR

$297,300

$2,250

$232,800

$1,510

$158,400

$1,330

Charlotte, NC

$207,500

$1,570

$177,100

$1,210

$127,200

$1,070

Sacramento, CA

$290,900

$2,200

$238,100

$1,620

$173,700

$1,450

San Antonio, TX

$210,500

$1,590

$185,100

$1,270

$133,200

$1,120

Orlando, FL

$225,100

$1,710

$192,600

$1,310

$139,800

$1,170

Cincinnati, OH

$184,600

$1,400

$169,100

$1,180

$128,700

$1,080

Cleveland, OH

$177,800

$1,350

$168,000

$1,170

$156,600

$1,330

Kansas City, MO

$190,000

$1,440

$171,800

$1,190

$129,500

$1,080

Las Vegas, NV

$208,500

$1,580

$187,200

$1,310

$142,800

$1,200

Columbus, OH

$211,800

$1,600

$188,400

$1,300

$139,600

$1,170

Indianapolis, IN

$186,500

$1,410

$169,500

$1,170

$125,700

$1,050

San Jose, CA

$560,300

$4,240

$429,200

$2,2740

$281,700

$2,360

Austin, TX

$263,600

$2,000

$226,900

$1,530

$158,500

$1,330

HotPads

HotPads is an efficient rental search platform for urban areas across the United States, with features designed for competitive markets such as map-based search, real-time notifications and detailed information on landlords and property managers that help renters spend less time searching and more time feeling excited about their next home.

Launched in 2005, HotPads is based in San Francisco and is owned and operated by Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z and ZG).

HotPads is a registered trademark of Zillow, Inc.

i For this analysis, HotPads used data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and their own rental data to determine how much rent baby boomers (born between 1945 and 1964), millennials (born between 1980 and 1994) and Generation Z (born between 1995 and 2010) paid or can expect to pay before half the generation becomes homeowners. All figures are adjusted for inflation to March 2018 dollars using metro-level rental data from the consumer price index (CPI).
ii Including data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics
iii Half of baby boomers born in the median birth year of their generation (1954) became homeowners ten years after they began renting, according to a HotPads analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) made available by the University of Minnesota's Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS). HotPads analyzed similar CPS data to forecast that millennials born in the median birth year of their generation (1987) would become homeowners twelve years after they began renting, and that members of generation Z born in the median birth year of their generation (2002) would become homeowners eleven years after they began renting. This analysis assumes renters begin paying rent at age 20. All figures are adjusted for inflation to March 2018 dollars using metro-level rental CPI data.
iv Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends, 2017. https://www.zillow.com/report/2017/highlights/introducing-generation-z/
v
Zillow Real Estate Market Reports, March 2018
vi Data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Adjusted for inflation to March 2018 dollars using rental CPI data.
vii For renters born in 2002, the median birth year of Generation Z.
viii For renters born in 1987, the median birth year of millennials.
ix For renters born in 1954, the median birth year of baby boomers.

SOURCE HotPads, Inc.

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