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.

In Altadena, the highest rents come in the 4612 tract in East Altadena just north of New York Drive and in 4603.01 in the foothills of West Altadena, an area that includes the Chaney Trail neighborhood.  The median monthly rent in those neighborhoods is $1717 and $1654 respectively.

The lowest monthly median rent, of $1073, is in the 4611 tract, bounded by Lake, Woodbury, Fair Oaks and Mariposa.

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.