Cost of renting in Boston- studios
Well, it's moving time again in Boston. All of the college students seem to be moving in on Labor Day, and they are all grumpy about the rent they are paying. For those who are new to Boston geography, I thought I would post information on the average rent in Boston and Cambridge, based on 2000 census data. This is of course a bit out of date- I'd add 10% to be current. There are also limitations with this data, as the Census bureau only has rent categories that go up to $1000 a month (which many apartments exceed in Boston, of course). But the maps are still useful to see what is expensive and what's really expensive- think of it as a relative map of price.
This first map shows the price to rent a studio. Anything that is gray are census districts that had very few available studios. For instance, large parts of Brookline don't have studios for rent, so if you're looking for one of these you are out of luck.
