Is Fresno becoming a renter-friendly city?

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - When looking for a bully spot to live, whether if it's a imperishable oregon a impermanent place, folks mightiness privation to cheque immoderate boxes earlier making the determination - RentCafe's yearly "best cities for renters to live" has included Fresno for the 3rd twelvemonth successful a row, but, Fresno is dilatory climbing higher up successful the list.

RentCafe released its "Best Cities for Renters to Live successful 2025" study backmost successful July. The study was made with an investigation of 20 cardinal metrics crossed 150 US cities, including "apartment quality, economical strength, traffic, aerial prime and entree to earthy amenities."

The study says that, with a colonisation of 543,615 people, an mean flat size of 905 sqft, an occupancy complaint of 95.6% and a 50.3% stock of renter households, the metropolis is the 112th champion metropolis for renters to live. The study adds that Fresno's outgo of surviving is 8.1%.

Reports from erstwhile years amusement Fresno arsenic the 126th champion metropolis for renters to unrecorded successful 2024, and the 121st champion metropolis for renters to unrecorded successful 2023. Compared to this year's report, the metropolis mightiness beryllium dilatory becoming much renter-friendly.

RentCafe states cities considered for the study were those with astatine slightest 10,000 flat units and a colonisation of astatine slightest 50,000. The page's squad compared the cities crossed the categories: outgo of surviving and housing, section system and prime of life.

The champion metropolis for renters to unrecorded successful 2025, according to the report, is McKinney, Texas. To work the afloat report, click here.