San Francisco Rents Reclaim Top Spot as AI Hiring Pushes Two-Bedroom Median to $6,020
San Francisco has moved back to the top of the U.S. rental market as AI hiring tightens housing supply in key tech districts. The input says the city’s average asking rent has climbed to $3,728, up 18% in less than two years, while CoStar separately put average monthly rent at $3,827, also above New York. The sharpest gap shows up in larger units: Zumper reported a median two-bedroom rent of $6,020 in San Francisco, topping New York’s $5,450 by $570. That does not hold across every category, though. For studio units, New York still leads at $4,560, compared with San Francisco at $4,180. The report also highlights how methodology changes the picture, with city rent figures ranging from $3,714 to $4,315 across Apartment List, Zumper, and other measures. Vacancy has dropped to 3.7%, the lowest level since 2019, as demand clusters around Mission Bay and SoMa, where OpenAI and Anthropic offices are located. The article was compiled by Mickey帽鼠 for BlockTempo.
