--- title: Here’s How Much Money Your Annoying Roommate Is Actually Saving You description: A new study by Trulia shows that rent prices are high, making it harder for millennials to live alone. authors: - name: Taylor Tepper url: https://money.com/author/taylor-tepper-3/ at_money_since: 2013 articles: 168 covers: - Housing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/TaylorTepper former_staff: true published: '2017-02-23T19:07:57.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T05:17:40.000Z' section: Housing tags: - Millennials - renting word_count: 204 canonical: https://money.com/heres-how-much-money-your-annoying-roommate-is-actually-saving-you/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Female roommates](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170223_livingalone.jpg) Are you a [millennial](https://money.com/millennial-wealth-study/) sick of an annoying roommate? Stick it out, because it's saving you bundles. A [recent report](https://www.trulia.com/blog/trends/room-for-rent/#_ftn1) by online housing resource site Trulia shows just how much. In nearly half of the 25 largest markets, millennials need to spend more than 30% of their income, the upper limit of what experts recommend, to nab a typical one-bedroom apartment. By sharing a two-bedroom abode, you're putting yourself in a much safer financial position. For example, Trulia pegs a normal one-bedroom in Miami, Fla. renting for $1,800 a month, while the average millennial earns $40,000. That means you'd have to fork over more than half your salary to live by yourself. If you moved into a three-bedroom, you'd save about $713 a month on rent. San Francisco renters save more than $1,000 by shifting from a one-bedroom to two and in Boston, renters put an additional $774 in their pocket. The trade off, of course, is less privacy, more awkward conversations about who should clean the bathroom and a higher threshold for passive aggressive silence. But there isn't really that much choice: It's either [live close to your parents](https://money.com/layoff-millennial-families-live-near-home/) or big expensive cities, [where the jobs are](https://money.com/city-best-job-opportunities-millennials/). 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