Most popular metros for Gen Z apartment applicants in the U.S. 2021, by metro

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 10, 2025
Little Rock, Arkansas was the most popular metropolitan area among Gen Z renter applicants in the United States in 2020. The Gen Z renter applications ranged from ** percent in Little Rock, AR to ** percent in San Jose, CA which ranked 36th in the metropolitan areas preferred by Gen Z renters.

In the same year, Gen Z apartment seekers were the second largest demographic group in the housing market after Millennials.
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Share of Gen Z rent applicants in selected metros in the United States in 2021, by metro

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March 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

January to November 2020

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Gen Z is defined as the generation of people born between 1997 and 2012."

"To ensure relevant samples, the reported data includes only cities with a min of 1,000 applications in 2020 and a population of over 60,000 (per U.S. Census American Community Survey 2019 5-year estimates)."

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