The most recent ranking by the rental platform Zumper, which releases periodic rental reports, has New Orleans as No. 18 in a list of the most expensive rental markets.
According to the report, which ranks the top 100 U.S. metro areas by population using median rent prices, the median price for a one-bedroom in New Orleans was $1,300 in the past month; a two-bedroom was $1,610. The rents show an increase of 1.6 percent and .6 percent, respectively, from the previous month’s report.