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- The cost per square foot for apartments in the US varies drastically depending on the location of the home.
Depending on where you live, the amount of space that comes with $1,000 per month in rent can vary.
In fact, depending on the city, the price per square foot can fall just under $1 - or cost over $4.
Business Insider teamed up with Zillow's rental site, HotPads, to find out just how much space around $1,000 in rent will get you across 11 major US cities.
To compile the data, Joshua Clark, an economist at HotPads, analyzed all rentals that were uploaded to HotPads' or Zillow's databases within the last three months for roughly $1,000 per month. By calculating the median price per square foot in each city, Clark was able to identify how much space you can get for around $1,000 per month in each.
Keep reading to see how far $1,000 per month will get you in these cities, ranked from the most spacious rentals to the "coziest" small apartments.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Median square footage for $1,000: 1,040
Price per square foot: $0.96
Raleigh, North Carolina
Median square footage for $1,000: 910
Price per square foot:$1.10
Phoenix, Arizona
Median square footage for $1,000: 905
Price per square foot: $1.11
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Median square footage for $1,000: 855
Price per square foot: $1.17
Dallas, Texas
Median square footage for $1,000: 695
Price per square foot: $1.44
Chicago, Illinois
Median square footage for $1,000: 520
Price per square foot: $1.93
Portland, Oregon
Median square footage for $1,000: 505
Price per square foot: $1.99
Miami, Florida
Median square footage for $1,000: 475
Price per square foot: $2.11
Seattle, Washington
Median square footage for $1,000: 465
Price per square foot: $2.15
New York, New York
Median square footage for $1,000: 425
Price per square foot: $2.34
San Francisco, California
Median square footage for $1,000: 230
Price per square foot: $4.34