Metro Area VARIATION IN RESPONSES
At the high end, 66% of respondents in Los Angeles said that secured community access is a very high priority . At the low end, just 24% of respondents in Raleigh gave the same response. This 42-percentage-point spread is the second broadest among the features and amenities included in the survey. Two community amenities tied for the broadest spread in very high priority response rates: swimming pools and reserved parking . These amenities received the second- and third-highest rates of very high priority responses nationally, and both have a 49-percentage-point spread between the metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest very high priority response rates. Forty-one percent of U.S. respondents said that pools are a very high priority , but only 16% of
There is one high-priority feature with a broad consensus: additional soundproofing. In every metropolitan area, additional soundproofing received more very high priority responses than any other apartment feature. Nationally, 55% of respondents called soundproofing a very high priority , and the range in very high priority response rates between metropolitan areas was a relatively narrow 14 percentage points. At the high end, 63% of respondents in Orlando said that additional soundproofing is a very high priority . At the low end, 49% of respondents in Denver said the same. For details regarding survey responses in specific metropolitan areas, please contact Greystar’s Research and Analytics team using the contact information on the back cover.
The apartment features and community amenities that survey respondents are most likely to call a very high priority when responses are considered nationally are also among the most divisive when responses are compared across metropolitan areas. For example, the highest priority community amenity nationally in 2021 was secured community access . Forty- four percent of U.S. respondents said that secured community access is a very high priority . However, very high priority response rates varied widely across metropolitan areas.
respondents in Seattle gave this response versus 65% of respondents in Miami. And while 32% of respondents nationally said that reserved parking is a very high priority , metropolitan area rates varied from 15% in Raleigh to 64% in Riverside, CA. Similar metro-level differences can be seen in responses regarding high-priority apartment features. Thirty-eight percent of all respondents said that premium washers and dryers are a very high priority , but among individual metropolitan areas, the rate of very high priority responses for this feature varied widely, from 29% in Raleigh to 53% in Sacramento. Likewise, while 31% of respondents nationally said that a living room balcony is a very high priority , the rate of this response varied from 24% in New York to 47% in Miami.
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