A family earning the median income in Lincoln could easily afford a two-bedroom apartment, according to a report released this week.
The report from Apartment List, a website that helps people find rental housing, found that Lincoln residents would need an annual income of $34,160 to afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30% of their gross income.
That's well below Lincoln's median household income of $54,788. However, it's well above what someone earning the state's minimum wage of $9 an hour would make. According to the report, a person would need to make $16 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Lincoln.
In Omaha, a household would need to earn $37,640 to afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment.
Overall, the report said that renters with median incomes would have trouble affording apartments in 24 of the 100 largest U.S. cities.
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