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Last December, we published a post headlined HIGH RENT IN DENVER: WHAT $1,000 A MONTH WILL GET YOU.
Less than a year later, unfortunately, the piece is out of date.
Rent costs have continued rising through 2015, as many of our readers have noted.
But the variety of prices is wide, as evidenced by an interesting experiment conducted by 9News.
The station asked Facebook followers in the metro area to share the amount they're paying for rent and created a map with the crowd-sourced results.
We randomly chose 25 examples documented below and discovered fees ranging from $435 per month for a fifth-wheel trailer near Sloan's Lake to a two-bedroom in LoHi going for a whopping $2,450.
But perhaps most eye-popping of all were apartment rents in the downtown Denver area — including $1,100 for a 360 square foot studio.
See the photo-illustrated findings below, listed from least expensive to most expensive — and to see the 9News map, click here.
City: Sloan's Lake
Reported Rent: $435
Bedrooms:
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: 5th Wheel Trailer
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $750
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $875
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Lakewood
Reported Rent: $1070
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1095
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 1.5
Type of Dwelling: House
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1100
Bedrooms: Studio
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: Apartment: 360 square feet
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1100
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Type of Dwelling: Apartment: 760 square feet
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1200
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Type of Dwelling: House (rented)
City: Golden
Reported Rent: $1200
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Denver (Stapleton)
Reported Rent: $1205
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Type of Dwelling: Apartment: 600 square feet
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1245
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Aurora
Reported Rent: $1250
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2.5
Type of Dwelling: Townhouse
City: Denver, Green Valley Ranch
Reported Rent: $1350
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2.5
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Arvada
Reported Rent: $1375
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
Type of Dwelling: House (rented)
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1400
Bedrooms:
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1425
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 1.5
Type of Dwelling: Townhouse
City: Commerce City
Reported Rent: $1500
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Type of Dwelling:
City: Edgewater
Reported Rent: $1600
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: House (rented)
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1700
Bedrooms:
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: Apartment
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1770
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling: Loft
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1800
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Type of Dwelling:
City: Broomfield
Reported Rent: $1879
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms:
Type of Dwelling:
City: Denver
Reported Rent: $1900
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
Type of Dwelling: House
City: Denver (Country Club)
Reported Rent: $2250
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 1.5
Type of Dwelling: House (Rented)
City: Denver (LoHi)
Reported Rent: $2450
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2
Type of Dwelling:
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