Syracuse one-bedroom apartment rent prices were flat in latest month, down nearly 6 percent from a year ago

The December 2020 Zumper National Rent Report found the median rental price for most apartments in the Syracuse metro area was unchanged compared to the previous month, but down almost 6 percent from the year-prior month,

The median rental price of one-bedroom apartments in the Syracuse region was $800 in December, the same price as November, but down 5.9 percent from $850 in December 2019, according to Zumper, an apartment-rental-listings website.

 The median rental rates for two-bedroom units in the area was $1,010 in the December report, up 1 percent from the previous month and unchanged for a year earlier.

Syracuse now ranks as the 85th most expensive rental market (or 16th least expensive) in the nation of the top 100 markets, per the report.

The Zumper National Rent Report analyzes rental data from more than 1 million active listings across the U.S. The company aggregates the data on a monthly basis to calculate median asking rents for the top 100 metro areas by population.