Smithtown Is One Of The Most Expensive Places To Rent

SMITHTOWN, NY — A recent study found that Smithtown is one of the most expensive places for renters to live in the country, with monthly rents that would make people in other parts of the country gasp.

Apartment Guide just released its list of the 50 most expensive places to rent in the U.S., and Smithtown placed on the lower end of the list at No. 37. Many other Long Island communities were also on the list.

Smithtown had an average rent of $3,124.

All of the most expensive places were located on the coasts, which isn't much of a surprise. Most were in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas, as well as Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale in Florida.

The most expensive place to rent in the country is Culver City, California, which has an average rent of $5,207. New York City came in second with a rent of $4,510.

Here are how all of the Long Island communities placed on the list:

15. Great Neck: $3,469
17. Melville: $3,449
22. Glen Cove: $3,386
27. Huntington Station: $3,272
28. Rockville Centre: $3,244
30. Garden City: $3,220
37. Smithtown: $3,124

Apartment Guide said that it calculated the list by creating a rolling weighted average of rent from its own sources and from Rent.com. The data is current as of August 2021. Apartment Guide said that the formula used reduced the influence of seasonality on rent prices.