How much it costs to live on Main Street

Main Street is the place to be. Especially if you’re a new wine bar, piano lounge or coffee shop. But is living there affordable?

Overall cost of living in Columbia ranks a 68 out of an average 100, meaning: it’s cheap to live here, physically. But in the 5+ districts in downtown Columbia (not counting the dozens of additional districts across the Midlands), we wanted to see how rental property in the Main Street District ranks up.

We rounded up the current apartments + condos available for rent on Main Street proper (because, as you know, once you go off Main, where even ARE the boundaries?) and outlined them in price pockets, so you don’t have to.

Here’s what you can rent on Main Street (proper) for:

• $800-850
  
  • Studio apartment at Barringer Apartments
  • 1 bedroom apartment at Barringer Apartments
  • Studio apartment at Berry’s on Main
  • 1 bedroom apartment at Berry’s on Main
  • Studio apartment at Kress Building
  • 1 bedroom apartment at Kress Building
  • Studio apartment at Lofts at Lourie’s
• $850-900
  
  • Studio apartment at The Palms on Main
  • 1 bedroom apartment at Lofts at Lourie’s
• $900-950
  
  • 1 bedroom apartment at The Palms on Main
• $950-1,000
  
  • Studio apartment at The Land Bank Apartments
  • 1 bedroom apartment at Tapp’s
• $1,000-1,250
  
  • 1 bedroom apartment at Hub at Columbia
  • Studio apartment at The Land Bank Apartments
  • 2 bedroom apartment at Tapp’s
  • 2 bedroom apartment at Berry’s on Main
  • 2 bedroom apartment at Kress Building
• $1,250-1,500
  
  • 2 bedroom apartment at Hub at Columbia
  • 1 bedroom apartment at The Land Bank Apartments
  • 2 bedroom apartment at Barringer Apartments
  • 2 bedroom apartment at Lofts at Lourie’s
  • Condo at 1520 Main St.
• $1,500-1,750
  
  • 2 bedroom apartment at The Land Bank Apartments
  • 3 bedroom apartment at Berry’s on Main
• $1,750-2,000
• $2,000-2,250
  
  • 3 bedroom apartment at Hub at Columbia

The median amount Main Street renters are paying for their apartment or condo is $1,000 per month – which isn’t bad compared to other cities. We’ll see how it stacks up compared to rent prices in other districts as part of our ongoing cost of living series.

The more you, know, Columbia. Happy ideal rent-chasing.

– Chloe

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