Best roommate finder in Boston

Boston has more students per capita than almost any US city, and September 1 move-in week is brutal. RoomieHunt helps Harvard, MIT, BU, and Northeastern students plus young professionals lock down roommates and apartments in Allston, Brighton, Cambridge, and Somerville without scrolling Facebook groups.

Shared rooms in Boston usually cost $900–$1,500 a month. Allston, Brighton and Dorchester carry the student-share supply; leases cluster around September 1.

Allston — $900 – $1,300, Students, cheap, lively
Brighton — $1,000 – $1,400, Quieter, transit-rich
Cambridge — $1,200 – $1,700, Grad students, walkable
Somerville — $1,100 – $1,500, Hip, foodie, T-accessible
Jamaica Plain — $1,100 – $1,500, Diverse, green, indie
Back Bay — $1,400 – $1,800, Pricey, central, brownstone

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Rooms and roommates by city

Roommates in New York — shared rent $900 – $2,200/mo
Roommates in Los Angeles — shared rent $1,000 – $1,900/mo
Roommates in San Francisco — shared rent $1,400 – $2,400/mo
Roommates in Chicago — shared rent $700 – $1,400/mo
Roommates in Austin — shared rent $800 – $1,500/mo
Roommates in Seattle — shared rent $900 – $1,600/mo
Roommates in Washington DC — shared rent $1,000 – $1,800/mo
Roommates in Miami — shared rent $1,000 – $1,800/mo
Roommates in Denver — shared rent $800 – $1,400/mo
Roommates in Houston — shared rent $700 – $1,300/mo
Roommates in Dallas — shared rent $800 – $1,400/mo
Roommates in Atlanta — shared rent $800 – $1,400/mo
Roommates in Philadelphia — shared rent $700 – $1,300/mo
Roommates in Phoenix — shared rent $800 – $1,300/mo
Roommates in San Diego — shared rent $1,000 – $1,800/mo
Roommates in Las Vegas — shared rent $650 – $1,100/mo
Roommates in Charlotte — shared rent $700 – $1,250/mo

Safety and fair housing

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