The 20 most expensive zip codes for renters in America

If you're considering moving to New York City, you'll want to crunch some numbers first. According to a new report from apartment search site RENTCafé, 16 of the 20 most expensive zip codes for renters are in Manhattan.

Using data from Yardi Matrix, the site collected rent averages for every state and every zip code in 125 major U.S. markets. "The top award for 'most outrageous rent prices' this year goes to New York City's 10282 (Battery Park City), where rent costs on average almost $6,000 per month," RENTCafé reports.

Read on to see which other cities besides New York boast some of the most expensive neighborhoods, and the monthly rent you'd have to shell out to live in each. Average rent prices are as of March 2017.

Neighborhood: Carnegie Hill / Yorkville

Average rent: $3,977 per month

Neighborhood: Chelsea / Flatiron / Greenwich Village

Average rent: $4,006 per month

Neighborhood: West Village / Meatpacking / Greenwich Village / Hudson Square

Average rent: $4,010 per month

Neighborhood: Carnegie Hill / Yorkville

Average rent: $4,014 per month

Neighborhood: Mission Bay / Central Waterfront

Average rent: $4,070 per month

Neighborhood: Central Midtown / Sutton Place / Turtle Bay

Average rent: $4,097 per month

Neighborhood: NoMad / Kips Bay / Flatiron / Gramercy Park / Peter Cooper Village

Average rent: $4,166 per month

Neighborhood: Gramercy Park / East Village / Greenwich Village / Flatiron / NoHo

Average rent: $4,178 per month

Neighborhood: Back Bay

Average rent: $4,227 per month

Neighborhood: Chelsea / Koreatow n/ Hudson Yards / NoMad

Average rent: $4,373 per month

Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen / Theatre District / Central Midtown

Average rent: $4,375 per month

Neighborhood: Yerba Buena / South Beach

Average rent: $4,380 per month

Neighborhood: TriBeCa / Soho/ Hudson Square / Chinatown / Little Italy

Average rent: $4,422 per month

Neighborhood: Lower East Side / Bowery / Chinatown / Two Bridges

Average rent: $4,441 per month

Neighborhood: Upper West Side

Average rent: $4,525 per month

Neighborhood: Manhattan Valley / Upper West Side / Morningside Heights

Average rent: $4,535 per month

Neighborhood: Presidio

Average rent: $4,762 per month

Neighborhood: Lincoln Square / Upper West Side

Average rent: $4,892 per month

Neighborhood: Lenox Hill

Average rent: $4,898 per month

Neighborhood: Battery Park City

Average rent: $5,924 per month

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