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U.S. DATING MARKET INTELLIGENCE

The U.S. dating market, decrypted.

Dating, reframed as an optimization problem. 393 sourced datasets. One conversion you actually want.

124markets2kneighborhoods27.5kdate spots393data sources
The map room

Pick a state. Open its desks.

All 124 field offices, mapped. Deeper tint means more covered markets in that state.

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Tap a state to list its markets. Deeper tint = more field offices.

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Tonight’s desk

How things are on each coast.

East Coast · 40 markets
$1,400 median 1BR

Maine to Miami, on the Atlantic side. Range from Greensboro ($1,050) to New York ($4,750). Biggest pool: New York (4.3M singles).

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West Coast · 17 markets
$1,495 median 1BR

California, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Hawaii. Range from Spokane ($1,050) to San Francisco Bay Area ($3,950). Biggest pool: Los Angeles (3.0M singles).

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The South · 25 markets
$975 median 1BR

Texas through Tennessee, the interior and Gulf. Range from Shreveport ($815) to Nashville ($1,634). Biggest pool: Dallas-Fort Worth (1.4M singles).

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By the numbers

Top of the rankings.

Coupling (share of households that are couples; share of couples living together unmarried) and gender, politics, and pool size from ACS or state election authorities (verified or modeled per city). Rent from Zumper/RentCafe (modeled). Click any row to open the desk.

Field offices

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