Here's where you can rent a home for $1,000 or less

For renters in New York City or Los Angeles, apartments available for less than $1,000 are mere urban legends.

For renters in Wichita, Kansas, meanwhile, they’re a dime a dozen.

A new study by Zillow , reported by the New York Times , combed the US to find major cities where three-figure rents are more than a mere myth. At a time when housing eats up a large proportion of most household budgets — the line item has grown faster than American incomes for years — these metros offer a glimmer of hope.

As it turns out, however, there aren’t many ultra-thrifty metros left. Among the 100 largest cities in the country, just 13 possess a rental housing stock with more than one third of prices below $1,000.

The holdouts, unsurprisingly, are largely concentrated in smaller Midwestern and Sout