Where you live makes a big difference in how much you pay for rent.

Here are the metro areas with the highest rent increases in the past year.

They raked the cities with the highest percentage increase.

It also includes the surrounding metro area of the city.

It is expressed in dollars.

Rapid Rent Appreciation Reaches Beyond Housing Hot Spots to Smaller, Unexpected Markets| PR Newswire viaCredit.com

Photo byEric Fischer.