Looking for a Partner Who Doesn’t Want Kids? Move to One of These Cities

December 5, 2016 by Alanna Finn

Updated on September 1st, 2021

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2016 is an interesting time to be looking for love, with lots of singles taking to the magical world of online dating to search for their other half. And thanks to dating sites like Match, the world’s largest relationship company, you can search for potential partners based on very specific criteria like career, income, height, physique, hobbies and whether or not they want to have kids.

Many people have “deal breakers” when it comes to choosing a potential life partner and one of those could be whether or not that person wants children.

There are a lot of individuals who are choosing to live childfree, so it’s no surprise that dating websites like Match offer it as a criterion. Couples opting for a zero-child household even have their own acronym: DINK, which stands for Dual Income, No Kids. And, well, DINKS also have that extra money to spend on things like vacations, dinners and, yup, real estate.

Redfin paired up with Match to come up with the top 10 cities with the highest percentage of singles 18-45 who don’t have children and don’t want children in the future. Then, Redfin took a look at what the real estate market looks like for one-bedroom homes in each of those cities, for people who aren’t planning on needing that second or third bedroom for the offspring.

Are you single and ready to mingle sans the little ones? Here are the top U.S. cities for you for childfree dating:

1. Queens, New York

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $250,000

2. Portland, Oregon

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $298,526

3. Kirkland, Washington

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $285,000

4. Pasadena, California

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $459,000

5. Fort Collins, Colorado

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $204,900

6. Seattle, Washington

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $504,950

7. Aurora, Colorado

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $118,000

8. Jersey City, New Jersey

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $317,000

9. Santa Cruz, California

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $394,300

10. Portland, Maine

Average price for a 1 bedroom home: $329,450

Methodology:

Match looked at the number of its members in 500 of the largest cities to come up with the top 10 cities with the highest percentage of singles 18-45 who don’t have children and don’t want children in the future.

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Alanna Finn

Alanna is the celebrity real estate expert at Redfin and oversees the Fun & Fabulous content for the Redfin Real-Time blog. Before coming to Redfin, Alanna was a local TV news producer and dabbled in the world of reality TV production. Her dream home would be a duplex in NYC with a balcony, washer/dryer and a dishwasher. Redfin is a full-service real estate brokerage that uses modern technology to make clients smarter and faster. For more information about working with a Redfin real estate agent to buy or sell a home, visit our Why Redfin page.

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