Sharing a room, apartment, or house with a friend or anyone can be fun and cost-effective. The first thing that usually comes to mind when sharing a place is how to split the total rent.
Are you curious to know what the split rent could be, and whether utilities are included? That’s why we built a Rent Split Calculator—to help you quickly split rent among roommates, without wasting time on pen-and-paper math or a phone calculator.
In this guide, we will cover:
Rent split is the process of dividing the total monthly rent of a room, apartment, or house (including rent + utilities) among the people living there. There are different ways to split rent, such as:
Our calculator is designed to calculate the rent split evenly among people.
A Rent Split Calculator is an online tool that helps a group of people living in the same place equally distribute rent among themselves. Here’s how it works:
Now we will discuss how the rent is split and the formula behind it
The calculator uses a simple formula to calculate the rent split evenly among roommates. Here is the formula:
Per Person Rent = (Total Rent + Utilities) / Number of Roommates
Let’s look at a real-world example to see how it works:
Imagine a group of three friends rented an apartment for $1,200, and they pay $150 in total utilities. Let’s calculate:
$1,200$1503Case 1: Without utilities
$1,20031200 ÷ 3 = 400
➡️ Per person rent (without utilities) = $400
Case 2: With utilities included
$1,200$150$1,200 + $150 = $1,35031350 ÷ 3 = 450
➡️ Per person rent (with utilities) = $450
You and your roommate earn different amounts:
$4,000/month$2,000/month$1,800Income ratio = 2:1.
$1,200.$600.200 sq ft100 sq ft$1,500Total area = 300 sq ft.
$1,000$500A couple shares one room, and a single roommate lives in the other.
$1,500$150$1,650Two units: (1 couple + 1 single) = 2.
Each “unit” pays $825.
$412.50 each$825.If rent is distributed based on income, the higher earner pays more than the lower earner. This way, higher earners take more responsibility, ensuring rent stays affordable for everyone.
If rooms are different sizes or if one has extra features (like a private bathroom), the rent can be split by square footage. This ensures those with more space pay a fairer share.
For example:
If an apartment has two rooms—a master bedroom and a small room—with the following sizes:
200 sq ft100 sq ftIf the total rent is $300 per month, since the master bedroom is twice the size, the master pays $200, while the small room pays $100.