That leaves your dishwasher a reasonable budget of about 16k a year for affordable rent.
Around here the average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment is slightly over $1,600 per month. That is $19,200 for the year. Getting roommates and a 2-3 bedroom place does not really improve the picture much.
Everything will be OK, as long as car never breaks down and the dishwasher never gets sick. Better not get stuck with a traffic ticket or a late payment fee on something.
Run that scenario again for $12 per hour and it is not worth walking out the door for that job.
Too bad no one is interested in trucking. Long hours, but great money after the first couple of years - especially if one buys their own truck. $125K/yr is not hard to come by.