US cities with the lowest rent burden
Compare the typical share of renter household income spent on gross rent.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:15:40+00:00
Median gross rent as a percentage of household income: ACS B25071_001E. Uses Census’s direct renter-household measure, not median rent divided by income for all households. ACS places, including census-designated places, with at least 20,000 residents in the same ACS release. ACS 5-year pooled estimates; margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. Ranks do not imply statistically significant differences. Missing, suppressed, and annotated/top-coded estimates are excluded.
Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.
| Rank | Name | State | Rent as share of income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Acreage CDP | Florida | 15.2% ±17.4 percentage points | 40,843 |
| 2 | West Odessa CDP | Texas | 16.0% ±5.8 percentage points | 32,594 |
| 3 | Highland city | Utah | 18.3% ±23.6 percentage points | 20,119 |
| 4 | Dix Hills CDP | New York | 19.0% ±7.2 percentage points | 24,773 |
| 5 | Centerton city | Arkansas | 19.1% ±2.2 percentage points | 21,920 |
| 6 | Merrick CDP | New York | 19.2% ±28.2 percentage points | 21,744 |
| 7 | Garden City city | Kansas | 19.7% ±2.4 percentage points | 27,819 |
| 8 | San Luis city | Arizona | 19.9% ±3.7 percentage points | 37,337 |
| 8 | De Pere city | Wisconsin | 19.9% ±3.6 percentage points | 25,301 |
| 10 | Dodge City city | Kansas | 20.6% ±2.7 percentage points | 27,613 |
| 11 | Bentonville city | Arkansas | 20.9% ±1.6 percentage points | 58,249 |
| 12 | Bella Vista city | Arkansas | 21.0% ±3.6 percentage points | 31,697 |
| 12 | Maryland Heights city | Missouri | 21.0% ±2.4 percentage points | 27,880 |
| 14 | Sienna CDP | Texas | 21.1% ±9.8 percentage points | 24,992 |
| 15 | Morrisville town | North Carolina | 21.6% ±1.3 percentage points | 31,422 |
| 16 | Kuna city | Idaho | 21.7% ±6.7 percentage points | 27,158 |
| 16 | Bayou Cane CDP | Louisiana | 21.7% ±2.8 percentage points | 21,253 |
| 18 | Mokena village | Illinois | 22.1% ±2.2 percentage points | 20,021 |
| 18 | Fulshear city | Texas | 22.1% ±24.1 percentage points | 34,868 |
| 20 | Cupertino city | California | 22.2% ±1.2 percentage points | 58,566 |
| 21 | Forest Hills CDP | Michigan | 22.4% ±7.7 percentage points | 28,695 |
| 21 | Kaysville city | Utah | 22.4% ±3.2 percentage points | 33,053 |
| 23 | Collierville town | Tennessee | 22.5% ±2.0 percentage points | 51,515 |
| 24 | Florence town | Arizona | 22.6% ±4.5 percentage points | 25,570 |
| 24 | Manitowoc city | Wisconsin | 22.6% ±1.8 percentage points | 34,620 |
| 26 | Sunnyvale city | California | 22.8% ±0.8 percentage points | 154,236 |
| 26 | Radcliff city | Kentucky | 22.8% ±2.0 percentage points | 22,864 |
| 28 | Massapequa CDP | New York | 22.9% ±5.9 percentage points | 21,389 |
| 29 | Marshalltown city | Iowa | 23.0% ±2.3 percentage points | 27,626 |
| 29 | Elko city | Nevada | 23.0% ±1.9 percentage points | 20,696 |
| 29 | Jenks city | Oklahoma | 23.0% ±1.7 percentage points | 27,102 |
| 32 | Mountain View city | California | 23.1% ±1.3 percentage points | 83,732 |
| 32 | Middletown town | Delaware | 23.1% ±2.4 percentage points | 24,661 |
| 32 | Royal Oak city | Michigan | 23.1% ±1.4 percentage points | 57,950 |
| 32 | Caledonia village | Wisconsin | 23.1% ±3.6 percentage points | 25,257 |
| 36 | St. Michael city | Minnesota | 23.2% ±3.7 percentage points | 20,010 |
| 37 | Milton city | Georgia | 23.3% ±2.5 percentage points | 41,546 |
| 37 | Herndon town | Virginia | 23.3% ±1.7 percentage points | 24,672 |
| 37 | Redmond city | Washington | 23.3% ±1.0 percentage points | 77,353 |
| 40 | Oxford city | Alabama | 23.4% ±6.5 percentage points | 22,063 |
| 40 | Niskayuna CDP | New York | 23.4% ±2.7 percentage points | 21,227 |
| 40 | Beavercreek city | Ohio | 23.4% ±2.9 percentage points | 47,126 |
| 40 | Bellevue city | Washington | 23.4% ±1.0 percentage points | 151,847 |
| 44 | Cerritos city | California | 23.5% ±2.2 percentage points | 47,867 |
| 45 | Addison village | Illinois | 23.6% ±2.4 percentage points | 35,489 |
| 45 | North Bay Shore CDP | New York | 23.6% ±11.0 percentage points | 20,282 |
| 45 | Riverton city | Utah | 23.6% ±7.9 percentage points | 45,457 |
| 45 | Mount Pleasant village | Wisconsin | 23.6% ±3.8 percentage points | 27,953 |
| 49 | Rogers city | Arkansas | 23.7% ±1.7 percentage points | 72,981 |
| 49 | Avon Lake city | Ohio | 23.7% ±2.5 percentage points | 25,752 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.