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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 548 | Redwood City city | California | 28.4% ±1.3 percentage points | 82,447 |
| 548 | San Mateo city | California | 28.4% ±1.4 percentage points | 103,105 |
| 548 | Valinda CDP | California | 28.4% ±4.5 percentage points | 20,962 |
| 548 | Kahului CDP | Hawaii | 28.4% ±4.8 percentage points | 28,288 |
| 548 | Frankfort village | Illinois | 28.4% ±9.9 percentage points | 20,651 |
| 548 | O'Fallon city | Illinois | 28.4% ±5.5 percentage points | 32,262 |
| 548 | Wilmette village | Illinois | 28.4% ±4.1 percentage points | 27,503 |
| 548 | Crown Point city | Indiana | 28.4% ±5.8 percentage points | 34,393 |
| 548 | Altoona city | Iowa | 28.4% ±5.4 percentage points | 21,495 |
| 548 | Frankfort city | Kentucky | 28.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 28,503 |
| 548 | Severn CDP | Maryland | 28.4% ±2.4 percentage points | 58,402 |
| 548 | Kentwood city | Michigan | 28.4% ±1.7 percentage points | 54,296 |
| 548 | Lincoln Park city | Michigan | 28.4% ±3.6 percentage points | 39,257 |
| 548 | St. Clair Shores city | Michigan | 28.4% ±2.1 percentage points | 58,140 |
| 548 | Fridley city | Minnesota | 28.4% ±1.7 percentage points | 30,241 |
| 548 | Keene city | New Hampshire | 28.4% ±1.9 percentage points | 22,939 |
| 548 | Oceanside CDP | New York | 28.4% ±1.8 percentage points | 31,639 |
| 548 | Watertown city | New York | 28.4% ±1.7 percentage points | 24,375 |
| 548 | Burlington city | North Carolina | 28.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 59,610 |
| 548 | Wilson city | North Carolina | 28.4% ±1.9 percentage points | 48,370 |
| 548 | Hamilton city | Ohio | 28.4% ±1.5 percentage points | 63,468 |
| 548 | Lebanon city | Ohio | 28.4% ±4.6 percentage points | 21,501 |
| 548 | Toledo city | Ohio | 28.4% ±0.9 percentage points | 267,463 |
| 548 | Hillsboro city | Oregon | 28.4% ±1.3 percentage points | 108,231 |
| 548 | Simpsonville city | South Carolina | 28.4% ±3.6 percentage points | 26,144 |
| 548 | Leander city | Texas | 28.4% ±2.7 percentage points | 74,067 |
| 548 | The Woodlands CDP | Texas | 28.4% ±2.4 percentage points | 121,002 |
| 548 | Timberwood Park CDP | Texas | 28.4% ±3.4 percentage points | 35,413 |
| 548 | Roanoke city | Virginia | 28.4% ±1.0 percentage points | 98,355 |
| 548 | Rose Hill CDP (Fairfax County) | Virginia | 28.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 21,066 |
| 548 | Camas city | Washington | 28.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 27,007 |
| 548 | Salmon Creek CDP | Washington | 28.4% ±4.5 percentage points | 20,017 |
| 583 | Anchorage municipality | Alaska | 28.5% ±1.0 percentage points | 288,976 |
| 583 | Mountain House CDP | California | 28.5% ±3.9 percentage points | 25,513 |
| 583 | Port St. John CDP | Florida | 28.5% ±4.0 percentage points | 25,120 |
| 583 | Brookhaven city | Georgia | 28.5% ±1.7 percentage points | 57,855 |
| 583 | Darien city | Illinois | 28.5% ±4.5 percentage points | 21,879 |
| 583 | Wheeling village | Illinois | 28.5% ±2.3 percentage points | 38,433 |
| 583 | Fort Wayne city | Indiana | 28.5% ±1.0 percentage points | 268,589 |
| 583 | Westfield city | Massachusetts | 28.5% ±2.8 percentage points | 40,378 |
| 583 | Bloomington city | Minnesota | 28.5% ±1.6 percentage points | 88,665 |
| 583 | Mesquite city | Nevada | 28.5% ±3.5 percentage points | 22,059 |
| 583 | Levittown CDP | New York | 28.5% ±8.1 percentage points | 51,904 |
| 583 | Asheboro city | North Carolina | 28.5% ±3.1 percentage points | 27,580 |
| 583 | Brunswick city | Ohio | 28.5% ±3.3 percentage points | 35,246 |
| 583 | Mansfield city | Ohio | 28.5% ±1.5 percentage points | 47,663 |
| 583 | Westlake city | Ohio | 28.5% ±3.4 percentage points | 34,104 |
| 583 | Euless city | Texas | 28.5% ±1.8 percentage points | 60,421 |
| 583 | Ogden city | Utah | 28.5% ±1.4 percentage points | 87,413 |
| 600 | Pine Bluff city | Arkansas | 28.6% ±2.2 percentage points | 39,743 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.