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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 645 | Westchase CDP | Florida | 28.8% ±2.4 percentage points | 24,885 |
| 645 | Cicero town | Illinois | 28.8% ±2.1 percentage points | 82,797 |
| 645 | Park Forest village | Illinois | 28.8% ±7.3 percentage points | 21,156 |
| 645 | Kansas City city | Kansas | 28.8% ±1.2 percentage points | 155,135 |
| 645 | St. Cloud city | Minnesota | 28.8% ±2.2 percentage points | 70,629 |
| 645 | West Seneca CDP | New York | 28.8% ±2.8 percentage points | 45,303 |
| 645 | Indian Trail town | North Carolina | 28.8% ±3.4 percentage points | 42,036 |
| 645 | Austintown CDP | Ohio | 28.8% ±3.6 percentage points | 30,164 |
| 645 | Chillicothe city | Ohio | 28.8% ±3.6 percentage points | 21,902 |
| 645 | Columbus city | Ohio | 28.8% ±0.3 percentage points | 914,802 |
| 645 | Woodburn city | Oregon | 28.8% ±5.8 percentage points | 27,875 |
| 645 | Cranston city | Rhode Island | 28.8% ±2.2 percentage points | 83,250 |
| 645 | Lexington town | South Carolina | 28.8% ±3.1 percentage points | 24,585 |
| 645 | Eagle Pass city | Texas | 28.8% ±4.8 percentage points | 28,339 |
| 645 | Layton city | Utah | 28.8% ±1.6 percentage points | 83,286 |
| 645 | Sandy city | Utah | 28.8% ±1.8 percentage points | 94,291 |
| 645 | Edmonds city | Washington | 28.8% ±1.4 percentage points | 42,735 |
| 668 | Gilbert town | Arizona | 28.9% ±0.8 percentage points | 280,262 |
| 668 | Lathrop city | California | 28.9% ±6.8 percentage points | 35,052 |
| 668 | Selma city | California | 28.9% ±3.4 percentage points | 24,659 |
| 668 | Pueblo West CDP | Colorado | 28.9% ±6.0 percentage points | 35,681 |
| 668 | Snellville city | Georgia | 28.9% ±5.2 percentage points | 21,620 |
| 668 | Suwanee city | Georgia | 28.9% ±5.6 percentage points | 22,349 |
| 668 | Elmhurst city | Illinois | 28.9% ±3.1 percentage points | 45,671 |
| 668 | Chillum CDP | Maryland | 28.9% ±3.2 percentage points | 34,871 |
| 668 | Brookline CDP | Massachusetts | 28.9% ±1.1 percentage points | 63,266 |
| 668 | Biloxi city | Mississippi | 28.9% ±1.8 percentage points | 48,861 |
| 668 | Raytown city | Missouri | 28.9% ±3.1 percentage points | 29,445 |
| 668 | Lincoln city | Nebraska | 28.9% ±0.6 percentage points | 294,856 |
| 668 | Bayonne city | New Jersey | 28.9% ±1.2 percentage points | 71,553 |
| 668 | Hobbs city | New Mexico | 28.9% ±2.7 percentage points | 40,252 |
| 668 | Midwest City city | Oklahoma | 28.9% ±1.7 percentage points | 58,297 |
| 668 | Lake Oswego city | Oregon | 28.9% ±2.4 percentage points | 40,381 |
| 668 | Lancaster city | Pennsylvania | 28.9% ±1.4 percentage points | 57,719 |
| 668 | Dickinson city | Texas | 28.9% ±2.9 percentage points | 21,753 |
| 668 | Woodbridge CDP | Virginia | 28.9% ±2.6 percentage points | 43,945 |
| 668 | Bonney Lake city | Washington | 28.9% ±8.1 percentage points | 22,090 |
| 668 | Mountlake Terrace city | Washington | 28.9% ±3.1 percentage points | 23,104 |
| 668 | Beloit city | Wisconsin | 28.9% ±3.8 percentage points | 36,534 |
| 668 | La Crosse city | Wisconsin | 28.9% ±1.6 percentage points | 51,356 |
| 691 | North Little Rock city | Arkansas | 29.0% ±2.1 percentage points | 64,538 |
| 691 | Lemoore city | California | 29.0% ±5.6 percentage points | 27,102 |
| 691 | Pleasanton city | California | 29.0% ±2.5 percentage points | 76,960 |
| 691 | Alpharetta city | Georgia | 29.0% ±2.7 percentage points | 66,855 |
| 691 | Bloomingdale village | Illinois | 29.0% ±4.1 percentage points | 22,457 |
| 691 | Crest Hill city | Illinois | 29.0% ±3.1 percentage points | 20,628 |
| 691 | Hanover Park village | Illinois | 29.0% ±3.4 percentage points | 36,732 |
| 691 | Mishawaka city | Indiana | 29.0% ±1.8 percentage points | 51,021 |
| 691 | Arnold CDP | Maryland | 29.0% ±4.8 percentage points | 24,303 |
| 691 | Olney CDP | Maryland | 29.0% ±13.6 percentage points | 35,797 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.