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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 741 | Providence city | Rhode Island | 29.2% ±1.2 percentage points | 191,767 |
| 741 | Brownsville city | Texas | 29.2% ±1.2 percentage points | 189,177 |
| 741 | Carrollton city | Texas | 29.2% ±1.3 percentage points | 133,740 |
| 741 | Draper city | Utah | 29.2% ±1.8 percentage points | 50,278 |
| 741 | Parkersburg city | West Virginia | 29.2% ±2.5 percentage points | 29,240 |
| 756 | Cabot city | Arkansas | 29.3% ±5.3 percentage points | 26,960 |
| 756 | Rancho Palos Verdes city | California | 29.3% ±3.3 percentage points | 40,864 |
| 756 | Middletown city | Connecticut | 29.3% ±1.5 percentage points | 47,958 |
| 756 | Fish Hawk CDP | Florida | 29.3% ±7.2 percentage points | 26,186 |
| 756 | Hinesville city | Georgia | 29.3% ±2.3 percentage points | 35,679 |
| 756 | Statesboro city | Georgia | 29.3% ±2.0 percentage points | 34,149 |
| 756 | Chicago city | Illinois | 29.3% ±0.3 percentage points | 2,711,226 |
| 756 | Ottumwa city | Iowa | 29.3% ±4.3 percentage points | 25,430 |
| 756 | Attleboro city | Massachusetts | 29.3% ±2.4 percentage points | 46,762 |
| 756 | Danvers CDP | Massachusetts | 29.3% ±4.2 percentage points | 28,098 |
| 756 | Westland city | Michigan | 29.3% ±1.3 percentage points | 83,633 |
| 756 | Minneapolis city | Minnesota | 29.3% ±0.5 percentage points | 427,246 |
| 756 | Shakopee city | Minnesota | 29.3% ±2.2 percentage points | 46,012 |
| 756 | North Platte city | Nebraska | 29.3% ±2.5 percentage points | 22,831 |
| 756 | Claremore city | Oklahoma | 29.3% ±1.8 percentage points | 20,166 |
| 756 | Bend city | Oregon | 29.3% ±1.3 percentage points | 103,390 |
| 756 | Pittsburgh city | Pennsylvania | 29.3% ±0.7 percentage points | 304,759 |
| 756 | Paris city | Texas | 29.3% ±2.6 percentage points | 24,775 |
| 756 | Martha Lake CDP | Washington | 29.3% ±3.5 percentage points | 22,634 |
| 756 | Mill Creek city | Washington | 29.3% ±4.6 percentage points | 20,956 |
| 756 | Waukesha city | Wisconsin | 29.3% ±1.8 percentage points | 71,233 |
| 777 | Hot Springs city | Arkansas | 29.4% ±3.6 percentage points | 37,920 |
| 777 | Norco city | California | 29.4% ±4.5 percentage points | 25,054 |
| 777 | Redlands city | California | 29.4% ±1.6 percentage points | 73,375 |
| 777 | Wethersfield CDP | Connecticut | 29.4% ±4.2 percentage points | 27,250 |
| 777 | East Moline city | Illinois | 29.4% ±3.1 percentage points | 20,904 |
| 777 | Vernon Hills village | Illinois | 29.4% ±3.9 percentage points | 26,876 |
| 777 | Waukegan city | Illinois | 29.4% ±2.4 percentage points | 89,076 |
| 777 | Woodridge village | Illinois | 29.4% ±3.7 percentage points | 33,941 |
| 777 | Elkhart city | Indiana | 29.4% ±2.9 percentage points | 53,733 |
| 777 | Greenfield city | Indiana | 29.4% ±4.6 percentage points | 24,940 |
| 777 | Michigan City city | Indiana | 29.4% ±3.0 percentage points | 31,814 |
| 777 | Dubuque city | Iowa | 29.4% ±2.3 percentage points | 59,174 |
| 777 | Franklin Town city | Massachusetts | 29.4% ±3.3 percentage points | 33,154 |
| 777 | Methuen city | Massachusetts | 29.4% ±2.7 percentage points | 53,475 |
| 777 | Okemos CDP | Michigan | 29.4% ±2.5 percentage points | 26,396 |
| 777 | Springfield city | Missouri | 29.4% ±0.8 percentage points | 169,954 |
| 777 | Fort Lee borough | New Jersey | 29.4% ±1.9 percentage points | 40,067 |
| 777 | Durham city | North Carolina | 29.4% ±0.8 percentage points | 291,467 |
| 777 | Hudson city | Ohio | 29.4% ±13.9 percentage points | 23,039 |
| 777 | Easton city | Pennsylvania | 29.4% ±2.6 percentage points | 29,739 |
| 777 | Channelview CDP | Texas | 29.4% ±5.2 percentage points | 43,605 |
| 777 | Ennis city | Texas | 29.4% ±4.8 percentage points | 22,588 |
| 777 | McKinney city | Texas | 29.4% ±1.2 percentage points | 210,600 |
| 777 | University Park city | Texas | 29.4% ±7.8 percentage points | 25,155 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.