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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 827 | East Providence city | Rhode Island | 29.6% ±1.7 percentage points | 47,281 |
| 827 | Harker Heights city | Texas | 29.6% ±4.4 percentage points | 34,128 |
| 827 | San Angelo city | Texas | 29.6% ±1.4 percentage points | 99,674 |
| 827 | McLean CDP | Virginia | 29.6% ±3.3 percentage points | 49,627 |
| 827 | Mechanicsville CDP | Virginia | 29.6% ±3.5 percentage points | 38,683 |
| 827 | Yakima city | Washington | 29.6% ±1.9 percentage points | 96,961 |
| 857 | Corcoran city | California | 29.7% ±3.9 percentage points | 22,491 |
| 857 | San Ramon city | California | 29.7% ±2.3 percentage points | 85,993 |
| 857 | Albany city | Georgia | 29.7% ±2.0 percentage points | 67,224 |
| 857 | Munster town | Indiana | 29.7% ±19.5 percentage points | 23,733 |
| 857 | Burlington city | Iowa | 29.7% ±3.5 percentage points | 23,728 |
| 857 | Perry Hall CDP | Maryland | 29.7% ±4.6 percentage points | 29,105 |
| 857 | Edina city | Minnesota | 29.7% ±2.5 percentage points | 53,262 |
| 857 | Forest Lake city | Minnesota | 29.7% ±4.8 percentage points | 20,729 |
| 857 | Clinton city | Mississippi | 29.7% ±2.7 percentage points | 27,195 |
| 857 | Lynbrook village | New York | 29.7% ±7.8 percentage points | 20,325 |
| 857 | West Hempstead CDP | New York | 29.7% ±13.7 percentage points | 20,648 |
| 857 | Goldsboro city | North Carolina | 29.7% ±2.2 percentage points | 34,383 |
| 857 | Holly Springs town | North Carolina | 29.7% ±3.4 percentage points | 45,248 |
| 857 | Sanford city | North Carolina | 29.7% ±3.1 percentage points | 31,478 |
| 857 | Muskogee city | Oklahoma | 29.7% ±1.7 percentage points | 36,758 |
| 857 | Smyrna town | Tennessee | 29.7% ±3.4 percentage points | 56,692 |
| 857 | Kearns metro township | Utah | 29.7% ±5.0 percentage points | 37,696 |
| 857 | Taylorsville city | Utah | 29.7% ±2.3 percentage points | 58,678 |
| 857 | West Valley City city | Utah | 29.7% ±1.9 percentage points | 138,437 |
| 857 | Kenosha city | Wisconsin | 29.7% ±1.6 percentage points | 99,372 |
| 877 | West Memphis city | Arkansas | 29.8% ±3.2 percentage points | 23,929 |
| 877 | Hanford city | California | 29.8% ±3.0 percentage points | 59,754 |
| 877 | Millbrae city | California | 29.8% ±4.3 percentage points | 22,689 |
| 877 | Wildomar city | California | 29.8% ±5.5 percentage points | 37,277 |
| 877 | Four Square Mile CDP | Colorado | 29.8% ±2.1 percentage points | 23,024 |
| 877 | Highlands Ranch CDP | Colorado | 29.8% ±2.1 percentage points | 102,257 |
| 877 | Keystone CDP | Florida | 29.8% ±8.3 percentage points | 25,858 |
| 877 | Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) | Hawaii | 29.8% ±1.6 percentage points | 39,640 |
| 877 | Caldwell city | Idaho | 29.8% ±2.7 percentage points | 66,516 |
| 877 | Meridian city | Idaho | 29.8% ±1.7 percentage points | 130,138 |
| 877 | Belleville city | Illinois | 29.8% ±2.6 percentage points | 41,370 |
| 877 | Goshen city | Indiana | 29.8% ±3.1 percentage points | 34,420 |
| 877 | Highland town | Indiana | 29.8% ±6.4 percentage points | 23,680 |
| 877 | Metairie CDP | Louisiana | 29.8% ±1.7 percentage points | 139,729 |
| 877 | Glen Burnie CDP | Maryland | 29.8% ±1.9 percentage points | 72,590 |
| 877 | Old Jamestown CDP | Missouri | 29.8% ±11.1 percentage points | 20,651 |
| 877 | Roselle borough | New Jersey | 29.8% ±5.4 percentage points | 22,646 |
| 877 | Alamogordo city | New Mexico | 29.8% ±3.0 percentage points | 31,307 |
| 877 | Roswell city | New Mexico | 29.8% ±3.4 percentage points | 47,638 |
| 877 | Brighton CDP | New York | 29.8% ±2.4 percentage points | 36,834 |
| 877 | Medina city | Ohio | 29.8% ±2.7 percentage points | 25,950 |
| 877 | Cleveland city | Tennessee | 29.8% ±1.9 percentage points | 48,829 |
| 877 | Johnson City city | Tennessee | 29.8% ±1.9 percentage points | 72,222 |
| 877 | Midlothian city | Texas | 29.8% ±5.1 percentage points | 39,356 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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