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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 877 | Pflugerville city | Texas | 29.8% ±3.6 percentage points | 65,971 |
| 877 | Puyallup city | Washington | 29.8% ±1.9 percentage points | 42,746 |
| 903 | El Cerrito city | California | 29.9% ±2.4 percentage points | 25,994 |
| 903 | Shafter city | California | 29.9% ±5.3 percentage points | 21,193 |
| 903 | Rexburg city | Idaho | 29.9% ±3.0 percentage points | 40,543 |
| 903 | Westmont village | Illinois | 29.9% ±2.1 percentage points | 23,724 |
| 903 | Davenport city | Iowa | 29.9% ±1.8 percentage points | 100,913 |
| 903 | Lexington-Fayette urban county | Kentucky | 29.9% ±0.9 percentage points | 323,725 |
| 903 | Fitchburg city | Massachusetts | 29.9% ±3.5 percentage points | 41,798 |
| 903 | Gardner city | Massachusetts | 29.9% ±3.9 percentage points | 21,148 |
| 903 | Holland city | Michigan | 29.9% ±4.3 percentage points | 34,423 |
| 903 | Mankato city | Minnesota | 29.9% ±3.7 percentage points | 45,473 |
| 903 | White Bear Lake city | Minnesota | 29.9% ±3.8 percentage points | 23,908 |
| 903 | Carson City | Nevada | 29.9% ±1.8 percentage points | 58,384 |
| 903 | Elmwood Park borough | New Jersey | 29.9% ±7.0 percentage points | 21,412 |
| 903 | Franklin Square CDP | New York | 29.9% ±9.4 percentage points | 30,897 |
| 903 | Charlotte city | North Carolina | 29.9% ±0.6 percentage points | 903,844 |
| 903 | Yukon city | Oklahoma | 29.9% ±4.7 percentage points | 25,529 |
| 903 | Beaverton city | Oregon | 29.9% ±1.5 percentage points | 97,812 |
| 903 | Williamsport city | Pennsylvania | 29.9% ±2.9 percentage points | 27,612 |
| 903 | Summerville town | South Carolina | 29.9% ±3.7 percentage points | 51,654 |
| 903 | Bountiful city | Utah | 29.9% ±3.1 percentage points | 45,023 |
| 903 | Provo city | Utah | 29.9% ±1.1 percentage points | 114,766 |
| 903 | Covington city | Washington | 29.9% ±6.9 percentage points | 21,233 |
| 903 | South Hill CDP | Washington | 29.9% ±1.9 percentage points | 68,025 |
| 903 | Tumwater city | Washington | 29.9% ±3.4 percentage points | 26,956 |
| 903 | Fitchburg city | Wisconsin | 29.9% ±2.4 percentage points | 32,619 |
| 928 | Jacksonville city | Arkansas | 30.0% ±4.8 percentage points | 29,221 |
| 928 | Nampa city | Idaho | 30.0% ±1.2 percentage points | 110,319 |
| 928 | Danville city | Illinois | 30.0% ±2.1 percentage points | 28,595 |
| 928 | Peoria city | Illinois | 30.0% ±1.9 percentage points | 112,169 |
| 928 | Rosedale CDP | Maryland | 30.0% ±4.8 percentage points | 20,002 |
| 928 | Burnsville city | Minnesota | 30.0% ±2.1 percentage points | 64,463 |
| 928 | St. Paul city | Minnesota | 30.0% ±1.0 percentage points | 307,284 |
| 928 | Southaven city | Mississippi | 30.0% ±3.4 percentage points | 56,226 |
| 928 | Kansas City city | Missouri | 30.0% ±0.8 percentage points | 510,612 |
| 928 | Missoula city | Montana | 30.0% ±1.6 percentage points | 76,514 |
| 928 | Omaha city | Nebraska | 30.0% ±0.7 percentage points | 488,837 |
| 928 | Manchester city | New Hampshire | 30.0% ±1.1 percentage points | 115,643 |
| 928 | South Plainfield borough | New Jersey | 30.0% ±6.2 percentage points | 24,473 |
| 928 | Euclid city | Ohio | 30.0% ±2.8 percentage points | 48,823 |
| 928 | Bluffton town | South Carolina | 30.0% ±6.5 percentage points | 33,157 |
| 928 | Columbia city | Tennessee | 30.0% ±4.1 percentage points | 45,441 |
| 928 | Victoria city | Texas | 30.0% ±2.6 percentage points | 65,625 |
| 945 | Fairbanks city | Alaska | 30.1% ±2.6 percentage points | 32,083 |
| 945 | Prescott Valley town | Arizona | 30.1% ±3.3 percentage points | 49,179 |
| 945 | Paragould city | Arkansas | 30.1% ±4.2 percentage points | 30,215 |
| 945 | Campbell city | California | 30.1% ±2.0 percentage points | 42,781 |
| 945 | East Los Angeles CDP | California | 30.1% ±1.5 percentage points | 111,647 |
| 945 | San Jose city | California | 30.1% ±0.5 percentage points | 990,138 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.