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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1038 | Boston city | Massachusetts | 30.6% ±0.5 percentage points | 666,442 |
| 1038 | Columbia city | Missouri | 30.6% ±1.7 percentage points | 128,548 |
| 1038 | Wentzville city | Missouri | 30.6% ±2.8 percentage points | 47,061 |
| 1038 | Bozeman city | Montana | 30.6% ±2.3 percentage points | 56,114 |
| 1038 | Tonawanda Town CDP | New York | 30.6% ±2.1 percentage points | 56,806 |
| 1038 | Marion city | Ohio | 30.6% ±2.5 percentage points | 35,669 |
| 1038 | Mount Juliet city | Tennessee | 30.6% ±2.3 percentage points | 42,073 |
| 1038 | Denison city | Texas | 30.6% ±3.7 percentage points | 25,778 |
| 1038 | Fresno CDP | Texas | 30.6% ±4.7 percentage points | 24,560 |
| 1038 | New Braunfels city | Texas | 30.6% ±1.8 percentage points | 104,643 |
| 1038 | Centreville CDP | Virginia | 30.6% ±2.1 percentage points | 71,706 |
| 1038 | Fairfax city | Virginia | 30.6% ±4.9 percentage points | 25,026 |
| 1038 | Newport News city | Virginia | 30.6% ±1.1 percentage points | 184,216 |
| 1064 | Lake Havasu City city | Arizona | 30.7% ±2.3 percentage points | 58,359 |
| 1064 | Antelope CDP | California | 30.7% ±3.6 percentage points | 48,301 |
| 1064 | West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP | California | 30.7% ±3.8 percentage points | 25,615 |
| 1064 | Milford city (balance) | Connecticut | 30.7% ±3.1 percentage points | 51,023 |
| 1064 | Fleming Island CDP | Florida | 30.7% ±4.5 percentage points | 29,766 |
| 1064 | Pensacola city | Florida | 30.7% ±2.3 percentage points | 54,036 |
| 1064 | Chamblee city | Georgia | 30.7% ±3.9 percentage points | 30,895 |
| 1064 | Douglasville city | Georgia | 30.7% ±2.5 percentage points | 37,536 |
| 1064 | Hattiesburg city | Mississippi | 30.7% ±2.0 percentage points | 48,619 |
| 1064 | Jamestown city | New York | 30.7% ±2.1 percentage points | 28,188 |
| 1064 | Wilkes-Barre city | Pennsylvania | 30.7% ±2.1 percentage points | 44,423 |
| 1064 | Fate city | Texas | 30.7% ±6.2 percentage points | 22,884 |
| 1064 | Longview city | Texas | 30.7% ±2.0 percentage points | 82,923 |
| 1064 | Chantilly CDP | Virginia | 30.7% ±5.4 percentage points | 24,036 |
| 1064 | Petersburg city | Virginia | 30.7% ±2.5 percentage points | 33,537 |
| 1064 | Maple Valley city | Washington | 30.7% ±5.8 percentage points | 28,287 |
| 1080 | Casas Adobes CDP | Arizona | 30.8% ±2.0 percentage points | 72,059 |
| 1080 | Searcy city | Arkansas | 30.8% ±2.8 percentage points | 23,340 |
| 1080 | Bay Point CDP | California | 30.8% ±3.8 percentage points | 24,231 |
| 1080 | Granite Bay CDP | California | 30.8% ±8.8 percentage points | 21,673 |
| 1080 | Hacienda Heights CDP | California | 30.8% ±3.0 percentage points | 54,291 |
| 1080 | Tracy city | California | 30.8% ±1.9 percentage points | 96,966 |
| 1080 | Evans city | Colorado | 30.8% ±5.6 percentage points | 22,396 |
| 1080 | Golden city | Colorado | 30.8% ±3.7 percentage points | 20,417 |
| 1080 | Danbury city | Connecticut | 30.8% ±1.7 percentage points | 87,263 |
| 1080 | Winter Garden city | Florida | 30.8% ±5.5 percentage points | 47,872 |
| 1080 | Blue Island city | Illinois | 30.8% ±6.9 percentage points | 21,741 |
| 1080 | Downers Grove village | Illinois | 30.8% ±3.0 percentage points | 50,054 |
| 1080 | Anderson city | Indiana | 30.8% ±2.4 percentage points | 55,367 |
| 1080 | Prairie Village city | Kansas | 30.8% ±5.7 percentage points | 22,874 |
| 1080 | Bangor city | Maine | 30.8% ±2.5 percentage points | 31,938 |
| 1080 | Chicopee city | Massachusetts | 30.8% ±1.8 percentage points | 55,295 |
| 1080 | Burton city | Michigan | 30.8% ±10.0 percentage points | 29,500 |
| 1080 | Hamtramck city | Michigan | 30.8% ±5.0 percentage points | 27,743 |
| 1080 | St. Joseph city | Missouri | 30.8% ±2.0 percentage points | 71,236 |
| 1080 | Albany city | New York | 30.8% ±2.0 percentage points | 100,492 |
| 1080 | Bartlesville city | Oklahoma | 30.8% ±1.4 percentage points | 37,878 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.