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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080 | Del City city | Oklahoma | 30.8% ±4.1 percentage points | 21,494 |
| 1080 | Hilton Head Island town | South Carolina | 30.8% ±4.2 percentage points | 37,911 |
| 1080 | Big Spring city | Texas | 30.8% ±2.3 percentage points | 23,975 |
| 1080 | Herriman city | Utah | 30.8% ±4.7 percentage points | 59,346 |
| 1080 | Laramie city | Wyoming | 30.8% ±3.3 percentage points | 32,234 |
| 1106 | Yuma city | Arizona | 30.9% ±1.6 percentage points | 100,139 |
| 1106 | Saratoga city | California | 30.9% ±5.1 percentage points | 30,319 |
| 1106 | South San Francisco city | California | 30.9% ±2.3 percentage points | 64,305 |
| 1106 | West Sacramento city | California | 30.9% ±3.0 percentage points | 54,927 |
| 1106 | Arvada city | Colorado | 30.9% ±1.7 percentage points | 122,634 |
| 1106 | Atlanta city | Georgia | 30.9% ±0.9 percentage points | 505,268 |
| 1106 | Perry city | Georgia | 30.9% ±4.4 percentage points | 23,001 |
| 1106 | Roswell city | Georgia | 30.9% ±2.4 percentage points | 92,621 |
| 1106 | Smyrna city | Georgia | 30.9% ±2.4 percentage points | 56,633 |
| 1106 | New Iberia city | Louisiana | 30.9% ±3.9 percentage points | 27,571 |
| 1106 | Lewiston city | Maine | 30.9% ±2.3 percentage points | 38,324 |
| 1106 | Pasadena CDP | Maryland | 30.9% ±8.5 percentage points | 34,309 |
| 1106 | Rockville city | Maryland | 30.9% ±2.1 percentage points | 67,671 |
| 1106 | Holyoke city | Massachusetts | 30.9% ±2.3 percentage points | 37,813 |
| 1106 | Hackensack city | New Jersey | 30.9% ±2.6 percentage points | 46,057 |
| 1106 | Raleigh city | North Carolina | 30.9% ±0.8 percentage points | 481,031 |
| 1106 | Painesville city | Ohio | 30.9% ±4.8 percentage points | 20,548 |
| 1106 | Conway city | South Carolina | 30.9% ±4.6 percentage points | 27,263 |
| 1106 | Cookeville city | Tennessee | 30.9% ±3.2 percentage points | 36,088 |
| 1106 | Dallas city | Texas | 30.9% ±0.5 percentage points | 1,307,930 |
| 1106 | Marshall city | Texas | 30.9% ±3.8 percentage points | 23,825 |
| 1106 | Rockwall city | Texas | 30.9% ±2.7 percentage points | 51,168 |
| 1106 | Sugar Land city | Texas | 30.9% ±3.2 percentage points | 110,016 |
| 1106 | Texas City city | Texas | 30.9% ±3.1 percentage points | 55,364 |
| 1106 | Wylie city | Texas | 30.9% ±3.8 percentage points | 60,334 |
| 1106 | Lincolnia CDP | Virginia | 30.9% ±4.2 percentage points | 20,320 |
| 1106 | Manassas city | Virginia | 30.9% ±2.3 percentage points | 42,976 |
| 1106 | Burien city | Washington | 30.9% ±2.1 percentage points | 51,513 |
| 1134 | Maricopa city | Arizona | 31.0% ±3.6 percentage points | 67,163 |
| 1134 | Phoenix city | Arizona | 31.0% ±0.5 percentage points | 1,642,323 |
| 1134 | Texarkana city | Arkansas | 31.0% ±3.0 percentage points | 29,177 |
| 1134 | East San Gabriel CDP | California | 31.0% ±4.8 percentage points | 23,410 |
| 1134 | Montrose city | Colorado | 31.0% ±3.0 percentage points | 21,044 |
| 1134 | Norwalk city | Connecticut | 31.0% ±2.0 percentage points | 92,187 |
| 1134 | Wilmington city | Delaware | 31.0% ±1.6 percentage points | 71,727 |
| 1134 | Wesley Chapel CDP | Florida | 31.0% ±2.8 percentage points | 76,011 |
| 1134 | Mililani Town CDP | Hawaii | 31.0% ±2.0 percentage points | 27,668 |
| 1134 | Lafayette city | Indiana | 31.0% ±1.4 percentage points | 71,159 |
| 1134 | Rio Rancho city | New Mexico | 31.0% ±2.7 percentage points | 108,515 |
| 1134 | Binghamton city | New York | 31.0% ±2.6 percentage points | 47,151 |
| 1134 | Concord city | North Carolina | 31.0% ±2.4 percentage points | 108,719 |
| 1134 | Tigard city | Oregon | 31.0% ±2.0 percentage points | 56,011 |
| 1134 | Tualatin city | Oregon | 31.0% ±3.3 percentage points | 27,763 |
| 1134 | Lufkin city | Texas | 31.0% ±2.1 percentage points | 34,251 |
| 1134 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | 31.0% ±2.4 percentage points | 79,497 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.