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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Covina city | California | 31.1% ±2.7 percentage points | 49,888 |
| 1151 | Yucaipa city | California | 31.1% ±2.9 percentage points | 54,421 |
| 1151 | Dunwoody city | Georgia | 31.1% ±3.7 percentage points | 51,758 |
| 1151 | New Lenox village | Illinois | 31.1% ±5.4 percentage points | 28,006 |
| 1151 | Muscatine city | Iowa | 31.1% ±4.4 percentage points | 23,489 |
| 1151 | Manhattan city | Kansas | 31.1% ±2.2 percentage points | 54,239 |
| 1151 | Bossier City city | Louisiana | 31.1% ±2.5 percentage points | 62,901 |
| 1151 | Hagerstown city | Maryland | 31.1% ±2.8 percentage points | 43,665 |
| 1151 | Lowell city | Massachusetts | 31.1% ±1.5 percentage points | 118,368 |
| 1151 | Inver Grove Heights city | Minnesota | 31.1% ±3.9 percentage points | 35,906 |
| 1151 | Sayreville borough | New Jersey | 31.1% ±2.4 percentage points | 45,838 |
| 1151 | Port Chester village | New York | 31.1% ±3.0 percentage points | 31,102 |
| 1151 | Middletown city | Ohio | 31.1% ±2.3 percentage points | 51,617 |
| 1151 | Bethlehem city | Pennsylvania | 31.1% ±1.5 percentage points | 77,956 |
| 1151 | Warwick city | Rhode Island | 31.1% ±1.9 percentage points | 83,175 |
| 1151 | Corpus Christi city | Texas | 31.1% ±1.2 percentage points | 317,419 |
| 1151 | Hurst city | Texas | 31.1% ±2.6 percentage points | 39,861 |
| 1151 | West Jordan city | Utah | 31.1% ±1.8 percentage points | 116,692 |
| 1151 | Richmond city | Virginia | 31.1% ±1.1 percentage points | 229,359 |
| 1151 | Spokane Valley city | Washington | 31.1% ±1.5 percentage points | 106,365 |
| 1151 | Germantown village | Wisconsin | 31.1% ±4.2 percentage points | 20,962 |
| 1172 | Alhambra city | California | 31.2% ±1.3 percentage points | 81,022 |
| 1172 | Barstow city | California | 31.2% ±4.1 percentage points | 25,100 |
| 1172 | Brea city | California | 31.2% ±1.7 percentage points | 47,469 |
| 1172 | Culver City city | California | 31.2% ±2.6 percentage points | 39,931 |
| 1172 | Redding city | California | 31.2% ±1.6 percentage points | 93,409 |
| 1172 | Twentynine Palms city | California | 31.2% ±2.7 percentage points | 27,355 |
| 1172 | Upland city | California | 31.2% ±2.0 percentage points | 79,257 |
| 1172 | Wheat Ridge city | Colorado | 31.2% ±2.5 percentage points | 32,070 |
| 1172 | Vero Beach South CDP | Florida | 31.2% ±5.3 percentage points | 30,344 |
| 1172 | Pooler city | Georgia | 31.2% ±2.5 percentage points | 28,466 |
| 1172 | Rome city | Georgia | 31.2% ±2.9 percentage points | 38,189 |
| 1172 | Lansing village | Illinois | 31.2% ±5.2 percentage points | 28,284 |
| 1172 | Kokomo city | Indiana | 31.2% ±2.4 percentage points | 59,122 |
| 1172 | Lawrence city | Kansas | 31.2% ±1.7 percentage points | 96,051 |
| 1172 | Frederick city | Maryland | 31.2% ±1.8 percentage points | 83,395 |
| 1172 | Silver Spring CDP | Maryland | 31.2% ±1.3 percentage points | 81,462 |
| 1172 | Fall River city | Massachusetts | 31.2% ±1.6 percentage points | 94,082 |
| 1172 | Saugus CDP | Massachusetts | 31.2% ±3.5 percentage points | 28,773 |
| 1172 | Battle Creek city | Michigan | 31.2% ±1.9 percentage points | 52,374 |
| 1172 | Wyoming city | Michigan | 31.2% ±1.8 percentage points | 77,353 |
| 1172 | Apple Valley city | Minnesota | 31.2% ±2.8 percentage points | 55,679 |
| 1172 | Madison city | Mississippi | 31.2% ±6.8 percentage points | 27,946 |
| 1172 | Kalispell city | Montana | 31.2% ±1.9 percentage points | 28,504 |
| 1172 | Hastings city | Nebraska | 31.2% ±2.8 percentage points | 25,008 |
| 1172 | Edmond city | Oklahoma | 31.2% ±2.2 percentage points | 96,825 |
| 1172 | Gallatin city | Tennessee | 31.2% ±2.4 percentage points | 48,532 |
| 1172 | Murfreesboro city | Tennessee | 31.2% ±1.0 percentage points | 161,445 |
| 1172 | Abilene city | Texas | 31.2% ±1.5 percentage points | 128,053 |
| 1172 | Cedar Park city | Texas | 31.2% ±2.7 percentage points | 78,301 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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