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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1172 | Colleyville city | Texas | 31.2% ±27.7 percentage points | 26,012 |
| 1172 | Cottage Lake CDP | Washington | 31.2% ±12.4 percentage points | 22,518 |
| 1172 | Oak Harbor city | Washington | 31.2% ±2.1 percentage points | 24,362 |
| 1172 | Pasco city | Washington | 31.2% ±2.5 percentage points | 79,575 |
| 1205 | Fountain Hills town | Arizona | 31.3% ±4.4 percentage points | 23,789 |
| 1205 | Tempe city | Arizona | 31.3% ±1.5 percentage points | 188,065 |
| 1205 | Costa Mesa city | California | 31.3% ±1.1 percentage points | 110,330 |
| 1205 | Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) | California | 31.3% ±7.3 percentage points | 22,447 |
| 1205 | Lomita city | California | 31.3% ±3.9 percentage points | 20,225 |
| 1205 | Moorpark city | California | 31.3% ±4.4 percentage points | 35,854 |
| 1205 | Turlock city | California | 31.3% ±2.6 percentage points | 72,502 |
| 1205 | Woodland city | California | 31.3% ±3.2 percentage points | 61,854 |
| 1205 | Lakeside CDP | Florida | 31.3% ±4.3 percentage points | 32,105 |
| 1205 | Twin Falls city | Idaho | 31.3% ±2.1 percentage points | 54,164 |
| 1205 | Alton city | Illinois | 31.3% ±1.8 percentage points | 25,279 |
| 1205 | Gurnee village | Illinois | 31.3% ±2.8 percentage points | 30,510 |
| 1205 | Joliet city | Illinois | 31.3% ±2.5 percentage points | 150,445 |
| 1205 | North Chicago city | Illinois | 31.3% ±4.5 percentage points | 30,643 |
| 1205 | Palatine village | Illinois | 31.3% ±1.8 percentage points | 66,293 |
| 1205 | Fort Washington CDP | Maryland | 31.3% ±2.5 percentage points | 25,134 |
| 1205 | Columbus city | Mississippi | 31.3% ±2.9 percentage points | 23,348 |
| 1205 | Lee's Summit city | Missouri | 31.3% ±2.2 percentage points | 103,656 |
| 1205 | Reno city | Nevada | 31.3% ±0.9 percentage points | 273,212 |
| 1205 | Cliffside Park borough | New Jersey | 31.3% ±5.0 percentage points | 25,781 |
| 1205 | Glassboro borough | New Jersey | 31.3% ±4.3 percentage points | 23,717 |
| 1205 | Santa Fe city | New Mexico | 31.3% ±2.1 percentage points | 89,019 |
| 1205 | New York city | New York | 31.3% ±0.2 percentage points | 8,483,844 |
| 1205 | Rockville Centre village | New York | 31.3% ±3.8 percentage points | 25,765 |
| 1205 | Clayton town | North Carolina | 31.3% ±2.6 percentage points | 29,320 |
| 1205 | Redmond city | Oregon | 31.3% ±4.7 percentage points | 36,092 |
| 1205 | Sherwood city | Oregon | 31.3% ±4.1 percentage points | 20,307 |
| 1205 | North Ogden city | Utah | 31.3% ±6.5 percentage points | 21,947 |
| 1205 | Lakewood city | Washington | 31.3% ±2.2 percentage points | 62,937 |
| 1234 | Albertville city | Alabama | 31.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 22,813 |
| 1234 | Huntington Beach city | California | 31.4% ±1.4 percentage points | 195,240 |
| 1234 | La Habra city | California | 31.4% ±2.3 percentage points | 61,970 |
| 1234 | Lakewood city | California | 31.4% ±2.1 percentage points | 79,850 |
| 1234 | South Whittier CDP | California | 31.4% ±1.9 percentage points | 55,650 |
| 1234 | Torrance city | California | 31.4% ±1.4 percentage points | 142,130 |
| 1234 | Liberty Triangle CDP | Florida | 31.4% ±13.9 percentage points | 24,888 |
| 1234 | Silver Springs Shores CDP | Florida | 31.4% ±4.2 percentage points | 28,537 |
| 1234 | Duluth city | Georgia | 31.4% ±3.7 percentage points | 32,426 |
| 1234 | Clinton city | Iowa | 31.4% ±3.1 percentage points | 24,322 |
| 1234 | Pittsburg city | Kansas | 31.4% ±3.1 percentage points | 20,637 |
| 1234 | Langley Park CDP | Maryland | 31.4% ±7.3 percentage points | 21,508 |
| 1234 | North Potomac CDP | Maryland | 31.4% ±4.7 percentage points | 23,922 |
| 1234 | Enterprise CDP | Nevada | 31.4% ±1.2 percentage points | 240,464 |
| 1234 | Garfield city | New Jersey | 31.4% ±2.7 percentage points | 32,783 |
| 1234 | Albuquerque city | New Mexico | 31.4% ±0.9 percentage points | 562,218 |
| 1234 | Buffalo city | New York | 31.4% ±1.2 percentage points | 276,854 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.