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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1276 | Greenville city | North Carolina | 31.6% ±2.0 percentage points | 92,857 |
| 1276 | Piqua city | Ohio | 31.6% ±4.5 percentage points | 20,646 |
| 1276 | Oregon City city | Oregon | 31.6% ±4.2 percentage points | 37,755 |
| 1276 | Brentwood city | Tennessee | 31.6% ±7.7 percentage points | 45,556 |
| 1276 | Killeen city | Texas | 31.6% ±1.6 percentage points | 158,159 |
| 1276 | Clearfield city | Utah | 31.6% ±2.6 percentage points | 33,523 |
| 1276 | Spokane city | Washington | 31.6% ±1.3 percentage points | 230,293 |
| 1276 | Mequon city | Wisconsin | 31.6% ±8.1 percentage points | 25,270 |
| 1309 | Azusa city | California | 31.7% ±2.2 percentage points | 49,031 |
| 1309 | Hollister city | California | 31.7% ±2.4 percentage points | 43,811 |
| 1309 | Yuba City city | California | 31.7% ±2.8 percentage points | 69,471 |
| 1309 | Dakota Ridge CDP | Colorado | 31.7% ±2.0 percentage points | 33,753 |
| 1309 | Meriden city | Connecticut | 31.7% ±2.6 percentage points | 60,545 |
| 1309 | Stamford city | Connecticut | 31.7% ±1.7 percentage points | 137,144 |
| 1309 | Eustis city | Florida | 31.7% ±3.0 percentage points | 24,119 |
| 1309 | Glen Ellyn village | Illinois | 31.7% ±9.9 percentage points | 28,390 |
| 1309 | Zion city | Illinois | 31.7% ±2.5 percentage points | 24,600 |
| 1309 | Braintree Town city | Massachusetts | 31.7% ±4.0 percentage points | 38,899 |
| 1309 | Pittsfield city | Massachusetts | 31.7% ±3.4 percentage points | 43,457 |
| 1309 | Maplewood city | Minnesota | 31.7% ±2.3 percentage points | 40,695 |
| 1309 | Grandview city | Missouri | 31.7% ±4.2 percentage points | 26,527 |
| 1309 | Deer Park CDP | New York | 31.7% ±3.8 percentage points | 27,990 |
| 1309 | Freeport village | New York | 31.7% ±6.1 percentage points | 44,088 |
| 1309 | White Plains city | New York | 31.7% ±1.8 percentage points | 60,666 |
| 1309 | Asheville city | North Carolina | 31.7% ±1.5 percentage points | 94,535 |
| 1309 | Gastonia city | North Carolina | 31.7% ±1.6 percentage points | 82,884 |
| 1309 | Akron city | Ohio | 31.7% ±1.0 percentage points | 189,247 |
| 1309 | Dayton city | Ohio | 31.7% ±1.5 percentage points | 136,579 |
| 1309 | Midvale city | Utah | 31.7% ±2.0 percentage points | 35,989 |
| 1309 | Washington city | Utah | 31.7% ±5.6 percentage points | 32,348 |
| 1309 | Hopewell city | Virginia | 31.7% ±3.7 percentage points | 22,959 |
| 1309 | Renton city | Washington | 31.7% ±1.5 percentage points | 105,317 |
| 1309 | Racine city | Wisconsin | 31.7% ±2.3 percentage points | 77,633 |
| 1334 | Galt city | California | 31.8% ±5.4 percentage points | 25,962 |
| 1334 | Gilroy city | California | 31.8% ±3.4 percentage points | 59,004 |
| 1334 | Orange city | California | 31.8% ±1.7 percentage points | 138,266 |
| 1334 | Soledad city | California | 31.8% ±6.6 percentage points | 26,365 |
| 1334 | Merritt Island CDP | Florida | 31.8% ±4.9 percentage points | 34,992 |
| 1334 | Stockbridge city | Georgia | 31.8% ±2.2 percentage points | 35,737 |
| 1334 | Waipahu CDP | Hawaii | 31.8% ±2.9 percentage points | 40,482 |
| 1334 | Evanston city | Illinois | 31.8% ±1.9 percentage points | 76,340 |
| 1334 | Lombard village | Illinois | 31.8% ±2.1 percentage points | 43,619 |
| 1334 | Coralville city | Iowa | 31.8% ±1.8 percentage points | 23,234 |
| 1334 | Carney CDP | Maryland | 31.8% ±5.8 percentage points | 28,343 |
| 1334 | Cockeysville CDP | Maryland | 31.8% ±4.3 percentage points | 23,962 |
| 1334 | Elkridge CDP | Maryland | 31.8% ±7.7 percentage points | 26,283 |
| 1334 | Beverly city | Massachusetts | 31.8% ±1.6 percentage points | 42,665 |
| 1334 | Duluth city | Minnesota | 31.8% ±1.4 percentage points | 87,093 |
| 1334 | Otsego city | Minnesota | 31.8% ±3.4 percentage points | 22,245 |
| 1334 | Greenville city | Mississippi | 31.8% ±2.3 percentage points | 28,166 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.