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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.

RankNameStateRent as share of incomePopulation
97Urbandale cityIowa24.8% ±2.6 percentage points46,595
97Jeffersontown cityKentucky24.8% ±2.7 percentage points29,199
97PrincetonNew Jersey24.8% ±2.2 percentage points30,756
97Secaucus townNew Jersey24.8% ±2.4 percentage points21,778
97Hicksville CDPNew York24.8% ±8.2 percentage points43,780
97Cottonwood Heights cityUtah24.8% ±2.1 percentage points32,828
97Holladay cityUtah24.8% ±2.5 percentage points31,099
97Graham CDPWashington24.8% ±3.8 percentage points35,079
109Bloomington cityIllinois24.9% ±1.5 percentage points78,907
109Naperville cityIllinois24.9% ±1.4 percentage points150,692
109Somerville cityMassachusetts24.9% ±0.9 percentage points81,036
109Cary townNorth Carolina24.9% ±1.4 percentage points179,306
109Riverside cityOhio24.9% ±2.8 percentage points24,435
109Alton cityTexas24.9% ±3.1 percentage points20,214
115Elmwood Park villageIllinois25.0% ±5.2 percentage points23,868
115Melrose Park villageIllinois25.0% ±3.8 percentage points24,549
115Lenexa cityKansas25.0% ±1.3 percentage points58,384
115Elizabethtown cityKentucky25.0% ±2.2 percentage points32,576
115Allison Park CDPPennsylvania25.0% ±4.1 percentage points22,045
115Brookings citySouth Dakota25.0% ±3.1 percentage points23,948
115Coppell cityTexas25.0% ±2.4 percentage points42,154
115Linton Hall CDPVirginia25.0% ±6.5 percentage points41,876
115Tysons CDPVirginia25.0% ±1.6 percentage points28,936
124San Francisco cityCalifornia25.1% ±0.5 percentage points830,235
124Pekin cityIllinois25.1% ±2.3 percentage points31,781
124Lakewood cityOhio25.1% ±1.1 percentage points50,007
124King of Prussia CDPPennsylvania25.1% ±2.0 percentage points25,857
124Oakton CDPVirginia25.1% ±1.9 percentage points36,528
124Reston CDPVirginia25.1% ±1.3 percentage points64,414
124Eau Claire cityWisconsin25.1% ±1.8 percentage points70,322
131Rotterdam CDPNew York25.2% ±3.3 percentage points22,695
131Cuyahoga Falls cityOhio25.2% ±1.8 percentage points50,909
133Springdale cityArkansas25.3% ±1.5 percentage points88,160
133Lisle villageIllinois25.3% ±2.6 percentage points23,407
133Junction City cityKansas25.3% ±2.1 percentage points22,331
133Waverly CDPMichigan25.3% ±2.2 percentage points23,575
137Wildwood cityMissouri25.4% ±9.0 percentage points35,133
137Barberton cityOhio25.4% ±3.4 percentage points24,844
137Shaker Heights cityOhio25.4% ±2.3 percentage points28,922
137Mauldin citySouth Carolina25.4% ±5.1 percentage points27,055
137Culpeper townVirginia25.4% ±6.7 percentage points20,794
137Appleton cityWisconsin25.4% ±1.6 percentage points75,023
143Foster City cityCalifornia25.5% ±2.5 percentage points32,792
143Brandon cityMississippi25.5% ±3.0 percentage points25,542
143Summit cityNew Jersey25.5% ±6.3 percentage points22,705
143Forest Park cityOhio25.5% ±3.3 percentage points20,025
143Mayfield Heights cityOhio25.5% ±2.6 percentage points20,022
143Five Corners CDPWashington25.5% ±3.9 percentage points21,194
149Athens cityAlabama25.6% ±3.0 percentage points29,002
149Benton cityArkansas25.6% ±2.9 percentage points36,595

± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.

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