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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1449 | Apache Junction city | Arizona | 32.3% ±3.5 percentage points | 41,058 |
| 1449 | Mesa city | Arizona | 32.3% ±0.7 percentage points | 511,764 |
| 1449 | Castro Valley CDP | California | 32.3% ±3.3 percentage points | 65,001 |
| 1449 | Dana Point city | California | 32.3% ±5.4 percentage points | 32,790 |
| 1449 | Danville town | California | 32.3% ±3.9 percentage points | 43,401 |
| 1449 | Duarte city | California | 32.3% ±6.4 percentage points | 22,184 |
| 1449 | La Verne city | California | 32.3% ±3.4 percentage points | 30,600 |
| 1449 | Suisun City city | California | 32.3% ±4.8 percentage points | 29,286 |
| 1449 | Norwich city | Connecticut | 32.3% ±2.0 percentage points | 39,973 |
| 1449 | West Haven city | Connecticut | 32.3% ±3.6 percentage points | 55,351 |
| 1449 | Crestview city | Florida | 32.3% ±1.6 percentage points | 28,773 |
| 1449 | Fort Walton Beach city | Florida | 32.3% ±3.7 percentage points | 21,025 |
| 1449 | Tavares city | Florida | 32.3% ±3.0 percentage points | 20,463 |
| 1449 | Town 'n' Country CDP | Florida | 32.3% ±2.1 percentage points | 85,928 |
| 1449 | Yorkville city | Illinois | 32.3% ±2.1 percentage points | 23,617 |
| 1449 | Bel Air North CDP | Maryland | 32.3% ±5.5 percentage points | 31,302 |
| 1449 | Ellicott City CDP | Maryland | 32.3% ±3.5 percentage points | 75,257 |
| 1449 | Brockton city | Massachusetts | 32.3% ±1.7 percentage points | 105,386 |
| 1449 | Milford CDP | Massachusetts | 32.3% ±2.3 percentage points | 27,731 |
| 1449 | Salem city | Massachusetts | 32.3% ±2.5 percentage points | 44,795 |
| 1449 | Eastpointe city | Michigan | 32.3% ±3.0 percentage points | 33,982 |
| 1449 | Hazelwood city | Missouri | 32.3% ±2.3 percentage points | 25,114 |
| 1449 | Union City city | New Jersey | 32.3% ±1.9 percentage points | 66,463 |
| 1449 | Auburn city | New York | 32.3% ±2.8 percentage points | 26,285 |
| 1449 | North Charleston city | South Carolina | 32.3% ±1.6 percentage points | 119,913 |
| 1449 | Spartanburg city | South Carolina | 32.3% ±2.5 percentage points | 38,910 |
| 1449 | Cleburne city | Texas | 32.3% ±5.6 percentage points | 34,344 |
| 1449 | Texarkana city | Texas | 32.3% ±2.0 percentage points | 35,992 |
| 1449 | Norfolk city | Virginia | 32.3% ±0.9 percentage points | 233,596 |
| 1480 | Bloomington CDP | California | 32.4% ±5.2 percentage points | 25,698 |
| 1480 | Lompoc city | California | 32.4% ±3.1 percentage points | 43,646 |
| 1480 | San Diego city | California | 32.4% ±0.4 percentage points | 1,389,526 |
| 1480 | Winter Gardens CDP | California | 32.4% ±4.7 percentage points | 22,131 |
| 1480 | Urban Honolulu CDP | Hawaii | 32.4% ±0.7 percentage points | 345,482 |
| 1480 | Weymouth Town city | Massachusetts | 32.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 58,505 |
| 1480 | New Hope city | Minnesota | 32.4% ±3.7 percentage points | 21,181 |
| 1480 | Plainfield city | New Jersey | 32.4% ±1.7 percentage points | 55,236 |
| 1480 | Baldwin CDP | New York | 32.4% ±8.0 percentage points | 34,994 |
| 1480 | Greensboro city | North Carolina | 32.4% ±1.2 percentage points | 301,198 |
| 1480 | Levittown CDP | Pennsylvania | 32.4% ±2.5 percentage points | 50,926 |
| 1480 | Bedford city | Texas | 32.4% ±2.1 percentage points | 49,085 |
| 1480 | Kent city | Washington | 32.4% ±1.6 percentage points | 135,603 |
| 1480 | Tacoma city | Washington | 32.4% ±1.0 percentage points | 222,758 |
| 1494 | Jonesboro city | Arkansas | 32.5% ±3.0 percentage points | 80,137 |
| 1494 | Morgan Hill city | California | 32.5% ±3.4 percentage points | 45,425 |
| 1494 | San Leandro city | California | 32.5% ±1.5 percentage points | 87,826 |
| 1494 | Santa Cruz city | California | 32.5% ±2.5 percentage points | 61,607 |
| 1494 | Lakewood city | Colorado | 32.5% ±1.1 percentage points | 156,583 |
| 1494 | Parker town | Colorado | 32.5% ±1.8 percentage points | 61,783 |
| 1494 | New Britain city | Connecticut | 32.5% ±1.8 percentage points | 74,223 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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