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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1642 | Pearl city | Mississippi | 33.3% ±3.1 percentage points | 27,737 |
| 1642 | Pahrump CDP | Nevada | 33.3% ±6.0 percentage points | 47,347 |
| 1642 | Lindenhurst village | New York | 33.3% ±7.7 percentage points | 27,142 |
| 1642 | Mount Pleasant town | South Carolina | 33.3% ±4.2 percentage points | 93,993 |
| 1642 | Jackson city | Tennessee | 33.3% ±2.3 percentage points | 68,435 |
| 1642 | Cloverleaf CDP | Texas | 33.3% ±3.5 percentage points | 24,063 |
| 1642 | Tukwila city | Washington | 33.3% ±5.3 percentage points | 21,451 |
| 1658 | Baldwin Park city | California | 33.4% ±2.1 percentage points | 70,138 |
| 1658 | Ceres city | California | 33.4% ±5.7 percentage points | 49,342 |
| 1658 | Lawndale city | California | 33.4% ±2.0 percentage points | 30,781 |
| 1658 | Santa Barbara city | California | 33.4% ±1.9 percentage points | 87,779 |
| 1658 | Brandon CDP | Florida | 33.4% ±1.9 percentage points | 119,767 |
| 1658 | Savannah city | Georgia | 33.4% ±1.5 percentage points | 147,898 |
| 1658 | Hobart city | Indiana | 33.4% ±7.4 percentage points | 29,558 |
| 1658 | Suitland CDP | Maryland | 33.4% ±4.9 percentage points | 23,793 |
| 1658 | Everett city | Massachusetts | 33.4% ±2.3 percentage points | 50,045 |
| 1658 | Tupelo city | Mississippi | 33.4% ±2.6 percentage points | 37,791 |
| 1658 | Henderson city | Nevada | 33.4% ±1.2 percentage points | 332,141 |
| 1658 | Grants Pass city | Oregon | 33.4% ±2.9 percentage points | 39,311 |
| 1658 | San Benito city | Texas | 33.4% ±4.0 percentage points | 24,709 |
| 1658 | Arlington city | Washington | 33.4% ±4.6 percentage points | 21,095 |
| 1672 | Tuscaloosa city | Alabama | 33.5% ±1.8 percentage points | 111,038 |
| 1672 | Bell Gardens city | California | 33.5% ±2.2 percentage points | 38,229 |
| 1672 | Colton city | California | 33.5% ±2.9 percentage points | 53,772 |
| 1672 | La Mirada city | California | 33.5% ±2.4 percentage points | 47,180 |
| 1672 | Maywood city | California | 33.5% ±3.3 percentage points | 24,317 |
| 1672 | Santa Paula city | California | 33.5% ±2.7 percentage points | 31,376 |
| 1672 | New Haven city | Connecticut | 33.5% ±1.3 percentage points | 134,349 |
| 1672 | East Lake-Orient Park CDP | Florida | 33.5% ±3.0 percentage points | 29,213 |
| 1672 | Ferry Pass CDP | Florida | 33.5% ±3.9 percentage points | 30,053 |
| 1672 | Tampa city | Florida | 33.5% ±0.9 percentage points | 401,618 |
| 1672 | Titusville city | Florida | 33.5% ±2.6 percentage points | 49,385 |
| 1672 | Marietta city | Georgia | 33.5% ±1.8 percentage points | 62,263 |
| 1672 | Eagle city | Idaho | 33.5% ±4.0 percentage points | 32,855 |
| 1672 | Horn Lake city | Mississippi | 33.5% ±3.7 percentage points | 26,647 |
| 1672 | West Babylon CDP | New York | 33.5% ±3.5 percentage points | 43,570 |
| 1672 | Norristown borough | Pennsylvania | 33.5% ±3.3 percentage points | 35,893 |
| 1672 | Charlottesville city | Virginia | 33.5% ±2.7 percentage points | 45,437 |
| 1672 | Longview city | Washington | 33.5% ±3.7 percentage points | 38,069 |
| 1672 | Mount Vernon city | Washington | 33.5% ±3.3 percentage points | 35,377 |
| 1691 | Downey city | California | 33.6% ±1.4 percentage points | 110,939 |
| 1691 | La Quinta city | California | 33.6% ±5.4 percentage points | 38,707 |
| 1691 | San Clemente city | California | 33.6% ±2.8 percentage points | 63,273 |
| 1691 | Sanger city | California | 33.6% ±2.6 percentage points | 26,699 |
| 1691 | Vacaville city | California | 33.6% ±1.5 percentage points | 102,596 |
| 1691 | New Smyrna Beach city | Florida | 33.6% ±3.5 percentage points | 31,974 |
| 1691 | Winter Park city | Florida | 33.6% ±3.6 percentage points | 30,274 |
| 1691 | Oswego village | Illinois | 33.6% ±1.8 percentage points | 36,375 |
| 1691 | Merrillville town | Indiana | 33.6% ±4.2 percentage points | 36,476 |
| 1691 | Gulfport city | Mississippi | 33.6% ±2.9 percentage points | 73,003 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.