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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2250 | Deerfield Beach city | Florida | 42.2% ±4.2 percentage points | 88,093 |
| 2252 | El Cajon city | California | 42.3% ±2.8 percentage points | 104,449 |
| 2253 | Doral city | Florida | 42.5% ±2.2 percentage points | 79,216 |
| 2254 | Kendale Lakes CDP | Florida | 42.6% ±4.2 percentage points | 52,622 |
| 2254 | North Miami city | Florida | 42.6% ±2.9 percentage points | 60,344 |
| 2254 | Harvey CDP | Louisiana | 42.6% ±5.6 percentage points | 20,915 |
| 2257 | The Hammocks CDP | Florida | 42.7% ±3.2 percentage points | 58,838 |
| 2257 | Lancaster city | Texas | 42.7% ±6.0 percentage points | 40,820 |
| 2259 | Redan CDP | Georgia | 42.8% ±6.0 percentage points | 31,017 |
| 2260 | Biscayne Gardens CDP | Florida | 42.9% ±4.9 percentage points | 35,472 |
| 2260 | Gainesville city | Florida | 42.9% ±2.3 percentage points | 145,702 |
| 2262 | Apopka city | Florida | 43.0% ±8.2 percentage points | 58,232 |
| 2263 | Kissimmee city | Florida | 43.1% ±4.4 percentage points | 81,479 |
| 2263 | Tamarac city | Florida | 43.1% ±3.2 percentage points | 73,019 |
| 2265 | State College borough | Pennsylvania | 43.2% ±5.1 percentage points | 41,050 |
| 2266 | Aventura city | Florida | 43.3% ±4.8 percentage points | 39,885 |
| 2267 | Dania Beach city | Florida | 43.4% ±8.6 percentage points | 32,180 |
| 2268 | Pullman city | Washington | 43.5% ±5.6 percentage points | 32,229 |
| 2269 | East Niles CDP | California | 43.7% ±7.3 percentage points | 28,532 |
| 2270 | Sunny Isles Beach city | Florida | 43.8% ±7.8 percentage points | 22,437 |
| 2270 | Columbia Heights city | Minnesota | 43.8% ±8.4 percentage points | 22,155 |
| 2272 | Boulder city | Colorado | 44.1% ±2.9 percentage points | 106,433 |
| 2272 | Princeton CDP | Florida | 44.1% ±8.0 percentage points | 42,625 |
| 2272 | World Golf Village CDP | Florida | 44.1% ±6.1 percentage points | 26,077 |
| 2272 | Oxford city | Ohio | 44.1% ±11.2 percentage points | 21,753 |
| 2272 | Blacksburg town | Virginia | 44.1% ±7.9 percentage points | 45,446 |
| 2277 | Parkland city | Florida | 44.2% ±4.8 percentage points | 37,178 |
| 2278 | Westmont CDP | California | 44.6% ±6.3 percentage points | 34,123 |
| 2278 | Riviera Beach city | Florida | 44.6% ±8.2 percentage points | 38,657 |
| 2280 | Helena city | Alabama | 44.7% ±21.5 percentage points | 21,769 |
| 2280 | San Luis Obispo city | California | 44.7% ±4.6 percentage points | 48,491 |
| 2282 | Lauderhill city | Florida | 44.8% ±4.5 percentage points | 74,896 |
| 2283 | Athens city | Ohio | 45.1% ±5.9 percentage points | 23,396 |
| 2284 | Green Valley CDP | Arizona | 45.2% ±4.2 percentage points | 22,114 |
| 2285 | Homer Glen village | Illinois | 45.3% ±16.5 percentage points | 24,529 |
| 2286 | Holiday CDP | Florida | 45.5% ±6.9 percentage points | 22,785 |
| 2287 | Davis city | California | 45.7% ±3.3 percentage points | 66,978 |
| 2287 | Lauderdale Lakes city | Florida | 45.7% ±6.1 percentage points | 36,404 |
| 2289 | Ruston city | Louisiana | 46.3% ±7.2 percentage points | 22,284 |
| 2290 | College Park city | Maryland | 46.4% ±5.3 percentage points | 34,540 |
| 2291 | East Meadow CDP | New York | 46.9% ±7.3 percentage points | 36,821 |
| 2292 | North Lauderdale city | Florida | 47.0% ±6.8 percentage points | 45,234 |
| 2292 | The Crossings CDP | Florida | 47.0% ±8.2 percentage points | 22,963 |
| 2294 | Leisure City CDP | Florida | 47.5% ±8.6 percentage points | 27,808 |
| 2295 | Dolton village | Illinois | 47.6% ±6.2 percentage points | 20,825 |
| 2296 | Royse City city | Texas | 47.8% ±7.1 percentage points | 20,037 |
| 2297 | Central city | Louisiana | 48.8% ±22.4 percentage points | 29,783 |
| 2298 | Lakewood CDP | New Jersey | 49.1% ±6.3 percentage points | 69,585 |
| 2299 | New City CDP | New York | 49.3% ±19.0 percentage points | 34,458 |
| 2300 | Tamiami CDP | Florida | 49.6% ±8.9 percentage points | 49,752 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.