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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
193Helena cityMontana26.1% ±1.6 percentage points33,639
193East Massapequa CDPNew York26.1% ±15.3 percentage points20,377
193Delaware cityOhio26.1% ±3.1 percentage points44,589
193Enid cityOklahoma26.1% ±3.1 percentage points50,653
193Greer citySouth Carolina26.1% ±2.6 percentage points41,536
193New Berlin cityWisconsin26.1% ±1.9 percentage points40,270
207Enterprise cityAlabama26.2% ±2.7 percentage points29,505
207Emporia cityKansas26.2% ±3.1 percentage points24,131
207Taylor cityMichigan26.2% ±3.5 percentage points62,081
207St. Louis Park cityMinnesota26.2% ±1.4 percentage points49,594
207Findlay cityOhio26.2% ±1.9 percentage points40,287
207Marysville cityOhio26.2% ±2.6 percentage points27,518
207East Ridge cityTennessee26.2% ±2.4 percentage points22,070
207Merrifield CDPVirginia26.2% ±2.4 percentage points20,698
215Florence cityAlabama26.3% ±1.8 percentage points41,701
215Belmont cityCalifornia26.3% ±3.0 percentage points27,337
215Arlington Heights villageIllinois26.3% ±1.7 percentage points76,005
215Loves Park cityIllinois26.3% ±2.2 percentage points23,502
215Greenwood cityIndiana26.3% ±2.3 percentage points66,029
215Zionsville townIndiana26.3% ±3.1 percentage points32,095
215Independence cityKentucky26.3% ±3.4 percentage points29,392
215Novi cityMichigan26.3% ±1.5 percentage points66,717
215Arnold cityMissouri26.3% ±3.7 percentage points20,956
215West Islip CDPNew York26.3% ±5.4 percentage points26,865
215Fargo cityNorth Dakota26.3% ±1.1 percentage points131,627
215Sand Springs cityOklahoma26.3% ±2.4 percentage points20,117
215Pleasant Grove cityUtah26.3% ±1.7 percentage points37,852
228Northport cityAlabama26.4% ±4.7 percentage points31,218
228Eastvale cityCalifornia26.4% ±4.4 percentage points70,633
228Ankeny cityIowa26.4% ±2.7 percentage points72,615
228West Des Moines cityIowa26.4% ±1.8 percentage points71,083
228Clinton CDPMaryland26.4% ±8.5 percentage points38,376
228Norfolk cityNebraska26.4% ±2.0 percentage points26,054
228Rocky Mount cityNorth Carolina26.4% ±2.5 percentage points54,297
235Mountain Brook cityAlabama26.5% ±2.1 percentage points22,029
235Decatur cityIllinois26.5% ±1.7 percentage points69,815
235Fishers cityIndiana26.5% ±1.8 percentage points102,337
235Salina cityKansas26.5% ±2.2 percentage points46,307
235Auburn Hills cityMichigan26.5% ±2.1 percentage points25,105
235Chaska cityMinnesota26.5% ±3.2 percentage points28,706
235St. Charles cityMissouri26.5% ±1.3 percentage points71,508
235Sioux Falls citySouth Dakota26.5% ±1.1 percentage points201,469
235Arlington CDPVirginia26.5% ±0.6 percentage points236,254
235Buckhall CDPVirginia26.5% ±15.3 percentage points21,602
235Christiansburg townVirginia26.5% ±2.0 percentage points22,720
235South Riding CDPVirginia26.5% ±3.2 percentage points34,352
235Bainbridge Island cityWashington26.5% ±3.3 percentage points24,631
248Palo Alto cityCalifornia26.6% ±2.1 percentage points67,237
248Bear CDPDelaware26.6% ±4.7 percentage points22,370
248Groveland cityFlorida26.6% ±9.4 percentage points22,012

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

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