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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 340 | Lockport city | New York | 27.2% ±1.8 percentage points | 20,610 |
| 340 | Centerville city | Ohio | 27.2% ±3.4 percentage points | 25,205 |
| 340 | Socastee CDP | South Carolina | 27.2% ±4.3 percentage points | 23,796 |
| 340 | Farragut town | Tennessee | 27.2% ±3.1 percentage points | 24,634 |
| 340 | Oak Ridge city | Tennessee | 27.2% ±1.7 percentage points | 32,693 |
| 340 | Copperas Cove city | Texas | 27.2% ±1.7 percentage points | 37,947 |
| 357 | Fremont city | California | 27.3% ±1.0 percentage points | 228,295 |
| 357 | Florida Ridge CDP | Florida | 27.3% ±2.4 percentage points | 20,889 |
| 357 | Jeffersonville city | Indiana | 27.3% ±3.0 percentage points | 51,043 |
| 357 | Laurel city | Maryland | 27.3% ±3.9 percentage points | 29,798 |
| 357 | Potomac CDP | Maryland | 27.3% ±5.8 percentage points | 45,902 |
| 357 | Wellesley CDP | Massachusetts | 27.3% ±4.5 percentage points | 30,347 |
| 357 | Portage city | Michigan | 27.3% ±1.9 percentage points | 49,259 |
| 357 | Bellevue city | Nebraska | 27.3% ±1.3 percentage points | 64,510 |
| 357 | Apex town | North Carolina | 27.3% ±2.1 percentage points | 70,630 |
| 357 | Mooresville town | North Carolina | 27.3% ±2.4 percentage points | 52,381 |
| 357 | Aberdeen city | South Dakota | 27.3% ±3.4 percentage points | 28,189 |
| 357 | Corsicana city | Texas | 27.3% ±3.1 percentage points | 25,511 |
| 357 | Mercer Island city | Washington | 27.3% ±4.3 percentage points | 25,307 |
| 357 | Green Bay city | Wisconsin | 27.3% ±1.7 percentage points | 106,253 |
| 357 | Rock Springs city | Wyoming | 27.3% ±2.9 percentage points | 23,127 |
| 372 | Naugatuck borough | Connecticut | 27.4% ±3.4 percentage points | 31,800 |
| 372 | Kailua CDP (Hawaii County) | Hawaii | 27.4% ±1.8 percentage points | 21,818 |
| 372 | Granite City city | Illinois | 27.4% ±3.1 percentage points | 26,549 |
| 372 | Wheaton city | Illinois | 27.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 53,557 |
| 372 | Leawood city | Kansas | 27.4% ±8.4 percentage points | 33,809 |
| 372 | Nicholasville city | Kentucky | 27.4% ±2.8 percentage points | 32,197 |
| 372 | North Bethesda CDP | Maryland | 27.4% ±1.4 percentage points | 49,677 |
| 372 | Belmont CDP | Massachusetts | 27.4% ±3.6 percentage points | 27,175 |
| 372 | Stoneham CDP | Massachusetts | 27.4% ±2.4 percentage points | 23,355 |
| 372 | Mehlville CDP | Missouri | 27.4% ±2.4 percentage points | 29,805 |
| 372 | Grove City city | Ohio | 27.4% ±3.0 percentage points | 42,517 |
| 372 | Sandusky city | Ohio | 27.4% ±3.7 percentage points | 24,606 |
| 372 | South Euclid city | Ohio | 27.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 21,534 |
| 372 | Lawton city | Oklahoma | 27.4% ±1.1 percentage points | 90,595 |
| 372 | Sapulpa city | Oklahoma | 27.4% ±1.7 percentage points | 22,570 |
| 372 | Shawnee city | Oklahoma | 27.4% ±1.4 percentage points | 31,671 |
| 372 | Carolina Forest CDP | South Carolina | 27.4% ±2.2 percentage points | 26,263 |
| 372 | Seattle city | Washington | 27.4% ±0.4 percentage points | 754,195 |
| 390 | Santa Monica city | California | 27.5% ±1.3 percentage points | 91,169 |
| 390 | Immokalee CDP | Florida | 27.5% ±2.5 percentage points | 26,361 |
| 390 | Kaneohe CDP | Hawaii | 27.5% ±3.1 percentage points | 37,355 |
| 390 | Oak Park village | Illinois | 27.5% ±1.4 percentage points | 53,292 |
| 390 | Wichita city | Kansas | 27.5% ±0.8 percentage points | 397,945 |
| 390 | Wakefield CDP | Massachusetts | 27.5% ±3.0 percentage points | 27,793 |
| 390 | Garden City city | Michigan | 27.5% ±2.6 percentage points | 26,739 |
| 390 | Willmar city | Minnesota | 27.5% ±2.8 percentage points | 21,378 |
| 390 | Olive Branch city | Mississippi | 27.5% ±2.7 percentage points | 47,019 |
| 390 | Jersey City city | New Jersey | 27.5% ±0.7 percentage points | 294,078 |
| 390 | Farmington city | New Mexico | 27.5% ±1.7 percentage points | 46,314 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.