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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | Folsom city | California | 28.6% ±1.8 percentage points | 83,916 |
| 600 | Redondo Beach city | California | 28.6% ±1.4 percentage points | 69,291 |
| 600 | Washington city | District of Columbia | 28.6% ±0.4 percentage points | 681,294 |
| 600 | Oakleaf Plantation CDP | Florida | 28.6% ±6.8 percentage points | 32,070 |
| 600 | Moline city | Illinois | 28.6% ±2.0 percentage points | 42,197 |
| 600 | Sanford city | Maine | 28.6% ±2.0 percentage points | 22,247 |
| 600 | Chanhassen city | Minnesota | 28.6% ±6.3 percentage points | 26,006 |
| 600 | Maple Grove city | Minnesota | 28.6% ±3.6 percentage points | 71,173 |
| 600 | Minnetonka city | Minnesota | 28.6% ±1.5 percentage points | 53,064 |
| 600 | Sedalia city | Missouri | 28.6% ±2.2 percentage points | 22,003 |
| 600 | Rochester city | New Hampshire | 28.6% ±2.5 percentage points | 33,144 |
| 600 | South Valley CDP | New Mexico | 28.6% ±6.6 percentage points | 37,120 |
| 600 | Kernersville town | North Carolina | 28.6% ±2.2 percentage points | 27,830 |
| 600 | Drexel Hill CDP | Pennsylvania | 28.6% ±2.7 percentage points | 30,451 |
| 600 | Chattanooga city | Tennessee | 28.6% ±0.9 percentage points | 185,783 |
| 600 | Lebanon city | Tennessee | 28.6% ±1.9 percentage points | 44,788 |
| 600 | Tullahoma city | Tennessee | 28.6% ±5.0 percentage points | 21,103 |
| 600 | Amarillo city | Texas | 28.6% ±1.3 percentage points | 201,885 |
| 600 | Edinburg city | Texas | 28.6% ±2.3 percentage points | 104,550 |
| 600 | North Salt Lake city | Utah | 28.6% ±3.4 percentage points | 23,474 |
| 600 | Orem city | Utah | 28.6% ±1.2 percentage points | 97,182 |
| 600 | Harrisonburg city | Virginia | 28.6% ±1.5 percentage points | 51,392 |
| 600 | Sterling CDP | Virginia | 28.6% ±4.0 percentage points | 32,411 |
| 600 | Tuckahoe CDP | Virginia | 28.6% ±2.1 percentage points | 49,183 |
| 600 | Sun Prairie city | Wisconsin | 28.6% ±2.1 percentage points | 37,570 |
| 626 | Dothan city | Alabama | 28.7% ±1.0 percentage points | 71,514 |
| 626 | Kingman city | Arizona | 28.7% ±4.4 percentage points | 34,375 |
| 626 | Pace CDP | Florida | 28.7% ±3.8 percentage points | 26,282 |
| 626 | Evans CDP | Georgia | 28.7% ±6.5 percentage points | 36,998 |
| 626 | Westbrook city | Maine | 28.7% ±3.0 percentage points | 20,775 |
| 626 | Bethesda CDP | Maryland | 28.7% ±1.2 percentage points | 69,397 |
| 626 | Woodbury city | Minnesota | 28.7% ±2.1 percentage points | 78,305 |
| 626 | Nashua city | New Hampshire | 28.7% ±1.1 percentage points | 91,294 |
| 626 | Harrison town | New Jersey | 28.7% ±1.6 percentage points | 20,369 |
| 626 | Gallup city | New Mexico | 28.7% ±5.6 percentage points | 21,023 |
| 626 | Cheektowaga CDP | New York | 28.7% ±2.2 percentage points | 76,056 |
| 626 | New Bern city | North Carolina | 28.7% ±2.0 percentage points | 32,734 |
| 626 | Reynoldsburg city | Ohio | 28.7% ±2.3 percentage points | 41,224 |
| 626 | Franklin city | Tennessee | 28.7% ±2.1 percentage points | 87,133 |
| 626 | Hendersonville city | Tennessee | 28.7% ±1.9 percentage points | 63,091 |
| 626 | Maryville city | Tennessee | 28.7% ±2.4 percentage points | 32,392 |
| 626 | Harlingen city | Texas | 28.7% ±2.2 percentage points | 72,087 |
| 626 | Schertz city | Texas | 28.7% ±2.4 percentage points | 44,050 |
| 626 | Moses Lake city | Washington | 28.7% ±5.7 percentage points | 26,083 |
| 645 | Decatur city | Alabama | 28.8% ±1.8 percentage points | 57,361 |
| 645 | El Mirage city | Arizona | 28.8% ±4.1 percentage points | 36,088 |
| 645 | Sierra Vista city | Arizona | 28.8% ±1.8 percentage points | 45,155 |
| 645 | Conway city | Arkansas | 28.8% ±1.4 percentage points | 67,642 |
| 645 | Imperial city | California | 28.8% ±2.5 percentage points | 21,430 |
| 645 | Union City city | California | 28.8% ±1.7 percentage points | 67,464 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
2301 ranked entries.