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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
149Fort Smith cityArkansas25.6% ±1.8 percentage points89,805
149French Valley CDPCalifornia25.6% ±6.0 percentage points45,269
149Agawam Town cityMassachusetts25.6% ±3.3 percentage points28,539
149Medford cityMassachusetts25.6% ±1.7 percentage points59,354
149Upper Arlington cityOhio25.6% ±2.5 percentage points36,293
149Wooster cityOhio25.6% ±2.6 percentage points26,971
149Issaquah cityWashington25.6% ±2.4 percentage points39,591
149Watertown cityWisconsin25.6% ±2.6 percentage points22,774
159Los Altos cityCalifornia25.7% ±2.9 percentage points30,698
159Oak Forest cityIllinois25.7% ±8.7 percentage points26,805
159Schaumburg villageIllinois25.7% ±1.7 percentage points76,868
159Leavenworth cityKansas25.7% ±2.1 percentage points37,195
159North Laurel CDPMaryland25.7% ±3.4 percentage points25,563
159Troy cityMichigan25.7% ±1.3 percentage points87,898
159Hastings cityMinnesota25.7% ±4.7 percentage points22,117
159Fremont cityNebraska25.7% ±2.1 percentage points27,567
159Hilliard cityOhio25.7% ±1.7 percentage points38,033
159Plum boroughPennsylvania25.7% ±3.2 percentage points26,723
159Middleton cityWisconsin25.7% ±2.4 percentage points22,301
159West Allis cityWisconsin25.7% ±1.9 percentage points59,612
171Waukee cityIowa25.8% ±1.9 percentage points29,236
171Shawnee cityKansas25.8% ±1.8 percentage points68,542
171Arbutus CDPMaryland25.8% ±5.0 percentage points22,507
171Thomasville cityNorth Carolina25.8% ±3.0 percentage points27,321
171Mason cityOhio25.8% ±2.0 percentage points35,509
171Murrysville municipalityPennsylvania25.8% ±5.7 percentage points20,817
171Cibolo cityTexas25.8% ±5.9 percentage points35,109
171Short Pump CDPVirginia25.8% ±2.8 percentage points29,026
179Bryant cityArkansas25.9% ±2.0 percentage points21,504
179Roselle villageIllinois25.9% ±3.9 percentage points22,752
179Winchester CDPMassachusetts25.9% ±4.3 percentage points23,406
179Dublin cityOhio25.9% ±2.1 percentage points49,294
179Stow cityOhio25.9% ±3.3 percentage points34,240
179Spring Hill cityTennessee25.9% ±3.1 percentage points55,765
185Navarre CDPFlorida26.0% ±3.5 percentage points39,838
185Collinsville cityIllinois26.0% ±4.3 percentage points24,031
185Des Plaines cityIllinois26.0% ±2.1 percentage points59,156
185Columbus cityNebraska26.0% ±4.0 percentage points24,488
185Saratoga Springs cityNew York26.0% ±2.4 percentage points28,631
185Hickory cityNorth Carolina26.0% ±1.9 percentage points44,258
185Sidney cityOhio26.0% ±2.6 percentage points20,501
185Ponca City cityOklahoma26.0% ±2.2 percentage points24,326
193Madison cityAlabama26.1% ±2.0 percentage points60,106
193Ridgecrest cityCalifornia26.1% ±3.1 percentage points28,225
193San Carlos cityCalifornia26.1% ±2.1 percentage points29,614
193Cartersville cityGeorgia26.1% ±5.1 percentage points24,074
193Villa Park villageIllinois26.1% ±2.2 percentage points22,345
193Plainfield townIndiana26.1% ±3.7 percentage points36,369
193Elk River cityMinnesota26.1% ±3.8 percentage points26,793
193Blue Springs cityMissouri26.1% ±2.0 percentage points59,965

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

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