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Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Schenectady County

Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Schenectady County was 53.9% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2 pts from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 62 counties in 2024.

202453.9%
Change on 2023+2 pts
Rank14th of 62Counties in New York ranked
Series high53.92024
Series low47.62021

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Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Schenectady County, 2021 to 2024

464850525420212022202320242021: 47.6 %2022: 49.8 %2023: 51.9 %2024: 53.9 %4648505254202120242021: 47.6 %2022: 49.8 %2023: 51.9 %2024: 53.9 %
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-29.
All 4 values
Period%
202453.9
202351.9
202249.8
202147.6

Compared with New York and United States

Place2024
Schenectady County53.9
New York52.1
United States51.1

Schenectady County compared with nearby places

Albany County: 46.8 %Allegany County: 46 %Bronx County: 60.1 %Broome County: 50.5 %Cattaraugus County: 45.6 %Cayuga County: 50 %Chautauqua County: 49.5 %Chemung County: 51.6 %Chenango County: 42.2 %Clinton County: 45.9 %Columbia County: 57.3 %Cortland County: 50.4 %Delaware County: 44.6 %Dutchess County: 52.4 %Erie County: 50.3 %Essex County: 47 %Franklin County: 37.5 %Fulton County: 41.4 %Genesee County: 44.9 %Greene County: 42.8 %Hamilton County: 55.3 %Herkimer County: 41.4 %Jefferson County: 47.9 %Kings County: 50.8 %Lewis County: 42.3 %Livingston County: 56.4 %Madison County: 46 %Monroe County: 51.4 %Montgomery County: 44.9 %Nassau County: 55 %New York County: 48 %Niagara County: 48.7 %Oneida County: 46.1 %Onondaga County: 50.3 %Ontario County: 46.4 %Orange County: 57.2 %Orleans County: 39 %Oswego County: 50.8 %Otsego County: 44 %Putnam County: 62.3 %Queens County: 52.9 %Rensselaer County: 47.5 %Richmond County: 56.8 %Rockland County: 62.5 %St. Lawrence County: 50.5 %Saratoga County: 41.1 %Schenectady County: 53.9 %Schoharie County: 47.2 %Schuyler County: 50 %Seneca County: 44.6 %Steuben County: 44 %Suffolk County: 58.8 %Sullivan County: 48.2 %Tioga County: 51.1 %Tompkins County: 58.6 %Ulster County: 57.2 %Warren County: 48.1 %Washington County: 50.8 %Wayne County: 44.5 %Westchester County: 54.1 %Wyoming County: 41.4 %Yates County: 35.2 %
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  • 44 to 46
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  • 51 to 55
  • 55 and over
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024, %. Schenectady County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs (Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Schenectady County, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Schenectady County, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rent-burdened-households/schenectady-county-new-york. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Schenectady County, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rent-burdened-households/schenectady-county-new-york.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Schenectady County, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/rent-burdened-households/schenectady-county-new-york (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs: Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Schenectady County, 2021 to 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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What is the rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Schenectady County?

Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Schenectady County was 53.9% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 2 pts from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 62 counties in 2024.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Schenectady County?

53.9% in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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