Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Trenton, NJ
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Trenton, NJ was 58.4% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.4 pts from 2023. That is the 22nd highest of 117 cities in 2024.
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Trenton, NJ, 2021 to 2024
All 4 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 58.4 |
| 2023 | 58.8 |
| 2022 | 61 |
| 2021 | 61.1 |
Compared with New Jersey and United States
| Place | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Trenton, NJ | 58.4 |
| New Jersey | 51.6 |
| United States | 51.1 |
Rankings
- US states by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)
- US cities by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)
- Cities in New Jersey by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)
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.
How to cite
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Trenton, NJ, 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
MLA 9
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Trenton, NJ, 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/trenton-nj. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Trenton, NJ, 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/trenton-nj.
Harvard
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Trenton, NJ, 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/trenton-nj (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), Trenton, NJ, 2021 to 2024}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
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urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rent-burdened-households/trenton-nj. Publisher attribution: 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). 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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What is the rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Trenton, NJ?
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Trenton, NJ was 58.4% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.4 pts from 2023. That is the 22nd highest of 117 cities in 2024.
Where does this figure come from?
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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) in Trenton, NJ?
61.1% in 2021, the highest value since 2021 in this series.