# Counties in California by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Source: 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lake County | 61.9 |
| 2 | Solano County | 60.2 |
| 3 | Humboldt County | 60.1 |
| 4 | Butte County | 60 |
| 5 | Riverside County | 59.4 |
| 6 | Calaveras County | 59.3 |
| 7 | Tuolumne County | 59.3 |
| 8 | Yolo County | 59 |
| 9 | Ventura County | 58.8 |
| 10 | San Bernardino County | 58.5 |
| 11 | Del Norte County | 58.4 |
| 12 | Siskiyou County | 58.2 |
| 13 | Placer County | 57.9 |
| 14 | San Diego County | 57.8 |
| 15 | Santa Barbara County | 57.7 |
| 16 | Los Angeles County | 57.7 |
| 17 | San Luis Obispo County | 57.6 |
| 18 | Nevada County | 57.4 |
| 19 | Madera County | 56.8 |
| 20 | Orange County | 56.6 |
| 21 | Kern County | 56.4 |
| 22 | Contra Costa County | 56.1 |
| 23 | Tehama County | 56.1 |
| 24 | Sacramento County | 56.1 |
| 25 | Monterey County | 55.6 |
| 26 | Marin County | 55.6 |
| 27 | Fresno County | 55.5 |
| 28 | Mendocino County | 54.9 |
| 29 | Napa County | 54.9 |
| 30 | Sonoma County | 54.8 |
| 31 | Colusa County | 54.6 |
| 32 | Stanislaus County | 54.1 |
| 33 | San Joaquin County | 53.9 |
| 34 | Yuba County | 53.7 |
| 35 | El Dorado County | 53.5 |
| 36 | Shasta County | 53.4 |
| 37 | Sutter County | 53.2 |
| 38 | Imperial County | 53 |
| 39 | Merced County | 51.9 |
| 40 | Santa Cruz County | 51.7 |
| 41 | Glenn County | 50.5 |
| 41 | Tulare County | 50.5 |
| 43 | Alameda County | 50.4 |
| 44 | Mono County | 48.7 |
| 45 | Kings County | 48.7 |
| 46 | Mariposa County | 48.5 |
| 47 | San Mateo County | 48.4 |
| 48 | San Benito County | 47.8 |
| 49 | Amador County | 45.6 |
| 50 | Plumas County | 45.2 |
| 51 | Santa Clara County | 45 |
| 52 | Modoc County | 44.8 |
| 53 | Sierra County | 43.1 |
| 54 | Lassen County | 42.6 |
| 55 | San Francisco County | 39.6 |
| 56 | Inyo County | 35.5 |
| 57 | Trinity County | 34.5 |
| 58 | Alpine County | 9.2 |