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

All 21 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, 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: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/connecticut-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bridgeport, CT | 59.5 |
| 2 | Hartford, CT | 59.4 |
| 3 | Waterbury, CT | 58.6 |
| 4 | New Haven, CT | 56.6 |
| 5 | Norwich, CT | 56.2 |
| 6 | Bristol, CT | 55.5 |
| 7 | New Britain, CT | 55.2 |
| 8 | Derby, CT | 54 |
| 9 | Shelton, CT | 53.8 |
| 10 | West Haven, CT | 53.4 |
| 11 | Meriden, CT | 53.4 |
| 12 | New London, CT | 53.2 |
| 13 | Stamford, CT | 52.8 |
| 14 | Norwalk, CT | 52.1 |
| 15 | Danbury, CT | 51.9 |
| 16 | Milford, CT | 51.5 |
| 17 | Torrington, CT | 48 |
| 18 | Middletown, CT | 47.7 |
| 19 | Groton, CT | 46.5 |
| 20 | Naugatuck, CT | 42.2 |
| 21 | Ansonia, CT | 39.7 |