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

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 9 counties in 2024, at 58.7%. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region had the lowest, at 40.9%. The median was 51.9% and the figure for Connecticut was 52.6%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest58.7Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
Lowest40.9Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Median51.99 counties
Connecticut52.6History

Map of counties, 2024

Capitol Planning Region: 51.9 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 58.7 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 49.6 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 53.5 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 40.9 %Northwest Hills Planning Region: 44.2 %South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 53.5 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 51 %Western Connecticut Planning Region: 52.8 %
  • Under 47
  • 47 to 51
  • 51 to 53
  • 53 and over
%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2024

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 58.7 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region58.7South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 53.5 %South Central Connecticut Plannin…53.5Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 53.5 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region53.5Western Connecticut Planning Region: 52.8 %Western Connecticut Planning Regi…52.8Capitol Planning Region: 51.9 %Capitol Planning Region51.9Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 51 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning…51Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 49.6 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Pl…49.6Northwest Hills Planning Region: 44.2 %Northwest Hills Planning Region44.2Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 40.9 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning…40.9Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 58.7 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region58.7South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 53.5 %South Central Connecticut Planning Region53.5Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 53.5 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region53.5Western Connecticut Planning Region: 52.8 %Western Connecticut Planning Region52.8Capitol Planning Region: 51.9 %Capitol Planning Region51.9Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 51 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region51Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 49.6 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region49.6Northwest Hills Planning Region: 44.2 %Northwest Hills Planning Region44.2Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 40.9 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region40.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Greater Bridgeport Planning Region58.7+1.1 pts
2South Central Connecticut Planning Region53.5+0.9 pts
3Naugatuck Valley Planning Region53.5+1.1 pts
4Western Connecticut Planning Region52.8+1.5 pts
5Capitol Planning Region51.9+2 pts
6Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region51+1.2 pts
7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region49.6-1.2 pts
8Northwest Hills Planning Region44.2+1.1 pts
9Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region40.9-0.9 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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. 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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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 (Counties in Connecticut by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 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, Counties in Connecticut by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 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/rankings/rent-burdened-households/connecticut-counties. 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. Counties in Connecticut by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 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/rankings/rent-burdened-households/connecticut-counties.

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, Counties in Connecticut by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 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/rankings/rent-burdened-households/connecticut-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, with 58.7% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, with 40.9% in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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 2026-10-12.

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