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

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oxford County | 54.2 |
| 2 | Washington County | 52.2 |
| 3 | Androscoggin County | 51.4 |
| 4 | Hancock County | 50.9 |
| 5 | Penobscot County | 50.4 |
| 6 | Knox County | 50 |
| 7 | Cumberland County | 49.9 |
| 8 | Kennebec County | 48.8 |
| 9 | Sagadahoc County | 48 |
| 10 | Aroostook County | 46.6 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 44.4 |
| 12 | York County | 44.3 |
| 13 | Somerset County | 43.7 |
| 14 | Waldo County | 42 |
| 15 | Piscataquis County | 37.9 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 35.9 |