# Cities in Massachusetts 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, 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/massachusetts-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Amherst Town, MA | 68.1 |
| 2 | Amesbury, MA | 66.7 |
| 3 | Barnstable Town, MA | 64.6 |
| 4 | North Adams, MA | 63.7 |
| 5 | Greenfield, MA | 63.3 |
| 6 | Randolph Town, MA | 62.1 |
| 7 | Lawrence, MA | 60.6 |
| 8 | Haverhill, MA | 60.2 |
| 9 | West Springfield Town, MA | 60.1 |
| 10 | Lynn, MA | 60 |
| 11 | Chelsea, MA | 59.4 |
| 12 | Marlborough, MA | 58.9 |
| 13 | Peabody, MA | 58.3 |
| 14 | Revere, MA | 57.9 |
| 15 | Springfield, MA | 57.8 |
| 16 | Northampton, MA | 57.6 |
| 17 | Taunton, MA | 56.8 |
| 18 | Everett, MA | 56.4 |
| 19 | Southbridge Town, MA | 55.8 |
| 20 | Weymouth Town, MA | 55.5 |
| 21 | Woburn, MA | 55.5 |
| 22 | Beverly, MA | 55.5 |
| 23 | Gloucester, MA | 55.1 |
| 24 | Salem, MA | 54.9 |
| 25 | Brockton, MA | 54.5 |
| 26 | Worcester, MA | 54.2 |
| 27 | Bridgewater Town, MA | 54.2 |
| 28 | Winthrop Town, MA | 53.6 |
| 29 | Framingham, MA | 53.4 |
| 30 | Braintree Town, MA | 52.9 |
| 31 | Palmer Town, MA | 52.9 |
| 32 | Pittsfield, MA | 52.8 |
| 33 | New Bedford, MA | 52.6 |
| 34 | Fall River, MA | 52.5 |
| 35 | Lowell, MA | 52.4 |
| 36 | Chicopee, MA | 52 |
| 37 | Holyoke, MA | 51.7 |
| 38 | Malden, MA | 51.2 |
| 39 | Boston, MA | 51.2 |
| 40 | Melrose, MA | 50.3 |
| 41 | Fitchburg, MA | 49.9 |
| 42 | Gardner, MA | 49.7 |
| 43 | Leominster, MA | 48.9 |
| 44 | Quincy, MA | 48.7 |
| 45 | Methuen, MA | 48.4 |
| 46 | Attleboro, MA | 48 |
| 47 | Franklin Town, MA | 48 |
| 48 | Westfield, MA | 46.5 |
| 49 | Newburyport, MA | 46.4 |
| 50 | Easthampton, MA | 45.5 |
| 51 | Cambridge, MA | 45 |
| 52 | Waltham, MA | 44.7 |
| 53 | Newton, MA | 43.3 |
| 54 | Watertown, MA | 42.7 |
| 55 | North Attleborough Town, MA | 42.6 |
| 56 | Medford, MA | 41.1 |
| 57 | Agawam Town, MA | 39.8 |
| 58 | Somerville, MA | 36.2 |