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

Lake Elmo, MN had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 103 cities in 2024, at 78.7%. Dayton, MN had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 49.7% and the figure for Minnesota was 48.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest78.7Lake Elmo, MN

Lowest0Dayton, MN

Median49.7103 cities

Minnesota48.1History

Top 40 cities, 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Lake Elmo, MN	78.7	+8.9 pts
2	Hugo, MN	72.7	+18.9 pts
3	Owatonna, MN	64.9	+3.5 pts
4	Hermantown, MN	63.3	+4.7 pts
5	Robbinsdale, MN	61.9	+5.6 pts
6	Lino Lakes, MN	61.1	-1.3 pts
7	Prior Lake, MN	60.7	+5.2 pts
8	Cambridge, MN	60.6	+1.2 pts
9	Grand Rapids, MN	60.6	+0.2 pts
10	Columbia Heights, MN	60.4	+1.6 pts
11	Cottage Grove, MN	59.2	+3.2 pts
11	Otsego, MN	59.2	+8.3 pts
13	West St. Paul, MN	58.7	+1.8 pts
14	Ham Lake, MN	58.5	+2.2 pts
15	Winona, MN	57.4	+5.7 pts
16	Coon Rapids, MN	56.8	+1.8 pts
17	Lakeville, MN	56.7	+0.7 pts
18	Champlin, MN	56.6	+3.4 pts
19	North St. Paul, MN	56.3	-4 pts
20	North Branch, MN	56.2	+2.1 pts
21	Roseville, MN	56.1	+4.4 pts
22	Savage, MN	56.1	+3.1 pts
23	Andover, MN	56	+11 pts
24	Oakdale, MN	55.4	-2.2 pts
25	Brooklyn Park, MN	55.2	-0.4 pts
26	Sartell, MN	54.6	+4.7 pts
27	Maplewood, MN	54.6	+1.3 pts
28	New Brighton, MN	54.4	+1.2 pts
29	Crystal, MN	54.4	-4.5 pts
30	Red Wing, MN	54.3	+0.5 pts
31	Faribault, MN	54.1	-0.1 pts
32	New Hope, MN	54	-0.6 pts
33	St. Peter, MN	54	+9.1 pts
34	Duluth, MN	54	-1.9 pts
35	Moorhead, MN	53.9	-0.4 pts
36	Fairmont, MN	53.8	+1.8 pts
37	Hibbing, MN	52.9	-4.4 pts
38	Anoka, MN	52.5	+1.3 pts
39	Inver Grove Heights, MN	52.4	+5.3 pts
40	Apple Valley, MN	52.2	+0.3 pts
41	Little Canada, MN	51.9	-3.4 pts
42	Shoreview, MN	51.6	-0.6 pts
43	Mounds View, MN	50.3	+0.8 pts
44	Brooklyn Center, MN	50.2	0 pts
45	Farmington, MN	50.1	-5.7 pts
46	Cloquet, MN	49.9	+5.7 pts
47	St. Paul, MN	49.9	+0.5 pts
48	Burnsville, MN	49.9	-4.5 pts
49	Mankato, MN	49.8	+0.4 pts
50	Vadnais Heights, MN	49.7	-10 pts
51	Big Lake, MN	49.7	+6.8 pts
52	White Bear Lake, MN	49.7	-0.6 pts
53	Forest Lake, MN	49.4	-1.5 pts
54	Edina, MN	49.3	-0.9 pts
55	Albert Lea, MN	49.2	+2.1 pts
56	Stillwater, MN	49.1	-0.4 pts
57	Chanhassen, MN	48.4	+2.4 pts
58	South St. Paul, MN	48.3	-1.1 pts
59	Minneapolis, MN	48.1	+1.4 pts
60	Rochester, MN	48	-1 pts
61	Shakopee, MN	48	+5.1 pts
62	Detroit Lakes, MN	47.9	-0.4 pts
63	Golden Valley, MN	47.6	+0.7 pts
64	Hopkins, MN	47.5	+0.4 pts
65	St. Cloud, MN	47.5	+2.8 pts
66	Maple Grove, MN	47.2	+5.4 pts
67	Ramsey, MN	47.1	+2.3 pts
68	New Ulm, MN	46.7	+2 pts
69	Fergus Falls, MN	46.3	-5.8 pts
70	Bloomington, MN	46.3	-2.3 pts
71	Woodbury, MN	46.1	+4.4 pts
72	Minnetonka, MN	45.9	+5 pts
73	Blaine, MN	45.9	-1.6 pts
74	Alexandria, MN	45.8	+6.7 pts
75	Worthington, MN	45.6	+9.6 pts
76	Buffalo, MN	45.5	-0.2 pts
77	Bemidji, MN	45.4	+3.9 pts
78	Rosemount, MN	45.1	+5.1 pts
79	Rogers, MN	44.7	+16.6 pts
80	Marshall, MN	44.6	-3 pts
81	Austin, MN	44.5	+0.2 pts
82	Waconia, MN	44.2	+1.9 pts
83	Fridley, MN	44.1	-3.3 pts
84	Eagan, MN	44	+2.2 pts
85	Richfield, MN	43.9	+1.2 pts
86	Monticello, MN	43.4	+1.1 pts
87	Hutchinson, MN	43.1	+3.8 pts
88	Hastings, MN	42.8	+2.3 pts
89	Willmar, MN	42.7	+6.6 pts
90	Plymouth, MN	42.3	+2.9 pts
91	Eden Prairie, MN	42.2	+1.9 pts
92	Chaska, MN	41.9	+1.4 pts
93	Mendota Heights, MN	41	+6.9 pts
94	Elk River, MN	39.9	+1.2 pts
95	St. Louis Park, MN	39.7	+2.8 pts
96	Brainerd, MN	39	-3.3 pts
97	East Bethel, MN	36.2	-14.8 pts
98	Northfield, MN	36	-2.2 pts
99	Sauk Rapids, MN	35.6	+6.8 pts
100	North Mankato, MN	30.1	-10 pts
101	St. Michael, MN	29.4	-11.8 pts
102	Victoria, MN	16.9	+1.8 pts
103	Dayton, MN	0	-24.6 pts

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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 cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Minnesota 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

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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), Cities in Minnesota 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/minnesota-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Minnesota 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/minnesota-cities.

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Minnesota 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/minnesota-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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): Cities in Minnesota by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/minnesota-cities. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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Which city has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Lake Elmo, MN, with 78.7% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Dayton, MN, with 0% in 2024.

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.