# Counties in New Jersey 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 (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/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ocean County | 58.3 |
| 2 | Passaic County | 57.1 |
| 3 | Atlantic County | 56.9 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 56.2 |
| 5 | Essex County | 55.1 |
| 6 | Cape May County | 55 |
| 7 | Gloucester County | 55 |
| 8 | Salem County | 54.9 |
| 9 | Sussex County | 54.9 |
| 10 | Camden County | 54.6 |
| 11 | Monmouth County | 52.7 |
| 12 | Burlington County | 52.5 |
| 13 | Union County | 51.4 |
| 14 | Bergen County | 50.8 |
| 15 | Mercer County | 50.1 |
| 16 | Somerset County | 49 |
| 17 | Middlesex County | 48.1 |
| 18 | Warren County | 47.6 |
| 19 | Hunterdon County | 47.3 |
| 20 | Hudson County | 46.4 |
| 21 | Morris County | 45.2 |