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Cities in New York by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)

New Square, NY had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 90 cities in 2023, at 79.6%. Westbury, NY had the lowest, at 27.4%. The median was 51.9% and the figure for New York was 51.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest79.6New Square, NY
Lowest27.4Westbury, NY
Median51.990 cities
New York51.5History

Top 40 cities, 2023

New Square, NY: 79.6 %New Square, NY79.6Kiryas Joel, NY: 78.5 %Kiryas Joel, NY78.5Ithaca, NY: 68.4 %Ithaca, NY68.4Glen Cove, NY: 67.9 %Glen Cove, NY67.9Lake Grove, NY: 66.5 %Lake Grove, NY66.5Haverstraw, NY: 64.3 %Haverstraw, NY64.3Lindenhurst, NY: 62.5 %Lindenhurst, NY62.5Middletown, NY: 62.4 %Middletown, NY62.4Spring Valley, NY: 62.4 %Spring Valley, NY62.4Ossining, NY: 61.3 %Ossining, NY61.3Johnson City, NY: 60.3 %Johnson City, NY60.3Newburgh, NY: 60.1 %Newburgh, NY60.1Hempstead, NY: 60 %Hempstead, NY60Great Neck, NY: 59.8 %Great Neck, NY59.8Floral Park, NY: 59.2 %Floral Park, NY59.2Poughkeepsie, NY: 58.1 %Poughkeepsie, NY58.1Valley Stream, NY: 58.1 %Valley Stream, NY58.1Elmira, NY: 58.1 %Elmira, NY58.1Niagara Falls, NY: 57.4 %Niagara Falls, NY57.4Kingston, NY: 57.3 %Kingston, NY57.3Syracuse, NY: 56.4 %Syracuse, NY56.4Schenectady, NY: 55.9 %Schenectady, NY55.9Babylon, NY: 55.8 %Babylon, NY55.8Oswego, NY: 55.5 %Oswego, NY55.5Tonawanda, NY: 55.4 %Tonawanda, NY55.4Mount Vernon, NY: 55 %Mount Vernon, NY55Patchogue, NY: 54.7 %Patchogue, NY54.7Kenmore, NY: 54.5 %Kenmore, NY54.5Yonkers, NY: 54.4 %Yonkers, NY54.4Mamaroneck, NY: 54.3 %Mamaroneck, NY54.3Peekskill, NY: 54.2 %Peekskill, NY54.2Olean, NY: 54 %Olean, NY54Dunkirk, NY: 53.6 %Dunkirk, NY53.6Rochester, NY: 53.2 %Rochester, NY53.2Amsterdam, NY: 53 %Amsterdam, NY53Sleepy Hollow, NY: 52.8 %Sleepy Hollow, NY52.8Freeport, NY: 52.8 %Freeport, NY52.8Troy, NY: 52.7 %Troy, NY52.7Auburn, NY: 52.7 %Auburn, NY52.7Utica, NY: 52.7 %Utica, NY52.7New Square, NY: 79.6 %New Square, NY79.6Kiryas Joel, NY: 78.5 %Kiryas Joel, NY78.5Ithaca, NY: 68.4 %Ithaca, NY68.4Glen Cove, NY: 67.9 %Glen Cove, NY67.9Lake Grove, NY: 66.5 %Lake Grove, NY66.5Haverstraw, NY: 64.3 %Haverstraw, NY64.3Lindenhurst, NY: 62.5 %Lindenhurst, NY62.5Middletown, NY: 62.4 %Middletown, NY62.4Spring Valley, NY: 62.4 %Spring Valley, NY62.4Ossining, NY: 61.3 %Ossining, NY61.3Johnson City, NY: 60.3 %Johnson City, NY60.3Newburgh, NY: 60.1 %Newburgh, NY60.1Hempstead, NY: 60 %Hempstead, NY60Great Neck, NY: 59.8 %Great Neck, NY59.8Floral Park, NY: 59.2 %Floral Park, NY59.2Poughkeepsie, NY: 58.1 %Poughkeepsie, NY58.1Valley Stream, NY: 58.1 %Valley Stream, NY58.1Elmira, NY: 58.1 %Elmira, NY58.1Niagara Falls, NY: 57.4 %Niagara Falls, NY57.4Kingston, NY: 57.3 %Kingston, NY57.3Syracuse, NY: 56.4 %Syracuse, NY56.4Schenectady, NY: 55.9 %Schenectady, NY55.9Babylon, NY: 55.8 %Babylon, NY55.8Oswego, NY: 55.5 %Oswego, NY55.5Tonawanda, NY: 55.4 %Tonawanda, NY55.4Mount Vernon, NY: 55 %Mount Vernon, NY55Patchogue, NY: 54.7 %Patchogue, NY54.7Kenmore, NY: 54.5 %Kenmore, NY54.5Yonkers, NY: 54.4 %Yonkers, NY54.4Mamaroneck, NY: 54.3 %Mamaroneck, NY54.3Peekskill, NY: 54.2 %Peekskill, NY54.2Olean, NY: 54 %Olean, NY54Dunkirk, NY: 53.6 %Dunkirk, NY53.6Rochester, NY: 53.2 %Rochester, NY53.2Amsterdam, NY: 53 %Amsterdam, NY53Sleepy Hollow, NY: 52.8 %Sleepy Hollow, NY52.8Freeport, NY: 52.8 %Freeport, NY52.8Troy, NY: 52.7 %Troy, NY52.7Auburn, NY: 52.7 %Auburn, NY52.7Utica, NY: 52.7 %Utica, NY52.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1New Square, NY79.6-0.8 pts
2Kiryas Joel, NY78.5+4.5 pts
3Ithaca, NY68.4+1.1 pts
4Glen Cove, NY67.9+1.3 pts
5Lake Grove, NY66.5+1.4 pts
6Haverstraw, NY64.3-0.3 pts
7Lindenhurst, NY62.5+1.6 pts
8Middletown, NY62.4-2.5 pts
9Spring Valley, NY62.4+2.2 pts
10Ossining, NY61.3+7 pts
11Johnson City, NY60.3+2.4 pts
12Newburgh, NY60.1+0.1 pts
13Hempstead, NY60+1.4 pts
14Great Neck, NY59.8+1.7 pts
15Floral Park, NY59.2+5.1 pts
16Poughkeepsie, NY58.1-2.5 pts
17Valley Stream, NY58.1+2 pts
18Elmira, NY58.1+1.1 pts
19Niagara Falls, NY57.4+1.2 pts
20Kingston, NY57.3+0.1 pts
21Syracuse, NY56.4+1.5 pts
22Schenectady, NY55.9+3.4 pts
23Babylon, NY55.8+5.2 pts
24Oswego, NY55.5-1.2 pts
25Tonawanda, NY55.4+2.3 pts
26Mount Vernon, NY55+2 pts
27Patchogue, NY54.7-4 pts
28Kenmore, NY54.5+0.5 pts
29Yonkers, NY54.4-0.8 pts
30Mamaroneck, NY54.3+4.4 pts
31Peekskill, NY54.2-2.8 pts
32Olean, NY54+5.2 pts
33Dunkirk, NY53.6+3.3 pts
34Rochester, NY53.2-1.9 pts
35Amsterdam, NY53-1.4 pts
36Sleepy Hollow, NY52.8+0.6 pts
37Freeport, NY52.8-0.7 pts
38Troy, NY52.7+1.4 pts
39Auburn, NY52.7+0.8 pts
40Utica, NY52.7-1.5 pts
41Long Beach, NY52.6+3.6 pts
42New Rochelle, NY52.2-3.9 pts
43Harrison, NY52.1+1.2 pts
44Jamestown, NY52-2.4 pts
45Buffalo, NY51.9+0.9 pts
46New York, NY51.9-0.3 pts
47New Hyde Park, NY51.7+0.5 pts
48Woodbury, NY51.5-5.3 pts
49East Rockaway, NY51.4+13.4 pts
50Cortland, NY51.1+1.3 pts
51Suffern, NY51-0 pts
52Binghamton, NY50.6+0.4 pts
53Lackawanna, NY50.6-5.5 pts
54White Plains, NY50.5+0.3 pts
55Rockville Centre, NY50.3-1 pts
56Port Chester, NY50.3-3.1 pts
57Albany, NY50-1.6 pts
58North Tonawanda, NY49.6+4.7 pts
59Watervliet, NY49.3+0.4 pts
60Plattsburgh, NY49.2+1.1 pts
61Depew, NY49-1.1 pts
62Fulton, NY48.5+0.7 pts
63Airmont, NY48.4-0.1 pts
64Oneida, NY48.1+0.3 pts
65Glens Falls, NY47.4-0.6 pts
66Batavia, NY46.4-1.2 pts
67Tarrytown, NY46.4+3 pts
68Massapequa Park, NY46.3+5 pts
69Watertown, NY46.2+0.5 pts
70Rome, NY45.5-0.6 pts
71Oneonta, NY45.4-4.9 pts
72Mineola, NY44.8+2 pts
73Gloversville, NY44.3-6 pts
74Mount Kisco, NY44.3+10.6 pts
75Garden City, NY44.1-4.6 pts
76Endicott, NY43.9-8.2 pts
77Beacon, NY43.8+3.1 pts
78Geneva, NY43.8-1.3 pts
79Cohoes, NY42.8+3.5 pts
80Rye, NY42.8+8.7 pts
81Lynbrook, NY42.6-3.3 pts
82Canandaigua, NY41.9-0.7 pts
83Dobbs Ferry, NY41.9-3.6 pts
84Corning, NY41.7-1.5 pts
85Lockport, NY38.7-3.2 pts
86Saratoga Springs, NY37.4-1.1 pts
87West Haverstraw, NY37.3-10.1 pts
88Scarsdale, NY34.6-4.7 pts
89Chestnut Ridge, NY29.7-7.4 pts
90Westbury, NY27.4-9.1 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 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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 New York by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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 New York by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-york-cities?period=2023. 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 New York by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-york-cities?period=2023.

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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 New York by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-york-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

New Square, NY, with 79.6% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Westbury, NY, with 27.4% in 2023.

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