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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Watauga County | 65.9 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 63.3 |
| 3 | Hyde County | 62.5 |
| 4 | Person County | 60.4 |
| 5 | Orange County | 58.1 |
| 6 | Carteret County | 57 |
| 7 | Vance County | 56.9 |
| 8 | New Hanover County | 54.9 |
| 9 | Franklin County | 54.6 |
| 10 | Chowan County | 54.5 |
| 11 | Buncombe County | 53.9 |
| 12 | Warren County | 53.4 |
| 13 | Tyrrell County | 52.2 |
| 14 | Polk County | 52.1 |
| 15 | Guilford County | 52 |
| 16 | Cumberland County | 51.9 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 51.9 |
| 18 | Scotland County | 51.8 |
| 19 | Haywood County | 51.6 |
| 20 | Richmond County | 51.4 |
| 21 | Bladen County | 51.3 |
| 22 | Beaufort County | 51 |
| 23 | Rockingham County | 50.9 |
| 24 | Onslow County | 50.7 |
| 25 | Northampton County | 50.7 |
| 26 | Gaston County | 50.6 |
| 27 | Pitt County | 50.6 |
| 28 | Yadkin County | 50.3 |
| 29 | Hoke County | 50.2 |
| 30 | Pender County | 50.2 |
| 31 | Pasquotank County | 50.1 |
| 32 | Cabarrus County | 50 |
| 33 | Columbus County | 49.8 |
| 34 | Cleveland County | 49.5 |
| 35 | Washington County | 49.5 |
| 36 | Halifax County | 49.4 |
| 36 | Mecklenburg County | 49.4 |
| 38 | Forsyth County | 49.1 |
| 39 | Stanly County | 48.9 |
| 40 | Moore County | 48.8 |
| 41 | Graham County | 48.5 |
| 42 | Edgecombe County | 48.4 |
| 43 | Durham County | 48.4 |
| 44 | Wake County | 48.3 |
| 45 | Johnston County | 48.3 |
| 46 | Robeson County | 48.2 |
| 47 | Chatham County | 48 |
| 47 | Dare County | 48 |
| 49 | Currituck County | 48 |
| 50 | Pamlico County | 47.9 |
| 51 | Transylvania County | 47.8 |
| 52 | Henderson County | 47.7 |
| 53 | Yancey County | 47.4 |
| 54 | Wayne County | 47.3 |
| 55 | Rutherford County | 46.8 |
| 56 | Sampson County | 46.8 |
| 57 | Rowan County | 46.7 |
| 58 | Wilson County | 46.7 |
| 59 | Alamance County | 46.7 |
| 60 | Lenoir County | 46.5 |
| 61 | Craven County | 46.3 |
| 62 | Stokes County | 46.1 |
| 63 | Perquimans County | 45.6 |
| 64 | Davie County | 45.2 |
| 65 | Bertie County | 45.2 |
| 66 | Harnett County | 45.1 |
| 67 | Granville County | 44.2 |
| 68 | Lee County | 43.8 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 43.7 |
| 70 | Iredell County | 43.6 |
| 71 | Cherokee County | 43.4 |
| 72 | Surry County | 43.3 |
| 73 | Union County | 43.2 |
| 74 | Wilkes County | 42.9 |
| 75 | Jackson County | 42.2 |
| 76 | Davidson County | 42.1 |
| 77 | Duplin County | 41.8 |
| 78 | Caswell County | 41.7 |
| 79 | Lincoln County | 41.7 |
| 80 | Martin County | 41.6 |
| 81 | Greene County | 41.5 |
| 82 | Ashe County | 41.4 |
| 83 | Catawba County | 41 |
| 84 | Madison County | 40.9 |
| 85 | Mitchell County | 40.8 |
| 86 | Avery County | 40.7 |
| 87 | Nash County | 40.6 |
| 88 | Clay County | 40.4 |
| 89 | Jones County | 40.3 |
| 90 | Alleghany County | 40.1 |
| 91 | Caldwell County | 39.8 |
| 92 | McDowell County | 39.7 |
| 93 | Anson County | 39.6 |
| 94 | Alexander County | 39.4 |
| 95 | Swain County | 38.2 |
| 96 | Macon County | 38.1 |
| 97 | Montgomery County | 37.7 |
| 98 | Burke County | 36.9 |
| 99 | Camden County | 27.5 |
| 100 | Gates County | 25.7 |