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

Athens, OH had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 176 cities in 2023, at 70.4%. Vandalia, OH had the lowest, at 22.5%. The median was 43.6% and the figure for Ohio was 45.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest70.4Athens, OH

Lowest22.5Vandalia, OH

Median43.6176 cities

Ohio45.1History

Top 40 cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Athens, OH	70.4	+3.5 pts
2	Kent, OH	67.8	-3.5 pts
3	East Cleveland, OH	62.4	+1.8 pts
4	Oxford, OH	62	-0.3 pts
5	Garfield Heights, OH	61.6	+0.4 pts
6	Ravenna, OH	60.3	-3.6 pts
7	Conneaut, OH	59.5	-6.5 pts
8	Eastlake, OH	57.6	+0.8 pts
9	Whitehall, OH	56.8	+2.3 pts
10	Parma Heights, OH	56.8	+6.5 pts
11	Bedford Heights, OH	56.4	+2.5 pts
12	Twinsburg, OH	56.2	-4.5 pts
13	Portsmouth, OH	56.1	+5.4 pts
14	Cambridge, OH	56.1	-0.1 pts
15	Springdale, OH	55.7	+3.3 pts
16	Macedonia, OH	55.6	-0.7 pts
17	Marietta, OH	55.4	+1.2 pts
18	Youngstown, OH	55.3	-1.4 pts
19	Ashtabula, OH	55.2	-5 pts
20	Seven Hills, OH	55.1	-0.8 pts
21	Zanesville, OH	54.6	+4.6 pts
22	Chillicothe, OH	54.1	+1.1 pts
23	Bowling Green, OH	53.6	+0.1 pts
24	Pickerington, OH	53.5	+1 pts
25	Warren, OH	53.3	-2.6 pts
26	Hudson, OH	53.3	-2.5 pts
27	Englewood, OH	53.2	-0.2 pts
28	Amherst, OH	53.1	+0.9 pts
29	Westerville, OH	52.8	+4.6 pts
30	Lorain, OH	52.6	+2.6 pts
31	Painesville, OH	52.5	+6.1 pts
32	University Heights, OH	52.1	+4 pts
33	Cleveland, OH	51.7	+0.4 pts
34	Euclid, OH	51.5	-1.2 pts
35	Dayton, OH	51.5	-0 pts
36	Marion, OH	50.7	-0.1 pts
37	Piqua, OH	50.1	-2.5 pts
38	Akron, OH	50.1	+0.1 pts
38	Bedford, OH	50.1	+7.2 pts
38	Medina, OH	50.1	+4.4 pts
41	Salem, OH	50.1	-2 pts
42	New Philadelphia, OH	50	-2 pts
43	Middletown, OH	50	+2.6 pts
44	Willoughby, OH	49.9	+6.1 pts
45	Lyndhurst, OH	49.7	+4.5 pts
46	Norwood, OH	49.5	-0.2 pts
47	Westlake, OH	49.5	-0.4 pts
48	Canton, OH	49.5	-1.1 pts
49	Coshocton, OH	49.2	-1.1 pts
50	Monroe, OH	49.1	+7.8 pts
51	Cincinnati, OH	49	+1.7 pts
52	Bexley, OH	48.6	+3.5 pts
53	Solon, OH	48.5	+0.7 pts
54	Streetsboro, OH	48.3	+2.8 pts
55	Xenia, OH	48.2	+0.7 pts
56	Mansfield, OH	48.1	-1 pts
57	Steubenville, OH	48	-1.3 pts
58	Lancaster, OH	48	-1.9 pts
59	Greenville, OH	48	-0.6 pts
60	Mount Vernon, OH	47.8	-3.7 pts
61	Trotwood, OH	47.6	+1.7 pts
62	Gahanna, OH	47.6	+2.7 pts
63	Brunswick, OH	47.4	+1.8 pts
64	Aurora, OH	47.4	+4.8 pts
65	Cleveland Heights, OH	47.2	+0.8 pts
66	Toledo, OH	46.7	-0.6 pts
67	Ironton, OH	46.6	+8.5 pts
68	Sandusky, OH	46.5	+1.2 pts
69	Fairfield, OH	46.2	-0.6 pts
70	Brook Park, OH	46.2	+7.3 pts
71	Wilmington, OH	46	-2.3 pts
72	Springfield, OH	45.7	+5 pts
73	Stow, OH	45.6	+5.5 pts
74	Maple Heights, OH	45.4	-0.2 pts
74	Reynoldsburg, OH	45.4	-3.1 pts
76	Fairborn, OH	45.3	-3.1 pts
77	Elyria, OH	45.1	-2 pts
78	Tallmadge, OH	45	+0.6 pts
79	Columbus, OH	45	+1.2 pts
80	Kettering, OH	44.8	+1.6 pts
81	Beachwood, OH	44.4	-0.8 pts
82	Delaware, OH	44.3	+1.2 pts
83	Centerville, OH	44.2	+5.2 pts
84	North Olmsted, OH	44.1	-0.1 pts
85	Ashland, OH	44	-1.9 pts
86	Barberton, OH	43.9	-0.5 pts
87	Lima, OH	43.9	+0.9 pts
88	Massillon, OH	43.7	+4.4 pts
89	Hamilton, OH	43.5	+0.1 pts
90	Dover, OH	43.5	+2.6 pts
91	Worthington, OH	43.4	-0 pts
92	Warrensville Heights, OH	43.4	-9.3 pts
93	Reading, OH	43.3	+3 pts
94	Clayton, OH	43.1	+4.1 pts
95	Fairview Park, OH	43	+0.4 pts
96	Galion, OH	43	+0.4 pts
97	Wadsworth, OH	42.9	-1.2 pts
98	Sharonville, OH	42.4	-0.9 pts
99	Grove City, OH	42.4	+3 pts
100	Franklin, OH	42.3	+1.2 pts
101	Mentor, OH	42.3	+1.3 pts
102	Strongsville, OH	42.2	-1.6 pts
103	Lebanon, OH	42	+1.2 pts
104	Berea, OH	41.9	+0.7 pts
105	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	41.8	+0.3 pts
105	Tiffin, OH	41.8	-2 pts
107	Niles, OH	41.6	-1.6 pts
108	Parma, OH	41.6	+0.8 pts
109	Richmond Heights, OH	41.5	-4.3 pts
110	Norton, OH	41.3	-13.2 pts
111	Sylvania, OH	41	+2.6 pts
112	Willowick, OH	41	-5.6 pts
113	Fremont, OH	40.9	-2.1 pts
114	Rocky River, OH	40.8	-2.4 pts
115	Troy, OH	40.8	+5.5 pts
116	Newark, OH	40.6	-2.3 pts
117	Forest Park, OH	40.3	-7.6 pts
118	Trenton, OH	40.2	+8.1 pts
119	Heath, OH	40.1	-2.6 pts
120	Defiance, OH	40.1	-1.9 pts
121	Maumee, OH	40.1	+2.4 pts
122	Bay Village, OH	40	+1.8 pts
123	Mayfield Heights, OH	40	-0.4 pts
124	Huber Heights, OH	39.9	+5.6 pts
125	Montgomery, OH	39.7	+8.3 pts
126	Bellefontaine, OH	39.7	+5.3 pts
127	Shaker Heights, OH	39.5	-0.9 pts
128	Norwalk, OH	39.5	+0.5 pts
129	New Albany, OH	39.4	-9.9 pts
130	Circleville, OH	39.4	-2.6 pts
131	Findlay, OH	39.4	+1.9 pts
132	West Carrollton, OH	39	+4.2 pts
133	Fostoria, OH	38.9	-0.2 pts
134	Celina, OH	38.9	-2.8 pts
135	Sidney, OH	38.7	+1.8 pts
136	Wooster, OH	38.7	-0.3 pts
137	Miamisburg, OH	38.6	-0.9 pts
138	Alliance, OH	38.5	-2.2 pts
139	Loveland, OH	38.5	-2.3 pts
140	North Canton, OH	38.1	-3.7 pts
141	Tipp City, OH	38	+3.6 pts
142	Lakewood, OH	37.1	-1.3 pts
143	London, OH	37.1	+8 pts
143	Riverside, OH	37.1	-0.1 pts
145	Avon Lake, OH	37	+4.3 pts
146	Van Wert, OH	36.9	-2.5 pts
147	Bucyrus, OH	36.6	-5.5 pts
147	Powell, OH	36.6	-1 pts
149	Hilliard, OH	36.2	-0.2 pts
150	North Ridgeville, OH	35.6	+0.1 pts
151	Blue Ash, OH	35.6	+5.2 pts
152	Marysville, OH	35.4	-0 pts
153	Upper Arlington, OH	35.2	+5.5 pts
154	Harrison, OH	35.1	+7.3 pts
155	Brecksville, OH	35	-8.3 pts
156	New Franklin, OH	34.8	-4.1 pts
157	Perrysburg, OH	34.1	+1.1 pts
158	Urbana, OH	33.8	-0.2 pts
159	Washington Court House, OH	33.5	-3.1 pts
160	Oregon, OH	33	-0.4 pts
161	Canal Winchester, OH	32.7	-8.9 pts
162	Green, OH	32.7	+9.2 pts
163	Beavercreek, OH	32.3	+0.9 pts
164	North Royalton, OH	32.2	+2.4 pts
165	Middleburg Heights, OH	31.9	+1.7 pts
166	Avon, OH	31.8	-3.3 pts
167	Springboro, OH	31.8	+14 pts
168	Dublin, OH	30.3	+2.8 pts
169	South Euclid, OH	30.3	-8.7 pts
170	Brooklyn, OH	30.2	-8.4 pts
171	Pataskala, OH	28.3	+5.6 pts
172	Wickliffe, OH	26.9	-4.6 pts
173	Vermilion, OH	25.8	+0.4 pts
174	Broadview Heights, OH	24.2	-1.9 pts
175	Mason, OH	23.8	-1.5 pts
176	Vandalia, OH	22.5	-0.1 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/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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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/ohio-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 Ohio 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/ohio-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 Ohio 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/ohio-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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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 Ohio by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/ohio-cities?period=2023. 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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)?

Athens, OH, with 70.4% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Vandalia, OH, with 22.5% in 2023.

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