US counties by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)
King County had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 3143 counties in 2022, at 100%. Stonewall County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 44.4% and the figure for the United States was 49.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2022
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King County | 100 | 0 pts |
| 1 | Terrell County | 100 | 0 pts |
| 3 | Lee County | 76.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 4 | Claiborne Parish | 75.9 | +8.6 pts |
| 5 | East Carroll Parish | 74.7 | +9.7 pts |
| 6 | Webster Parish | 74.5 | +3.7 pts |
| 7 | West Feliciana Parish | 74.5 | +9.4 pts |
| 8 | Oliver County | 74.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 9 | De Baca County | 73.9 | +9.1 pts |
| 10 | Refugio County | 73.1 | +10.5 pts |
| 11 | Martin County | 72.4 | +15.5 pts |
| 12 | Dickens County | 72.2 | -3.8 pts |
| 13 | Hyde County | 72.2 | +12.3 pts |
| 14 | Wahkiakum County | 70.6 | +8 pts |
| 15 | Hancock County | 70.3 | +2 pts |
| 16 | Irion County | 70.2 | +14.6 pts |
| 17 | San Augustine County | 69.5 | 0 pts |
| 18 | Lowndes County | 68.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 19 | Lake County | 67.8 | +6.5 pts |
| 20 | Caldwell Parish | 67.5 | +9.7 pts |
| 21 | Gilpin County | 67.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 22 | Attala County | 67.1 | -3.4 pts |
| 23 | Schoolcraft County | 66.9 | +8.1 pts |
| 24 | Grimes County | 66.9 | +10.8 pts |
| 25 | McDowell County | 66.7 | +6.4 pts |
| 26 | Esmeralda County | 66.5 | +8.9 pts |
| 27 | Jefferson Davis County | 66.3 | +7.8 pts |
| 28 | Watauga County | 66 | +2.5 pts |
| 29 | Powell County | 65.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 30 | Lake County | 65.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 31 | Franklin County | 65.8 | +4.9 pts |
| 32 | Nevada County | 65.4 | +6 pts |
| 33 | Clay County | 65.4 | -8.3 pts |
| 33 | Osceola County | 65.4 | +2.9 pts |
| 35 | Jeff Davis County | 65 | -1.4 pts |
| 36 | Luce County | 64.8 | +20.2 pts |
| 37 | Highland County | 64.7 | +13.7 pts |
| 38 | Monroe County | 64.6 | +4.5 pts |
| 39 | Arthur County | 64.3 | -4.5 pts |
| 39 | Oldham County | 64.3 | +17.1 pts |
| 41 | Lincoln County | 64.2 | +19.9 pts |
| 42 | Lee County | 64 | +1.2 pts |
| 43 | Niobrara County | 63.9 | +20 pts |
| 44 | Clear Creek County | 63.9 | +8.2 pts |
| 45 | Manassas Park city | 63.7 | +4.1 pts |
| 46 | Lumpkin County | 63.6 | +12.8 pts |
| 47 | Broward County | 63.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 48 | Wolfe County | 63.4 | -4.6 pts |
| 49 | Dickenson County | 63.1 | +6.1 pts |
| 50 | Miami-Dade County | 63.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 51 | Brooks County | 63 | -1.7 pts |
| 52 | Lincoln Parish | 62.9 | 0 pts |
| 53 | Sedgwick County | 62.8 | +1 pts |
| 54 | Oktibbeha County | 62.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 55 | Sanders County | 62.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 56 | Catahoula Parish | 62.4 | -1 pts |
| 57 | Avoyelles Parish | 62.2 | +2.2 pts |
| 58 | Essex County | 62.2 | +2.6 pts |
| 59 | Concordia Parish | 62.2 | -5.4 pts |
| 60 | Whitman County | 62.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 61 | Hale County | 62.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 62 | Humboldt County | 62.1 | -1 pts |
| 63 | Wayne County | 62 | +5.6 pts |
| 64 | Socorro County | 61.9 | +4.5 pts |
| 65 | Webster County | 61.8 | -2.4 pts |
| 66 | St. Bernard Parish | 61.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 67 | Camp County | 61.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 68 | Clark County | 61.7 | +5.3 pts |
| 69 | Stone County | 61.6 | -1 pts |
| 70 | Pike County | 61.5 | +2.2 pts |
| 71 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 61.4 | 0 pts |
| 72 | Walker County | 61.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 73 | Crowley County | 61.1 | +8.9 pts |
| 74 | Sumter County | 61 | -11 pts |
| 75 | Collier County | 61 | +2.9 pts |
| 76 | Real County | 60.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 77 | Huerfano County | 60.8 | +3.2 pts |
| 78 | Clarke County | 60.6 | -6.8 pts |
| 79 | Jefferson County | 60.5 | -13.9 pts |
| 80 | Monroe County | 60.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 81 | Palm Beach County | 60.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 82 | Jackson County | 60.2 | +3.5 pts |
| 82 | Sumter County | 60.2 | -1.7 pts |
| 84 | Benton County | 60.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 85 | Hardee County | 60.1 | +1.7 pts |
| 86 | Bamberg County | 60.1 | -3.1 pts |
| 87 | Hays County | 60 | +0.9 pts |
| 88 | Ocean County | 60 | -1 pts |
| 89 | Somerset County | 59.9 | -2.6 pts |
| 90 | Bennington County | 59.9 | +4.6 pts |
| 90 | Charlotte County | 59.9 | +4.9 pts |
| 92 | Bronx County | 59.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 93 | Charlotte County | 59.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 94 | Tate County | 59.8 | -4 pts |
| 95 | Alachua County | 59.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 96 | Itasca County | 59.7 | +5.8 pts |
| 97 | Hendry County | 59.7 | +2.7 pts |
| 98 | Washington County | 59.7 | -8.2 pts |
| 99 | Lee County | 59.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 100 | St. Charles Parish | 59.6 | +2.1 pts |
| 101 | Ventura County | 59.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 102 | Monroe County | 59.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 103 | Dawson County | 59.5 | -1 pts |
| 104 | Montmorency County | 59.5 | -1.4 pts |
| 105 | Josephine County | 59.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 106 | Cumberland County | 59.5 | -1.4 pts |
| 107 | Calhoun County | 59.5 | +2.6 pts |
| 107 | Falls County | 59.5 | +8.3 pts |
| 109 | Steele County | 59.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 110 | Shackelford County | 59.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 111 | Liberty County | 59.4 | +4 pts |
| 112 | Buchanan County | 59.3 | +13 pts |
| 113 | Cabell County | 59.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 114 | Orleans Parish | 59.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 115 | Brazos County | 59.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 115 | Nacogdoches County | 59.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 117 | Fulton County | 59.1 | +3.7 pts |
| 117 | Washington County | 59.1 | -4.4 pts |
| 119 | Payne County | 59.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 119 | Tompkins County | 59.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 121 | Letcher County | 59 | +4.4 pts |
| 122 | Athens County | 59 | -0.4 pts |
| 123 | Boulder County | 59 | +1.9 pts |
| 123 | Clarke County | 59 | +3.5 pts |
| 125 | Rockland County | 58.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 126 | St. Lucie County | 58.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 127 | Noxubee County | 58.8 | +4.9 pts |
| 128 | Carter County | 58.8 | +3.8 pts |
| 129 | Nevada County | 58.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 130 | Hickory County | 58.7 | -6.6 pts |
| 131 | Webster County | 58.7 | +9.6 pts |
| 132 | Troup County | 58.7 | +3.4 pts |
| 133 | Tuolumne County | 58.6 | +2.1 pts |
| 134 | Salem County | 58.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 135 | Edgefield County | 58.5 | -3.5 pts |
| 136 | Oregon County | 58.5 | -3.5 pts |
| 137 | Clarke County | 58.5 | +2.7 pts |
| 138 | Des Moines County | 58.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 139 | Calhoun County | 58.5 | +6.5 pts |
| 139 | Ouachita Parish | 58.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 141 | Riverside County | 58.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 142 | Fairfield County | 58.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 142 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 58.4 | |
| 144 | Suffolk County | 58.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 145 | Ogemaw County | 58.4 | +2.2 pts |
| 146 | Taylor County | 58.2 | -2 pts |
| 146 | Washington Parish | 58.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 148 | Cape May County | 58.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 149 | Frio County | 58.1 | +10 pts |
| 150 | Carter County | 58 | +8 pts |
| 151 | Barnstable County | 58 | +0.9 pts |
| 152 | Lincoln County | 57.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 153 | Albany County | 57.9 | -2.7 pts |
| 154 | Natchitoches Parish | 57.9 | -3.4 pts |
| 155 | Gulf County | 57.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 156 | Atlantic County | 57.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 157 | Buena Vista city | 57.8 | -3.4 pts |
| 158 | Kent County | 57.8 | -4.3 pts |
| 159 | Radford city | 57.8 | +4.3 pts |
| 160 | Centre County | 57.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 161 | Matagorda County | 57.7 | +3.7 pts |
| 162 | Hertford County | 57.6 | +2.6 pts |
| 163 | Portsmouth city | 57.6 | +1.8 pts |
| 164 | Bibb County | 57.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 164 | Glades County | 57.6 | +9.3 pts |
| 164 | Honolulu County | 57.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 164 | Pulaski County | 57.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 168 | Calaveras County | 57.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 169 | Currituck County | 57.5 | +6.3 pts |
| 170 | San Bernardino County | 57.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 171 | Greensville County | 57.5 | +11.5 pts |
| 172 | Charlton County | 57.5 | +17.6 pts |
| 173 | Brown County | 57.4 | -4.3 pts |
| 174 | Louisa County | 57.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 175 | Dukes County | 57.3 | +6.5 pts |
| 176 | Madison County | 57.3 | +3.5 pts |
| 177 | Leon County | 57.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 178 | Los Angeles County | 57.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 179 | Wyoming County | 57.3 | +4.9 pts |
| 180 | Mariposa County | 57.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 181 | Tippecanoe County | 57.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 182 | Humphreys County | 57.2 | +4.4 pts |
| 183 | Caddo Parish | 57.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 183 | Person County | 57.1 | +2.2 pts |
| 185 | Orange County | 57.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 186 | Greenbrier County | 57.1 | +4.2 pts |
| 187 | Klickitat County | 57.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 188 | Adams County | 57 | -0.3 pts |
| 188 | San Diego County | 57 | +0.3 pts |
| 190 | Webster County | 57 | +2.4 pts |
| 191 | Johnson County | 57 | -0.2 pts |
| 192 | Gwinnett County | 56.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 193 | Madison County | 56.9 | +1.6 pts |
| 194 | Panola County | 56.8 | -2.5 pts |
| 195 | Charlottesville city | 56.7 | +1.7 pts |
| 195 | Martin County | 56.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 197 | Iron County | 56.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 198 | Phelps County | 56.7 | +7.5 pts |
| 198 | Pushmataha County | 56.7 | +6.4 pts |
| 198 | Santa Barbara County | 56.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 201 | Barton County | 56.7 | +3.3 pts |
| 201 | Montezuma County | 56.7 | +6.2 pts |
| 203 | Yazoo County | 56.6 | +9 pts |
| 204 | Morehouse Parish | 56.6 | -6.3 pts |
| 205 | Erath County | 56.6 | +1.5 pts |
| 206 | San Luis Obispo County | 56.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 207 | St. Mary Parish | 56.6 | +1.4 pts |
| 208 | Lee County | 56.5 | +2.1 pts |
| 209 | Evangeline Parish | 56.5 | +6.3 pts |
| 210 | Butte County | 56.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 210 | Indian River County | 56.5 | -3.3 pts |
| 210 | Phillips County | 56.5 | +3.1 pts |
| 213 | Kleberg County | 56.4 | +5.8 pts |
| 214 | Eagle County | 56.4 | -1.7 pts |
| 215 | Lee County | 56.3 | +2.5 pts |
| 216 | Portage County | 56.3 | +2.7 pts |
| 217 | Baldwin County | 56.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 217 | Clay County | 56.2 | +8.3 pts |
| 219 | Richland County | 56.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 220 | Cavalier County | 56.2 | +6.4 pts |
| 221 | Upson County | 56.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 222 | Amelia County | 56.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 222 | Teton County | 56.1 | +4.8 pts |
| 224 | Whatcom County | 56.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 225 | Orange County | 56.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 225 | Pinellas County | 56.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 227 | Manatee County | 56.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 227 | Washington County | 56.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 229 | Blackford County | 56.1 | -2.2 pts |
| 229 | Fulton County | 56.1 | +10.1 pts |
| 229 | Lewis County | 56.1 | +5.9 pts |
| 232 | Starr County | 56.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 233 | Goliad County | 56 | -10.5 pts |
| 234 | Monongalia County | 56 | +1.7 pts |
| 235 | Grant County | 56 | +1.5 pts |
| 235 | Volusia County | 56 | +0.5 pts |
| 237 | Richmond County | 56 | -0.1 pts |
| 238 | Halifax County | 55.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 239 | Yamhill County | 55.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 240 | Orange County | 55.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 240 | Suffolk city | 55.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 242 | Camden County | 55.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 242 | Oxford County | 55.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 244 | Leflore County | 55.8 | +2.6 pts |
| 245 | Madison County | 55.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 246 | Yolo County | 55.8 | +2.3 pts |
| 247 | Essex County | 55.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 247 | Franklin Parish | 55.8 | -6.3 pts |
| 247 | Madison County | 55.8 | -3.9 pts |
| 250 | Bolivar County | 55.8 | -2.8 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 counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 counties by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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 counties by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-counties?period=2022. 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 counties by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-counties?period=2022.
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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 counties by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/us-counties?period=2022 (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 counties by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2022}},
year = {2026},
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Which county has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?
King County, with 100% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?
Stonewall County, with 0% in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
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. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.
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