US counties by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)

Martin County had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 3142 counties in 2023, at 84.6%. Stonewall County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 44.5% and the figure for the United States was 50.4%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest84.6Martin County
Median44.53142 counties
United States50.4History

Map of counties, 2023

%, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Martin County: 84.6 %Martin County84.6Claiborne Parish: 78.5 %Claiborne Parish78.5West Feliciana Parish: 78.1 %West Feliciana Parish78.1Cameron Parish: 76.9 %Cameron Parish76.9Hancock County: 75.7 %Hancock County75.7Wahkiakum County: 74.2 %Wahkiakum County74.2Jefferson Davis County: 74 %Jefferson Davis County74East Carroll Parish: 73.9 %East Carroll Parish73.9De Baca County: 73.6 %De Baca County73.6Lee County: 73.6 %Lee County73.6Webster Parish: 72.7 %Webster Parish72.7Hyde County: 72.5 %Hyde County72.5San Augustine County: 72.4 %San Augustine County72.4Nevada County: 72.3 %Nevada County72.3Esmeralda County: 72.3 %Esmeralda County72.3Clay County: 71.6 %Clay County71.6Wayne County: 69.9 %Wayne County69.9Noxubee County: 69.9 %Noxubee County69.9Gilpin County: 69.2 %Gilpin County69.2Caldwell Parish: 68.7 %Caldwell Parish68.7Wolfe County: 68.5 %Wolfe County68.5Lemhi County: 68.3 %Lemhi County68.3Dickens County: 68 %Dickens County68Camas County: 67.6 %Camas County67.6Highland County: 67.5 %Highland County67.5Glades County: 65.5 %Glades County65.5Osceola County: 65.5 %Osceola County65.5Watauga County: 64.9 %Watauga County64.9Refugio County: 64.8 %Refugio County64.8Assumption Parish: 64.4 %Assumption Parish64.4Catahoula Parish: 64.4 %Catahoula Parish64.4Broward County: 64.2 %Broward County64.2Sterling County: 64 %Sterling County64Lincoln Parish: 64 %Lincoln Parish64Tyrrell County: 64 %Tyrrell County64Jeff Davis County: 64 %Jeff Davis County64Bennington County: 63.8 %Bennington County63.8Oregon County: 63.4 %Oregon County63.4Montmorency County: 63.4 %Montmorency County63.4Miami-Dade County: 63.4 %Miami-Dade County63.4Martin County: 84.6 %Martin County84.6Claiborne Parish: 78.5 %Claiborne Parish78.5West Feliciana Parish: 78.1 %West Feliciana Parish78.1Cameron Parish: 76.9 %Cameron Parish76.9Hancock County: 75.7 %Hancock County75.7Wahkiakum County: 74.2 %Wahkiakum County74.2Jefferson Davis County: 74 %Jefferson Davis County74East Carroll Parish: 73.9 %East Carroll Parish73.9De Baca County: 73.6 %De Baca County73.6Lee County: 73.6 %Lee County73.6Webster Parish: 72.7 %Webster Parish72.7Hyde County: 72.5 %Hyde County72.5San Augustine County: 72.4 %San Augustine County72.4Nevada County: 72.3 %Nevada County72.3Esmeralda County: 72.3 %Esmeralda County72.3Clay County: 71.6 %Clay County71.6Wayne County: 69.9 %Wayne County69.9Noxubee County: 69.9 %Noxubee County69.9Gilpin County: 69.2 %Gilpin County69.2Caldwell Parish: 68.7 %Caldwell Parish68.7Wolfe County: 68.5 %Wolfe County68.5Lemhi County: 68.3 %Lemhi County68.3Dickens County: 68 %Dickens County68Camas County: 67.6 %Camas County67.6Highland County: 67.5 %Highland County67.5Glades County: 65.5 %Glades County65.5Osceola County: 65.5 %Osceola County65.5Watauga County: 64.9 %Watauga County64.9Refugio County: 64.8 %Refugio County64.8Assumption Parish: 64.4 %Assumption Parish64.4Catahoula Parish: 64.4 %Catahoula Parish64.4Broward County: 64.2 %Broward County64.2Sterling County: 64 %Sterling County64Lincoln Parish: 64 %Lincoln Parish64Tyrrell County: 64 %Tyrrell County64Jeff Davis County: 64 %Jeff Davis County64Bennington County: 63.8 %Bennington County63.8Oregon County: 63.4 %Oregon County63.4Montmorency County: 63.4 %Montmorency County63.4Miami-Dade County: 63.4 %Miami-Dade County63.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Martin County84.6+12.3 pts
2Claiborne Parish78.5+2.6 pts
3West Feliciana Parish78.1+3.6 pts
4Cameron Parish76.9+26.9 pts
5Hancock County75.7+5.4 pts
6Wahkiakum County74.2+3.6 pts
7Jefferson Davis County74+7.7 pts
8East Carroll Parish73.9-0.8 pts
9De Baca County73.6-0.2 pts
10Lee County73.6-3.2 pts
11Webster Parish72.7-1.9 pts
12Hyde County72.5+0.3 pts
13San Augustine County72.4+2.8 pts
14Nevada County72.3+6.9 pts
15Esmeralda County72.3+5.8 pts
16Clay County71.6+6.2 pts
17Wayne County69.9+16.8 pts
18Noxubee County69.9+11 pts
19Gilpin County69.2+1.8 pts
20Caldwell Parish68.7+1.2 pts
21Wolfe County68.5+5.1 pts
22Lemhi County68.3+12.8 pts
23Dickens County68-4.3 pts
24Camas County67.6+24.4 pts
25Highland County67.5+2.8 pts
26Glades County65.5+8 pts
27Osceola County65.5+0.1 pts
28Watauga County64.9-1.1 pts
29Refugio County64.8-8.4 pts
30Assumption Parish64.4+13 pts
31Catahoula Parish64.4+2 pts
32Broward County64.2+0.7 pts
33Sterling County64+39 pts
34Lincoln Parish64+1.1 pts
35Tyrrell County64+16.3 pts
36Jeff Davis County64-1 pts
37Bennington County63.8+3.9 pts
38Oregon County63.4+4.9 pts
39Montmorency County63.4+3.9 pts
40Miami-Dade County63.4+0.3 pts
41Clear Creek County63.4-0.5 pts
41Sedgwick County63.4+0.5 pts
43Monroe County63.3-1.3 pts
44Sumter County63.1+2.1 pts
45Lake of the Woods County62.9+13.9 pts
46Washington Parish62.7+4.5 pts
47Gulf County62.7+4.8 pts
48Lee County62.7-1.3 pts
49Ohio County62.2+11.1 pts
50Poquoson city62.1+26.4 pts
51Schoolcraft County62.1-4.9 pts
52Hopewell city62+10.7 pts
53Monroe County62+1.5 pts
54Pointe Coupee Parish61.9+0.5 pts
55Prowers County61.9+7.6 pts
56Alachua County61.9+2.1 pts
56Collier County61.9+0.9 pts
58Oktibbeha County61.8-0.8 pts
59Clay County61.6+6.9 pts
60Attala County61.4-5.7 pts
61St. Lucie County61.2+2.3 pts
62St. Charles Parish61.2+1.6 pts
63Yazoo County61+4.3 pts
64Powell County61-5 pts
64Whitman County61-1.2 pts
66Palm Beach County60.9+0.6 pts
67Lawrence County60.9+6.4 pts
68Benton County60.9+0.7 pts
69Carter County60.6+1.8 pts
70Ouachita Parish60.5+2 pts
71Charlotte County60.4+0.5 pts
72Coosa County60.3+10 pts
73Kent County60.3+2.5 pts
74Sumter County60.30 pts
75Brazos County60.2+1 pts
76Avoyelles Parish60.2-2 pts
77Lowndes County60.1-8.8 pts
78Brown County60.1+11.8 pts
79Eagle County60.1+3.7 pts
80Hickory County60+1.3 pts
81Humboldt County60-2.1 pts
82Hays County59.9-0.1 pts
83Tompkins County59.8+0.7 pts
84Boulder County59.8+0.8 pts
85Putnam County59.8+15.3 pts
86Lee County59.8+0.1 pts
87Tuolumne County59.7+1.1 pts
88Bronx County59.7-0.2 pts
89Morehouse Parish59.6+3 pts
90Rockland County59.6+0.7 pts
90Walker County59.6-1.6 pts
92Wilkinson County59.5+23.5 pts
93Putnam County59.4+18.9 pts
94Calhoun County59.4+0.9 pts
95Ventura County59.3-0.2 pts
96Jim Wells County59.3+5 pts
97Gwinnett County59.3+2.3 pts
97Ocean County59.3-0.7 pts
99Fulton County59.2+3.1 pts
100Cabell County59.1-0.2 pts
101Sanders County59.1-3.3 pts
102Lee County59+2.5 pts
103Clarke County59+0.5 pts
104Barnstable County58.9+0.9 pts
105Hardee County58.9-1.2 pts
106Williamsburg city58.9+7.2 pts
107Starr County58.8+2.8 pts
107Suffolk County58.8+0.4 pts
109Marion County58.7+15.1 pts
110Monroe County58.7-0.8 pts
110Payne County58.7-0.4 pts
112Norton County58.7+9.5 pts
113Lumpkin County58.7-4.9 pts
114Athens County58.7-0.4 pts
115Riverside County58.6+0.2 pts
116Whatcom County58.6+2.5 pts
117Van Buren County58.6+5.6 pts
118Orleans Parish58.6-0.7 pts
119Ogemaw County58.5+0.1 pts
120Siskiyou County58.5+3.9 pts
121Bibb County58.5+1 pts
122Bay County58.5+3.5 pts
123Taylor County58.4+0.2 pts
124Josephine County58.4-1.1 pts
124Pike County58.4+3.7 pts
126Bradford County58.4+2.8 pts
127Nevada County58.3-0.5 pts
128Camp County58.3-3.4 pts
129Itasca County58.3-1.4 pts
129Manatee County58.3+2.2 pts
131Charlton County58.3+0.8 pts
132Flagler County58.3+4.7 pts
133Grimes County58.2-8.7 pts
134Greene County58.2+3.4 pts
135Dallas County58.2+4.6 pts
136Pinellas County58.2+2 pts
137San Bernardino County58.1+0.6 pts
138Brown County58.1+0.7 pts
139Orange County58.1+0.9 pts
140Butte County58+1.6 pts
141Washington County58+4.1 pts
142Socorro County58-3.9 pts
142Tippecanoe County58+0.8 pts
144Webster County57.9-0.8 pts
145Leon County57.9+0.6 pts
146Charlotte County57.9-2 pts
147Hidalgo County57.9+5.2 pts
148Lee County57.8+1.5 pts
149Fairfield County57.7-0.8 pts
149Nacogdoches County57.7-1.6 pts
151Honolulu County57.7+0.1 pts
151Martin County57.7+0.9 pts
153Greater Bridgeport Planning Region57.6-0.8 pts
153St. Johns County57.6+5.2 pts
155Clayton County57.5+2.3 pts
156DeKalb County57.5+2.3 pts
156Troup County57.5-1.2 pts
158Seminole County57.4+2.9 pts
158Steele County57.4-2 pts
160San Diego County57.4+0.4 pts
161Wyoming County57.4+0.1 pts
162Greensville County57.4-0.1 pts
163Los Angeles County57.4+0.1 pts
163Suffolk city57.4+1.5 pts
165Richland County57.3+1.1 pts
166St. Bernard Parish57.3-4.4 pts
167Taos County57.3+5.4 pts
168Elliott County57.3+19.2 pts
169Casey County57.3+10.5 pts
170Edgefield County57.2-1.3 pts
171Bibb County57.2+2.4 pts
172Sequatchie County57.2+1.8 pts
173Lake County57.2-10.6 pts
173San Luis Obispo County57.2+0.6 pts
175Liberty County57.2+4.3 pts
176Somerset County57.1-2.8 pts
177Massac County57.1+4.7 pts
178Red River County57.1+1.7 pts
179Caroline County57.1+2.1 pts
180Portsmouth city57.1-0.5 pts
181Dickenson County57-6 pts
182Richmond County57+1 pts
183Taylor County57+1.3 pts
184DeKalb County56.9+2.7 pts
185Bell County56.9+2.5 pts
185Jefferson County56.9+1.9 pts
187Woods County56.9+10.8 pts
188Salem County56.9-1.6 pts
189Solano County56.9+2.1 pts
190Crowley County56.9-4.2 pts
191Newton County56.8+3.1 pts
192Clarke County56.8-3.8 pts
193Cumberland County56.8-2.7 pts
194Telfair County56.8+5.5 pts
195Fulton County56.8-2.3 pts
195Lake County56.8+2.1 pts
195Santa Barbara County56.8+0.1 pts
198Darlington County56.8+3.3 pts
199Radford city56.7-1.1 pts
200Tunica County56.7+7.6 pts
201Baldwin County56.7+0.4 pts
201Phillips County56.7+0.2 pts
203Ulster County56.7+1.3 pts
204Adams County56.6-0.4 pts
204Johnson County56.6-0.3 pts
206Portage County56.6+0.3 pts
207East Baton Rouge Parish56.6+1 pts
208Lincoln County56.6-7.7 pts
208Montezuma County56.6-0.1 pts
210Orangeburg County56.6+1.2 pts
211King William County56.5+16.8 pts
212Lake County56.5-9.4 pts
212Putnam County56.5+3.3 pts
214Pike County56.5+4.1 pts
215Charlottesville city56.5-0.2 pts
215Placer County56.5+1.1 pts
217Centre County56.5-1.3 pts
217Fayette County56.5+4.1 pts
219Sarasota County56.4+2 pts
220Panola County56.4-0.4 pts
220Red River Parish56.4+10 pts
222Clarke County56.3+4.1 pts
223Volusia County56.3+0.4 pts
224Greenbrier County56.3-0.8 pts
225Grant County56.3+11.7 pts
226Crook County56.3+9.2 pts
227Yolo County56.3+0.5 pts
228Mendocino County56.3+0.9 pts
228Orange County56.3+0.4 pts
228Williamsburg County56.3+2.2 pts
231Vigo County56.2+0.8 pts
232Hertford County56.2-1.4 pts
232Rockdale County56.2+1.8 pts
234Franklin County56.2+0.7 pts
235Orange County56.20 pts
236Bolivar County56.1+0.4 pts
237Hemphill County56.1+3.7 pts
238Des Moines County56.1-2.4 pts
239Essex County56.1+0.3 pts
240Clark County56.1+1.5 pts
240Kendall County56.1+3.6 pts
240Mineral County56.1+6.1 pts
243Calaveras County56-1.5 pts
244Monterey County56+1.3 pts
245Ware County56+4.5 pts
246Little River County55.9+9.4 pts
247Brooks County55.9-7.1 pts
248Weld County55.9+3.6 pts
249Delta County55.9+2.8 pts
249Hinds County55.9+0.7 pts

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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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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. 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 counties 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 counties 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/us-counties?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 counties 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/us-counties?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 counties 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/us-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Martin County, with 84.6% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Stonewall County, with 0% in 2023.

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