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.
Map of counties, 2023
Top 40 counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 (%) | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin County | 84.6 | +12.3 pts |
| 2 | Claiborne Parish | 78.5 | +2.6 pts |
| 3 | West Feliciana Parish | 78.1 | +3.6 pts |
| 4 | Cameron Parish | 76.9 | +26.9 pts |
| 5 | Hancock County | 75.7 | +5.4 pts |
| 6 | Wahkiakum County | 74.2 | +3.6 pts |
| 7 | Jefferson Davis County | 74 | +7.7 pts |
| 8 | East Carroll Parish | 73.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 9 | De Baca County | 73.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 10 | Lee County | 73.6 | -3.2 pts |
| 11 | Webster Parish | 72.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 12 | Hyde County | 72.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 13 | San Augustine County | 72.4 | +2.8 pts |
| 14 | Nevada County | 72.3 | +6.9 pts |
| 15 | Esmeralda County | 72.3 | +5.8 pts |
| 16 | Clay County | 71.6 | +6.2 pts |
| 17 | Wayne County | 69.9 | +16.8 pts |
| 18 | Noxubee County | 69.9 | +11 pts |
| 19 | Gilpin County | 69.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 20 | Caldwell Parish | 68.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 21 | Wolfe County | 68.5 | +5.1 pts |
| 22 | Lemhi County | 68.3 | +12.8 pts |
| 23 | Dickens County | 68 | -4.3 pts |
| 24 | Camas County | 67.6 | +24.4 pts |
| 25 | Highland County | 67.5 | +2.8 pts |
| 26 | Glades County | 65.5 | +8 pts |
| 27 | Osceola County | 65.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 28 | Watauga County | 64.9 | -1.1 pts |
| 29 | Refugio County | 64.8 | -8.4 pts |
| 30 | Assumption Parish | 64.4 | +13 pts |
| 31 | Catahoula Parish | 64.4 | +2 pts |
| 32 | Broward County | 64.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 33 | Sterling County | 64 | +39 pts |
| 34 | Lincoln Parish | 64 | +1.1 pts |
| 35 | Tyrrell County | 64 | +16.3 pts |
| 36 | Jeff Davis County | 64 | -1 pts |
| 37 | Bennington County | 63.8 | +3.9 pts |
| 38 | Oregon County | 63.4 | +4.9 pts |
| 39 | Montmorency County | 63.4 | +3.9 pts |
| 40 | Miami-Dade County | 63.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 41 | Clear Creek County | 63.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 41 | Sedgwick County | 63.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 43 | Monroe County | 63.3 | -1.3 pts |
| 44 | Sumter County | 63.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 45 | Lake of the Woods County | 62.9 | +13.9 pts |
| 46 | Washington Parish | 62.7 | +4.5 pts |
| 47 | Gulf County | 62.7 | +4.8 pts |
| 48 | Lee County | 62.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 49 | Ohio County | 62.2 | +11.1 pts |
| 50 | Poquoson city | 62.1 | +26.4 pts |
| 51 | Schoolcraft County | 62.1 | -4.9 pts |
| 52 | Hopewell city | 62 | +10.7 pts |
| 53 | Monroe County | 62 | +1.5 pts |
| 54 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 61.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 55 | Prowers County | 61.9 | +7.6 pts |
| 56 | Alachua County | 61.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 56 | Collier County | 61.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 58 | Oktibbeha County | 61.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 59 | Clay County | 61.6 | +6.9 pts |
| 60 | Attala County | 61.4 | -5.7 pts |
| 61 | St. Lucie County | 61.2 | +2.3 pts |
| 62 | St. Charles Parish | 61.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 63 | Yazoo County | 61 | +4.3 pts |
| 64 | Powell County | 61 | -5 pts |
| 64 | Whitman County | 61 | -1.2 pts |
| 66 | Palm Beach County | 60.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 67 | Lawrence County | 60.9 | +6.4 pts |
| 68 | Benton County | 60.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 69 | Carter County | 60.6 | +1.8 pts |
| 70 | Ouachita Parish | 60.5 | +2 pts |
| 71 | Charlotte County | 60.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 72 | Coosa County | 60.3 | +10 pts |
| 73 | Kent County | 60.3 | +2.5 pts |
| 74 | Sumter County | 60.3 | 0 pts |
| 75 | Brazos County | 60.2 | +1 pts |
| 76 | Avoyelles Parish | 60.2 | -2 pts |
| 77 | Lowndes County | 60.1 | -8.8 pts |
| 78 | Brown County | 60.1 | +11.8 pts |
| 79 | Eagle County | 60.1 | +3.7 pts |
| 80 | Hickory County | 60 | +1.3 pts |
| 81 | Humboldt County | 60 | -2.1 pts |
| 82 | Hays County | 59.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 83 | Tompkins County | 59.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 84 | Boulder County | 59.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 85 | Putnam County | 59.8 | +15.3 pts |
| 86 | Lee County | 59.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 87 | Tuolumne County | 59.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 88 | Bronx County | 59.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 89 | Morehouse Parish | 59.6 | +3 pts |
| 90 | Rockland County | 59.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 90 | Walker County | 59.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 92 | Wilkinson County | 59.5 | +23.5 pts |
| 93 | Putnam County | 59.4 | +18.9 pts |
| 94 | Calhoun County | 59.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 95 | Ventura County | 59.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 96 | Jim Wells County | 59.3 | +5 pts |
| 97 | Gwinnett County | 59.3 | +2.3 pts |
| 97 | Ocean County | 59.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 99 | Fulton County | 59.2 | +3.1 pts |
| 100 | Cabell County | 59.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 101 | Sanders County | 59.1 | -3.3 pts |
| 102 | Lee County | 59 | +2.5 pts |
| 103 | Clarke County | 59 | +0.5 pts |
| 104 | Barnstable County | 58.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 105 | Hardee County | 58.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 106 | Williamsburg city | 58.9 | +7.2 pts |
| 107 | Starr County | 58.8 | +2.8 pts |
| 107 | Suffolk County | 58.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 109 | Marion County | 58.7 | +15.1 pts |
| 110 | Monroe County | 58.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 110 | Payne County | 58.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 112 | Norton County | 58.7 | +9.5 pts |
| 113 | Lumpkin County | 58.7 | -4.9 pts |
| 114 | Athens County | 58.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 115 | Riverside County | 58.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 116 | Whatcom County | 58.6 | +2.5 pts |
| 117 | Van Buren County | 58.6 | +5.6 pts |
| 118 | Orleans Parish | 58.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 119 | Ogemaw County | 58.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 120 | Siskiyou County | 58.5 | +3.9 pts |
| 121 | Bibb County | 58.5 | +1 pts |
| 122 | Bay County | 58.5 | +3.5 pts |
| 123 | Taylor County | 58.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 124 | Josephine County | 58.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 124 | Pike County | 58.4 | +3.7 pts |
| 126 | Bradford County | 58.4 | +2.8 pts |
| 127 | Nevada County | 58.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 128 | Camp County | 58.3 | -3.4 pts |
| 129 | Itasca County | 58.3 | -1.4 pts |
| 129 | Manatee County | 58.3 | +2.2 pts |
| 131 | Charlton County | 58.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 132 | Flagler County | 58.3 | +4.7 pts |
| 133 | Grimes County | 58.2 | -8.7 pts |
| 134 | Greene County | 58.2 | +3.4 pts |
| 135 | Dallas County | 58.2 | +4.6 pts |
| 136 | Pinellas County | 58.2 | +2 pts |
| 137 | San Bernardino County | 58.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 138 | Brown County | 58.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 139 | Orange County | 58.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 140 | Butte County | 58 | +1.6 pts |
| 141 | Washington County | 58 | +4.1 pts |
| 142 | Socorro County | 58 | -3.9 pts |
| 142 | Tippecanoe County | 58 | +0.8 pts |
| 144 | Webster County | 57.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 145 | Leon County | 57.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 146 | Charlotte County | 57.9 | -2 pts |
| 147 | Hidalgo County | 57.9 | +5.2 pts |
| 148 | Lee County | 57.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 149 | Fairfield County | 57.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 149 | Nacogdoches County | 57.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 151 | Honolulu County | 57.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 151 | Martin County | 57.7 | +0.9 pts |
| 153 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 57.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 153 | St. Johns County | 57.6 | +5.2 pts |
| 155 | Clayton County | 57.5 | +2.3 pts |
| 156 | DeKalb County | 57.5 | +2.3 pts |
| 156 | Troup County | 57.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 158 | Seminole County | 57.4 | +2.9 pts |
| 158 | Steele County | 57.4 | -2 pts |
| 160 | San Diego County | 57.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 161 | Wyoming County | 57.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 162 | Greensville County | 57.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 163 | Los Angeles County | 57.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 163 | Suffolk city | 57.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 165 | Richland County | 57.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 166 | St. Bernard Parish | 57.3 | -4.4 pts |
| 167 | Taos County | 57.3 | +5.4 pts |
| 168 | Elliott County | 57.3 | +19.2 pts |
| 169 | Casey County | 57.3 | +10.5 pts |
| 170 | Edgefield County | 57.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 171 | Bibb County | 57.2 | +2.4 pts |
| 172 | Sequatchie County | 57.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 173 | Lake County | 57.2 | -10.6 pts |
| 173 | San Luis Obispo County | 57.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 175 | Liberty County | 57.2 | +4.3 pts |
| 176 | Somerset County | 57.1 | -2.8 pts |
| 177 | Massac County | 57.1 | +4.7 pts |
| 178 | Red River County | 57.1 | +1.7 pts |
| 179 | Caroline County | 57.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 180 | Portsmouth city | 57.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 181 | Dickenson County | 57 | -6 pts |
| 182 | Richmond County | 57 | +1 pts |
| 183 | Taylor County | 57 | +1.3 pts |
| 184 | DeKalb County | 56.9 | +2.7 pts |
| 185 | Bell County | 56.9 | +2.5 pts |
| 185 | Jefferson County | 56.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 187 | Woods County | 56.9 | +10.8 pts |
| 188 | Salem County | 56.9 | -1.6 pts |
| 189 | Solano County | 56.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 190 | Crowley County | 56.9 | -4.2 pts |
| 191 | Newton County | 56.8 | +3.1 pts |
| 192 | Clarke County | 56.8 | -3.8 pts |
| 193 | Cumberland County | 56.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 194 | Telfair County | 56.8 | +5.5 pts |
| 195 | Fulton County | 56.8 | -2.3 pts |
| 195 | Lake County | 56.8 | +2.1 pts |
| 195 | Santa Barbara County | 56.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 198 | Darlington County | 56.8 | +3.3 pts |
| 199 | Radford city | 56.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 200 | Tunica County | 56.7 | +7.6 pts |
| 201 | Baldwin County | 56.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 201 | Phillips County | 56.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 203 | Ulster County | 56.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 204 | Adams County | 56.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 204 | Johnson County | 56.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 206 | Portage County | 56.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 207 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 56.6 | +1 pts |
| 208 | Lincoln County | 56.6 | -7.7 pts |
| 208 | Montezuma County | 56.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 210 | Orangeburg County | 56.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 211 | King William County | 56.5 | +16.8 pts |
| 212 | Lake County | 56.5 | -9.4 pts |
| 212 | Putnam County | 56.5 | +3.3 pts |
| 214 | Pike County | 56.5 | +4.1 pts |
| 215 | Charlottesville city | 56.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 215 | Placer County | 56.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 217 | Centre County | 56.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 217 | Fayette County | 56.5 | +4.1 pts |
| 219 | Sarasota County | 56.4 | +2 pts |
| 220 | Panola County | 56.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 220 | Red River Parish | 56.4 | +10 pts |
| 222 | Clarke County | 56.3 | +4.1 pts |
| 223 | Volusia County | 56.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 224 | Greenbrier County | 56.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 225 | Grant County | 56.3 | +11.7 pts |
| 226 | Crook County | 56.3 | +9.2 pts |
| 227 | Yolo County | 56.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 228 | Mendocino County | 56.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 228 | Orange County | 56.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 228 | Williamsburg County | 56.3 | +2.2 pts |
| 231 | Vigo County | 56.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 232 | Hertford County | 56.2 | -1.4 pts |
| 232 | Rockdale County | 56.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 234 | Franklin County | 56.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 235 | Orange County | 56.2 | 0 pts |
| 236 | Bolivar County | 56.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 237 | Hemphill County | 56.1 | +3.7 pts |
| 238 | Des Moines County | 56.1 | -2.4 pts |
| 239 | Essex County | 56.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 240 | Clark County | 56.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 240 | Kendall County | 56.1 | +3.6 pts |
| 240 | Mineral County | 56.1 | +6.1 pts |
| 243 | Calaveras County | 56 | -1.5 pts |
| 244 | Monterey County | 56 | +1.3 pts |
| 245 | Ware County | 56 | +4.5 pts |
| 246 | Little River County | 55.9 | +9.4 pts |
| 247 | Brooks County | 55.9 | -7.1 pts |
| 248 | Weld County | 55.9 | +3.6 pts |
| 249 | Delta County | 55.9 | +2.8 pts |
| 249 | Hinds County | 55.9 | +0.7 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. 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.
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/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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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), 2023}},
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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.
Which county has the lowest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?
Stonewall County, with 0% in 2023.
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. 2 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.
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