# Cities in Virginia by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 39 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). 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/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Poquoson, VA | 66.4 |
| 2 | Williamsburg, VA | 63.3 |
| 3 | Blacksburg, VA | 63 |
| 4 | Portsmouth, VA | 59.7 |
| 5 | Hampton, VA | 57.3 |
| 6 | Chesapeake, VA | 57 |
| 7 | Suffolk, VA | 57 |
| 8 | Charlottesville, VA | 55.5 |
| 9 | Colonial Heights, VA | 55.5 |
| 10 | Winchester, VA | 55.4 |
| 11 | Warrenton, VA | 54.9 |
| 12 | Norfolk, VA | 54.9 |
| 13 | Radford, VA | 54.6 |
| 14 | Virginia Beach, VA | 54.6 |
| 15 | Hopewell, VA | 53.4 |
| 16 | Manassas, VA | 52.2 |
| 17 | Richmond, VA | 52.1 |
| 18 | Lynchburg, VA | 51.6 |
| 19 | Newport News, VA | 51.1 |
| 20 | Petersburg, VA | 51.1 |
| 21 | Fairfax, VA | 51.1 |
| 22 | Salem, VA | 50.8 |
| 23 | Manassas Park, VA | 50.2 |
| 24 | Fredericksburg, VA | 48.8 |
| 25 | Leesburg, VA | 48.5 |
| 26 | Waynesboro, VA | 46.4 |
| 27 | Harrisonburg, VA | 46.4 |
| 28 | Vienna, VA | 46.2 |
| 29 | Staunton, VA | 45.6 |
| 30 | Roanoke, VA | 45.3 |
| 31 | Alexandria, VA | 45.3 |
| 32 | Danville, VA | 44.6 |
| 33 | Falls Church, VA | 43.2 |
| 34 | Front Royal, VA | 42.4 |
| 35 | Culpeper, VA | 42 |
| 36 | Bristol, VA | 41.2 |
| 37 | Martinsville, VA | 39.7 |
| 38 | Christiansburg, VA | 39 |
| 39 | Herndon, VA | 30.4 |