Counties in Washington by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

Wahkiakum County had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 39 counties in 2024, at 77.4%. Lincoln County had the lowest, at 30.6%. The median was 48.1% and the figure for Washington was 50%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest77.4Wahkiakum County

Lowest30.6Lincoln County

Median48.139 counties

Washington50History

Map of counties, 2024

Under 43
43 to 46
46 to 48
48 to 52
52 to 54
54 and over

%, 2024. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Wahkiakum County	77.4	+3.2 pts
2	Whitman County	61.9	+0.9 pts
3	Whatcom County	60.1	+1.5 pts
4	Kittitas County	58	+2.6 pts
5	Klickitat County	56.4	+2.6 pts
6	Thurston County	55.4	+1 pts
7	Skagit County	54.2	+1 pts
8	Walla Walla County	54.1	+2.8 pts
9	Island County	53.7	-1 pts
10	Snohomish County	53.7	+0.7 pts
11	Pierce County	53	+0.8 pts
12	Kitsap County	52.8	+0.5 pts
13	Spokane County	52.1	+0.5 pts
14	Clallam County	51.7	+0.8 pts
15	Clark County	50.7	+0.3 pts
16	Lewis County	50.1	+1.2 pts
17	Cowlitz County	49.3	-0.1 pts
18	Grays Harbor County	48.9	+3.1 pts
19	Benton County	48.2	+0.6 pts
20	Jefferson County	48.1	+2.1 pts
21	Franklin County	48.1	+0.7 pts
22	Adams County	46.9	-2.2 pts
23	King County	46.8	+0.5 pts
24	Mason County	46.6	+2.9 pts
25	Garfield County	46	-4 pts
26	Douglas County	45.9	+3.3 pts
27	Columbia County	45.8	+7.7 pts
28	San Juan County	44.6	-0.7 pts
29	Skamania County	44.4	-1.8 pts
30	Yakima County	44.3	-0.6 pts
31	Asotin County	43.8	-2.4 pts
32	Pacific County	43.5	-3.6 pts
33	Grant County	43	+1.3 pts
34	Stevens County	42.7	-1.3 pts
35	Ferry County	42.3	-2.6 pts
36	Chelan County	41.5	+0.6 pts
37	Okanogan County	39.2	+5.6 pts
38	Pend Oreille County	34.3	-9.2 pts
39	Lincoln County	30.6	+6.7 pts

Other periods

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2023
2022
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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. 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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-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 (Counties in Washington by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat

MLA 9

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, Counties in Washington by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/washington-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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. Counties in Washington by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/washington-counties.

Harvard

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, Counties in Washington by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/washington-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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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: Counties in Washington by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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

Wahkiakum County, with 77.4% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Lincoln County, with 30.6% in 2024.

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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.