# Counties in Washington 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 (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. 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wahkiakum County | 77.4 |
| 2 | Whitman County | 61.9 |
| 3 | Whatcom County | 60.1 |
| 4 | Kittitas County | 58 |
| 5 | Klickitat County | 56.4 |
| 6 | Thurston County | 55.4 |
| 7 | Skagit County | 54.2 |
| 8 | Walla Walla County | 54.1 |
| 9 | Island County | 53.7 |
| 10 | Snohomish County | 53.7 |
| 11 | Pierce County | 53 |
| 12 | Kitsap County | 52.8 |
| 13 | Spokane County | 52.1 |
| 14 | Clallam County | 51.7 |
| 15 | Clark County | 50.7 |
| 16 | Lewis County | 50.1 |
| 17 | Cowlitz County | 49.3 |
| 18 | Grays Harbor County | 48.9 |
| 19 | Benton County | 48.2 |
| 20 | Jefferson County | 48.1 |
| 21 | Franklin County | 48.1 |
| 22 | Adams County | 46.9 |
| 23 | King County | 46.8 |
| 24 | Mason County | 46.6 |
| 25 | Garfield County | 46 |
| 26 | Douglas County | 45.9 |
| 27 | Columbia County | 45.8 |
| 28 | San Juan County | 44.6 |
| 29 | Skamania County | 44.4 |
| 30 | Yakima County | 44.3 |
| 31 | Asotin County | 43.8 |
| 32 | Pacific County | 43.5 |
| 33 | Grant County | 43 |
| 34 | Stevens County | 42.7 |
| 35 | Ferry County | 42.3 |
| 36 | Chelan County | 41.5 |
| 37 | Okanogan County | 39.2 |
| 38 | Pend Oreille County | 34.3 |
| 39 | Lincoln County | 30.6 |