Cities in Wisconsin by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)

Glendale, WI had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 97 cities in 2023, at 58.8%. Richfield, WI had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 41.1% and the figure for Wisconsin was 43%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest58.8Glendale, WI

Lowest0Richfield, WI

Median41.197 cities

Wisconsin43History

Top 40 cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Glendale, WI	58.8	-0.3 pts
2	Platteville, WI	56.9	+0.1 pts
3	Hartford, WI	55	+5.4 pts
4	Whitewater, WI	54.9	+2.2 pts
5	Harrison, WI	54.8	-8.8 pts
6	Oconomowoc, WI	53.3	+1.1 pts
7	Brown Deer, WI	52.9	-2.6 pts
8	Oregon, WI	52.7	-4.6 pts
9	Franklin, WI	52.5	-3.8 pts
10	West Bend, WI	51	+2.6 pts
11	Milwaukee, WI	50.8	-0.5 pts
12	Kenosha, WI	49.7	-0.1 pts
13	La Crosse, WI	49.7	-0.8 pts
14	Racine, WI	49.6	-3 pts
15	Holmen, WI	49	+7.4 pts
16	Madison, WI	48.9	+0.5 pts
17	Allouez, WI	48.8	-0.4 pts
18	Waukesha, WI	48.5	+1.4 pts
19	Beloit, WI	48.4	+1.8 pts
20	Fitchburg, WI	48.1	-1.8 pts
21	Ashwaubenon, WI	47.6	+1.3 pts
22	Greendale, WI	47.5	-5.7 pts
23	Menomonee Falls, WI	47	-3.5 pts
24	Hartland, WI	47	-0.9 pts
25	Wausau, WI	46.6	-1.5 pts
26	Wisconsin Rapids, WI	46	-0.4 pts
27	River Falls, WI	45.9	-1.3 pts
28	Wauwatosa, WI	44.6	-0.1 pts
29	Fond du Lac, WI	44.4	+1.9 pts
30	Green Bay, WI	44.3	+1 pts
31	Greenville, WI	44.3	+12.6 pts
32	Menasha, WI	44.2	-2.7 pts
33	Neenah, WI	43.9	+5.6 pts
34	Sun Prairie, WI	43.5	+2.3 pts
35	Stevens Point, WI	43.2	-3.5 pts
36	Whitefish Bay, WI	43	-2.2 pts
37	South Milwaukee, WI	42.7	-0.1 pts
38	Watertown, WI	42.7	+1.2 pts
39	Verona, WI	42.5	-0.8 pts
40	Muskego, WI	42.4	-3.6 pts
41	Grafton, WI	42.2	-4 pts
41	Mequon, WI	42.2	-3.8 pts
43	Hudson, WI	42.2	-4.5 pts
44	Oshkosh, WI	42	+0.6 pts
45	Fort Atkinson, WI	42	-1.9 pts
46	Menomonie, WI	41.9	-3.1 pts
47	Janesville, WI	41.9	+0.6 pts
48	Superior, WI	41.3	-0.3 pts
49	West Allis, WI	41.1	-1.6 pts
50	Shorewood, WI	41	-0.2 pts
51	Stoughton, WI	41	-2.8 pts
51	Sussex, WI	41	+1.9 pts
53	Greenfield, WI	40.9	+3.4 pts
54	Germantown, WI	40.5	+3.1 pts
55	Port Washington, WI	40.4	+2.7 pts
56	Marinette, WI	40.3	-7.1 pts
57	Chippewa Falls, WI	40.2	-2.2 pts
58	Weston, WI	40.2	+2.5 pts
59	Elkhorn, WI	40.1	+4.4 pts
60	Cudahy, WI	39.4	+0.7 pts
61	Reedsburg, WI	39.4	-3.9 pts
62	New Berlin, WI	39.3	-3.3 pts
63	Salem Lakes, WI	39.1	-1.3 pts
64	Eau Claire, WI	38.8	+0.2 pts
65	Cedarburg, WI	37.9	-8.2 pts
66	Pleasant Prairie, WI	37.9	+2.4 pts
67	Appleton, WI	36.4	+2.9 pts
68	Onalaska, WI	36.3	+3.5 pts
69	Caledonia, WI	35.9	-0.7 pts
70	Baraboo, WI	35.9	-0.6 pts
71	Brookfield, WI	35.6	-1.7 pts
72	Manitowoc, WI	35.6	-0 pts
73	Bellevue, WI	34.9	-2 pts
74	Marshfield, WI	34.8	-0.3 pts
75	Two Rivers, WI	34.4	+1.6 pts
76	Plover, WI	34.3	+0.2 pts
77	Beaver Dam, WI	34.1	-0.8 pts
78	Middleton, WI	34	-1 pts
79	Suamico, WI	33.8	+13.4 pts
80	Waunakee, WI	33.4	-3.9 pts
81	Monroe, WI	33.2	+1.8 pts
82	Fox Crossing, WI	33.1	+0.6 pts
83	Sheboygan, WI	33.1	-1.7 pts
84	Windsor, WI	32.2	-1 pts
85	Oak Creek, WI	32.1	-3.4 pts
86	Howard, WI	32	-8.7 pts
87	Kaukauna, WI	31.9	+2.8 pts
88	Little Chute, WI	31.2	+0.8 pts
89	Burlington, WI	31.2	+5.2 pts
90	DeForest, WI	31	-5.4 pts
91	Hobart, WI	30.8	+3.4 pts
92	De Pere, WI	28.9	-1.9 pts
93	Waupun, WI	27.9	-5.8 pts
94	Pewaukee, WI	25.1	+4.4 pts
95	Mount Pleasant, WI	24.6	-5.6 pts
96	New Richmond, WI	23.5	-0.5 pts
97	Richfield, WI	0	-11.7 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 cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). 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 cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Wisconsin 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 cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Wisconsin 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/wisconsin-cities?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 cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Wisconsin 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/wisconsin-cities?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 cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Wisconsin 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/wisconsin-cities?period=2023 (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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Wisconsin by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/wisconsin-cities?period=2023. Publisher attribution: 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Glendale, WI, with 58.8% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Richfield, WI, with 0% in 2023.

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.