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Renters paying 35%+ of income on housing: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Homes with a mortgage and high owner costs: Renters paying 35%+ of income. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Homes with a mortgage and high owner costs by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 42.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 39.2 %
RI 38.8 %
DE 40.7 %
CT 45.3 %
NJ 43.8 %
MD 43 %
MA 42.5 %
VT 39.3 %
NH 38.1 %

Lowest: 25.2 to 37.2 %
Group 2: 37.2 to 39.3 %
Group 3: 39.3 to 40.7 %
Group 4: 40.7 to 43.5 %
Highest: 43.5 to 50.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Florida	50.8
2	California	46.2
3	Hawaii	46
4	Connecticut	45.3
5	Arizona	44.5
6	Nevada	43.8
6	New Jersey	43.8
8	Mississippi	43.7
9	Oregon	43.6
10	Louisiana	43.5
10	New York	43.5
12	Georgia	43
12	Maryland	43
12	South Carolina	43
15	Massachusetts	42.5
16	Michigan	42.3
17	Texas	42
18	Colorado	41.9
19	Illinois	41.3
20	Washington	41.2
21	Delaware	40.7
21	Virginia	40.7
23	West Virginia	40.6
24	Alabama	40.4
25	Tennessee	40.3
26	Idaho	40.2
27	North Carolina	39.9
27	Utah	39.9
29	New Mexico	39.7
30	Pennsylvania	39.6
31	Vermont	39.3
32	District of Columbia	39.2
32	Indiana	39.2
32	Maine	39.2
35	Ohio	39
36	Rhode Island	38.8
37	Minnesota	38.7
38	New Hampshire	38.1
39	Kentucky	37.9
40	Montana	37.7
41	Arkansas	37.2
42	Iowa	37.1
43	Oklahoma	36.8
43	Wisconsin	36.8
45	Missouri	36.1
46	South Dakota	35.5
47	Nebraska	35.4
48	Kansas	34.2
49	Alaska	32.6
50	Wyoming	30.3
51	North Dakota	25.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP04: Selected Housing Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by homes with a mortgage and high owner costs: Renters paying 35%+ of income (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP04; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-homes-with-a-mortgage-and-high-owner-costs-renters-paying-35-pct-plus-of-income/

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