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U.S. states ranked by median gross rent and rent burden: Paying 30%+ of income on rent

All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Median gross rent and rent burden by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 51.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 47.7 %
RI 51.1 %
DE 50.3 %
CT 54.1 %
NJ 52.2 %
MD 51.5 %
MA 52.4 %
VT 48.8 %
NH 49.4 %

Lowest: 36.1 to 45.5 %
Group 2: 45.5 to 48.4 %
Group 3: 48.4 to 50.3 %
Group 4: 50.3 to 52.4 %
Highest: 52.4 to 62.1 %

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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Florida	62.1
2	Nevada	57.6
3	California	55.8
4	Hawaii	55
5	Connecticut	54.1
5	Louisiana	54.1
7	Georgia	53.1
8	Texas	52.7
9	South Carolina	52.6
10	Colorado	52.5
11	Arizona	52.4
11	Massachusetts	52.4
13	Oregon	52.3
14	New Jersey	52.2
15	Maryland	51.5
15	New York	51.5
15	North Carolina	51.5
18	Michigan	51.2
19	Rhode Island	51.1
20	Washington	50.7
21	Delaware	50.3
21	Mississippi	50.3
23	Maine	50.2
23	Tennessee	50.2
25	New Hampshire	49.4
25	Pennsylvania	49.4
27	Virginia	49.3
28	Vermont	48.8
29	Illinois	48.7
30	Indiana	48.5
31	Idaho	48.4
31	New Mexico	48.4
33	Alabama	48.2
33	Utah	48.2
35	District of Columbia	47.7
35	Minnesota	47.7
35	Ohio	47.7
38	West Virginia	47
39	Nebraska	46.5
40	Oklahoma	46.1
41	Arkansas	45.5
42	Kentucky	45.2
42	Missouri	45.2
44	Wisconsin	44.9
45	Kansas	43.4
46	Iowa	43.2
47	Wyoming	42.9
48	Montana	42.7
49	South Dakota	41.9
50	Alaska	41.5
51	North Dakota	36.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B25064: Median Gross Rent (Dollars)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B25070: Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income in the Past 12 Months. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by median gross rent and rent burden: Paying 30%+ of income on rent (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables B25064 and B25070; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-median-gross-rent-and-rent-burden-paying-30-pct-plus-of-income-on-rent/

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