RENTER COST BURDENS BY INCOME
| ----------------------- Metropolitan Area ----------------------- | Moderately Burdened Under $15,000 |
Severely Burdened Under $15,000 |
Moderately Burdened $15,000-29,999 |
Severely Burdened $15,000-29,999 |
Moderately Burdened $30,000-44,999 |
Severely Burdened $30,000-44,999 |
Moderately Burdened $45,000-74,999 |
Severely Burdened $45,000-74,999 |
Moderately Burdened $75,000 and Over |
Severely Burdened $75,000 and Over |
Moderately Burdened All Households |
Severely Burdened All Households |
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| 1 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 4.1 | 88.7 | 36.3 | 52.4 | 60.8 | 9.5 | 25.6 | .9 | .9 | .3 | 26.5 | 27.7 |
| 2 | Colorado Springs, CO | 4.6 | 87.3 | 36.9 | 47.0 | 49.6 | 13.0 | 19.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | .0 | 22.7 | 26.2 |
| 3 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 4.8 | 83.6 | 38.6 | 50.7 | 53.5 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 | .4 | 24.5 | 27.3 |
| 4 | Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA | 5.0 | 82.6 | 30.8 | 58.0 | 52.9 | 13.8 | 29.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | .5 | 22.5 | 29.2 |
| 5 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 5.1 | 81.1 | 44.1 | 40.5 | 47.4 | 8.5 | 17.7 | 1.1 | 3.2 | .0 | 22.7 | 23.3 |
| 6 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 5.2 | 80.0 | 33.3 | 53.3 | 46.5 | 15.6 | 21.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | .0 | 22.6 | 29.0 |
| 7 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 5.5 | 73.9 | 45.7 | 26.3 | 28.1 | 3.0 | 8.4 | .3 | 4.8 | .0 | 18.5 | 16.7 |
| 8 | Provo-Orem, UT | 5.5 | 78.1 | 49.6 | 35.2 | 42.9 | 7.1 | 24.5 | .5 | 1.8 | .0 | 25.3 | 21.4 |
| 9 | Richmond, VA | 5.6 | 77.4 | 40.4 | 48.4 | 52.2 | 10.3 | 15.3 | 3.1 | 1.4 | .0 | 22.2 | 27.7 |
| 10 | Jacksonville, FL | 5.7 | 79.4 | 39.8 | 43.5 | 45.2 | 6.3 | 17.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .0 | 22.3 | 24.0 |
| 11 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 5.7 | 89.2 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 53.2 | 10.0 | 18.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .0 | 24.5 | 25.7 |
| 12 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 5.7 | 80.7 | 20.9 | 69.9 | 47.0 | 35.8 | 46.1 | 8.5 | 10.9 | .2 | 25.9 | 29.1 |
| 13 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 6.2 | 77.0 | 40.5 | 37.6 | 50.1 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 4.5 | 1.6 | .0 | 23.1 | 26.2 |
| 14 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 6.6 | 82.8 | 47.0 | 40.2 | 48.7 | 8.1 | 16.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | .0 | 23.5 | 21.0 |
| 15 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 6.6 | 79.6 | 43.5 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 6.3 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 2.1 | .0 | 24.0 | 28.9 |
| 16 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 6.8 | 83.9 | 50.0 | 28.8 | 33.7 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 1.2 | .0 | .0 | 21.0 | 25.4 |
| 17 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 6.8 | 78.9 | 42.8 | 35.2 | 42.1 | 3.6 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | .0 | 21.8 | 29.1 |
| 18 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD | 6.8 | 75.3 | 18.5 | 67.7 | 47.7 | 35.6 | 42.9 | 6.1 | 9.2 | .3 | 22.1 | 24.0 |
| 19 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 6.9 | 80.8 | 41.1 | 45.7 | 44.5 | 7.2 | 18.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | .0 | 22.2 | 24.8 |
| 20 | Madison, WI | 6.9 | 79.3 | 55.7 | 28.1 | 45.8 | 7.2 | 4.6 | .0 | 1.1 | .0 | 23.1 | 18.0 |
| 21 | Baton Rouge, LA | 7.0 | 81.0 | 43.7 | 31.4 | 29.5 | 4.0 | 8.0 | .8 | .8 | .0 | 18.3 | 27.8 |
| 22 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 7.1 | 79.3 | 40.2 | 48.0 | 53.6 | 7.6 | 17.6 | 1.0 | 3.5 | .0 | 23.2 | 23.5 |
| 23 | Columbia, SC | 7.2 | 80.9 | 50.9 | 25.7 | 43.5 | 1.2 | 9.3 | .0 | 1.4 | .3 | 23.2 | 23.8 |
| 24 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 7.3 | 83.9 | 34.4 | 52.3 | 55.5 | 14.6 | 28.4 | 1.6 | 3.7 | .0 | 24.4 | 22.7 |
| 25 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 7.3 | 76.7 | 43.1 | 33.9 | 42.0 | 5.1 | 13.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 | .0 | 21.8 | 21.8 |
| 26 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 7.4 | 75.0 | 44.7 | 36.2 | 43.6 | 4.6 | 11.1 | .9 | 2.1 | .0 | 21.8 | 26.9 |
| 27 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 7.5 | 80.0 | 41.6 | 44.4 | 50.3 | 6.9 | 17.7 | 1.8 | 3.7 | .1 | 24.7 | 25.5 |
| 28 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 7.7 | 74.2 | 29.4 | 60.2 | 51.6 | 22.6 | 37.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | .1 | 25.6 | 24.4 |
| 29 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 7.7 | 76.3 | 36.0 | 30.4 | 32.9 | 6.5 | 4.3 | .7 | .8 | .0 | 17.1 | 22.5 |
| 30 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 7.7 | 75.4 | 45.4 | 25.6 | 28.3 | 4.0 | 10.1 | 1.2 | .8 | .0 | 19.8 | 24.3 |
| 31 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 7.8 | 77.9 | 24.2 | 65.2 | 56.3 | 24.7 | 37.6 | 4.3 | 9.1 | .4 | 27.1 | 34.1 |
| 32 | Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN | 7.9 | 70.9 | 44.9 | 36.7 | 42.0 | 5.4 | 14.6 | 1.3 | 3.4 | .0 | 22.3 | 20.9 |
| 33 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 8.0 | 76.7 | 44.5 | 29.9 | 27.6 | 2.7 | 7.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 20.1 | 26.5 |
| 34 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 8.0 | 70.7 | 47.1 | 41.4 | 48.6 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | .0 | 23.9 | 26.0 |
| 35 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 8.0 | 75.6 | 30.4 | 56.2 | 53.1 | 13.4 | 25.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | .1 | 23.9 | 25.0 |
| 36 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 8.2 | 78.9 | 39.7 | 39.9 | 35.3 | 3.5 | 8.8 | .6 | 4.1 | .0 | 21.5 | 25.7 |
| 37 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 8.3 | 75.3 | 38.0 | 39.2 | 52.5 | 10.4 | 23.2 | .5 | 3.0 | .0 | 23.1 | 25.0 |
| 38 | New Haven-Milford, CT | 8.3 | 72.6 | 28.4 | 51.2 | 51.1 | 12.2 | 24.3 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | 22.0 | 25.9 |
| 39 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 8.4 | 81.3 | 23.5 | 67.5 | 50.2 | 31.1 | 40.7 | 8.8 | 11.3 | .7 | 25.5 | 31.8 |
| 40 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE | 8.5 | 78.4 | 32.8 | 50.6 | 50.2 | 12.0 | 20.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | .1 | 21.2 | 28.9 |
| 41 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 8.6 | 79.9 | 26.3 | 60.2 | 51.6 | 19.6 | 36.9 | 3.6 | 7.4 | .1 | 26.1 | 30.2 |
| 42 | Akron, OH | 8.8 | 73.2 | 47.1 | 28.9 | 29.5 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | .0 | 21.5 | 26.5 |
| 43 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 9.0 | 74.4 | 43.8 | 37.7 | 27.1 | 5.4 | 15.2 | 2.8 | 7.0 | .0 | 21.4 | 25.8 |
| 44 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 9.4 | 73.2 | 27.5 | 53.5 | 48.4 | 17.9 | 27.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | .4 | 20.6 | 25.5 |
| 45 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 9.6 | 67.7 | 34.9 | 41.6 | 48.9 | 13.0 | 15.7 | 1.2 | 3.6 | .0 | 23.4 | 22.3 |
| 46 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 9.7 | 76.0 | 39.1 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 12.5 | 19.7 | 2.3 | 3.7 | .0 | 22.0 | 26.7 |
| 47 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | 9.7 | 78.2 | 27.4 | 56.8 | 54.5 | 12.4 | 24.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | .4 | 22.7 | 27.2 |
| 48 | Tucson, AZ | 9.8 | 75.1 | 48.4 | 31.0 | 29.9 | 5.6 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | .0 | 22.1 | 26.4 |
| 49 | Fresno, CA | 10.1 | 81.2 | 38.4 | 44.8 | 37.6 | 11.0 | 22.9 | .9 | .7 | .0 | 22.4 | 35.1 |
| 50 | Boise City, ID | 10.3 | 76.6 | 50.6 | 27.0 | 25.0 | 7.4 | 9.1 | .8 | .0 | .0 | 20.6 | 24.8 |
| 51 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 10.4 | 74.6 | 50.6 | 28.7 | 41.6 | 3.5 | 9.4 | 1.3 | .5 | .0 | 22.7 | 20.3 |
| 52 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA | 10.4 | 72.6 | 33.2 | 53.0 | 52.6 | 10.7 | 26.6 | .7 | 3.5 | .1 | 24.9 | 24.3 |
| 53 | Bakersfield, CA | 10.6 | 80.5 | 43.2 | 38.7 | 41.3 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .0 | 26.2 | 28.0 |
| 54 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 10.6 | 68.5 | 30.0 | 50.3 | 50.7 | 13.3 | 20.0 | .7 | 2.8 | .9 | 21.4 | 27.3 |
| 55 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 10.6 | 73.4 | 47.6 | 27.9 | 33.3 | 3.0 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | .0 | 21.8 | 21.8 |
| 56 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 10.7 | 65.6 | 50.2 | 22.0 | 29.9 | 2.4 | 6.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 22.7 | 20.4 |
| 57 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 10.7 | 75.3 | 43.6 | 40.2 | 49.0 | 8.0 | 13.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .0 | 24.7 | 31.2 |
| 58 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 10.7 | 77.5 | 41.8 | 33.3 | 38.6 | 2.7 | 11.0 | .6 | 2.8 | .0 | 22.0 | 23.1 |
| 59 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 10.9 | 72.9 | 46.9 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | .0 | 19.4 | 27.0 |
| 60 | Columbus, OH | 11.0 | 76.6 | 47.5 | 33.3 | 31.8 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | .0 | 20.0 | 23.2 |
| 61 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 11.1 | 66.1 | 36.5 | 44.7 | 45.2 | 9.9 | 18.4 | 1.2 | 3.0 | .0 | 22.4 | 21.7 |
| 62 | Oklahoma City, OK | 11.1 | 76.0 | 50.2 | 25.2 | 31.2 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 1.2 | .4 | .0 | 21.9 | 21.1 |
| 63 | Raleigh, NC | 11.1 | 69.9 | 38.3 | 45.4 | 48.3 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | .0 | 20.5 | 17.7 |
| 64 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 11.2 | 71.9 | 42.0 | 26.9 | 22.6 | .6 | 8.4 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | 18.4 | 25.2 |
| 65 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 11.2 | 74.1 | 29.3 | 56.9 | 49.6 | 19.7 | 34.9 | 3.1 | 6.4 | .1 | 23.9 | 22.0 |
| 66 | United States | 11.4 | 71.8 | 38.5 | 38.8 | 38.8 | 11.5 | 20.2 | 3.0 | 5.5 | .2 | 22.3 | 25.2 |
| 67 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 11.5 | 77.7 | 48.4 | 31.7 | 32.5 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .0 | 20.2 | 26.4 |
| 68 | Wichita, KS | 11.5 | 74.8 | 51.5 | 21.2 | 27.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .3 | .2 | .0 | 21.2 | 21.9 |
| 69 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 11.7 | 65.6 | 46.6 | 31.4 | 37.1 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 1.1 | .3 | .0 | 21.4 | 16.1 |
| 70 | Knoxville, TN | 11.7 | 63.0 | 40.4 | 23.8 | 28.2 | 3.8 | 6.0 | .3 | .6 | .0 | 19.4 | 22.3 |
| 71 | Toledo, OH | 12.0 | 69.6 | 55.6 | 16.6 | 21.1 | .4 | 2.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 21.9 | 23.4 |
| 72 | Syracuse, NY | 12.1 | 73.0 | 43.0 | 31.6 | 28.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.7 | .0 | 1.0 | 18.9 | 27.5 |
| 73 | Winston-Salem, NC | 12.5 | 72.7 | 47.7 | 18.3 | 27.5 | 1.2 | 3.2 | .4 | .0 | .0 | 20.8 | 24.7 |
| 74 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 12.6 | 68.5 | 42.4 | 36.9 | 46.0 | 4.1 | 11.9 | 1.4 | 2.9 | .0 | 23.3 | 22.6 |
| 75 | Honolulu, HI | 12.6 | 61.4 | 17.3 | 69.1 | 33.8 | 43.0 | 35.0 | 22.4 | 20.6 | 2.0 | 24.9 | 28.5 |
| 76 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 12.7 | 73.5 | 25.8 | 61.2 | 56.2 | 24.6 | 37.9 | 11.4 | 10.7 | .4 | 25.6 | 27.9 |
| 77 | Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA | 13.1 | 67.4 | 39.5 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.8 | .0 | 17.8 | 23.2 |
| 78 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 13.2 | 71.0 | 47.4 | 25.5 | 24.9 | 1.5 | 5.6 | .3 | 3.7 | .0 | 19.8 | 25.7 |
| 79 | Salt Lake City, UT | 13.2 | 72.0 | 41.2 | 41.1 | 43.3 | 14.4 | 13.9 | .4 | 1.3 | .9 | 21.4 | 20.9 |
| 80 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 13.2 | 71.2 | 45.0 | 33.9 | 41.9 | 8.1 | 13.7 | .8 | 1.8 | .0 | 23.0 | 22.4 |
| 81 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 13.3 | 65.4 | 44.3 | 22.7 | 33.2 | 1.4 | 5.8 | .0 | 3.0 | .0 | 20.8 | 21.8 |
| 82 | Dayton, OH | 13.7 | 67.2 | 56.7 | 20.2 | 18.8 | .7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .0 | .0 | 20.5 | 22.5 |
| 83 | Pittsburgh, PA | 13.7 | 65.9 | 42.7 | 27.8 | 23.0 | 2.3 | 6.4 | .8 | 1.8 | .0 | 19.3 | 21.8 |
| 84 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 13.8 | 71.5 | 20.0 | 63.0 | 46.1 | 28.2 | 36.2 | 7.2 | 9.0 | .6 | 22.2 | 29.2 |
| 85 | Jackson, MS | 14.0 | 59.7 | 54.2 | 21.6 | 27.3 | .7 | 10.0 | 1.6 | .0 | .0 | 23.0 | 18.4 |
| 86 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 14.2 | 72.5 | 20.7 | 63.3 | 35.8 | 43.2 | 47.0 | 12.7 | 11.9 | .6 | 21.9 | 23.7 |
| 87 | Albuquerque, NM | 14.5 | 73.5 | 45.2 | 32.9 | 26.9 | 5.4 | 12.3 | .6 | 2.6 | .0 | 22.2 | 26.9 |
| 88 | Rochester, NY | 14.5 | 75.8 | 49.0 | 26.3 | 38.6 | 8.0 | 11.2 | .6 | 1.4 | .0 | 24.4 | 26.5 |
| 89 | Tulsa, OK | 14.5 | 68.5 | 49.6 | 20.7 | 30.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 1.4 | .6 | .0 | 22.2 | 21.5 |
| 90 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 14.8 | 71.1 | 44.7 | 34.4 | 33.5 | 2.2 | 6.9 | .0 | .3 | .0 | 21.4 | 17.8 |
| 91 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 15.3 | 73.2 | 51.3 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 1.9 | 3.4 | .5 | .8 | .0 | 22.0 | 26.2 |
| 92 | El Paso, TX | 15.7 | 63.4 | 48.1 | 17.2 | 35.3 | 2.1 | 14.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | .0 | 25.8 | 21.2 |
| 93 | Worcester, MA-CT | 15.7 | 67.6 | 34.5 | 41.1 | 42.3 | 7.1 | 12.5 | .8 | 1.1 | .0 | 21.3 | 24.5 |
| 94 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 16.2 | 63.4 | 46.1 | 17.5 | 25.3 | 1.1 | 14.1 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 23.1 | 26.0 |
| 95 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 16.3 | 66.7 | 47.7 | 26.9 | 30.5 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .0 | 21.5 | 22.5 |
| 96 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 17.3 | 74.1 | 20.4 | 67.5 | 39.5 | 48.2 | 45.9 | 16.4 | 15.6 | .4 | 23.4 | 22.9 |
| 97 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 17.4 | 68.8 | 15.7 | 65.7 | 49.4 | 40.9 | 49.6 | 9.7 | 15.0 | .1 | 29.5 | 27.2 |
| 98 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 17.8 | 63.5 | 22.2 | 51.4 | 42.6 | 28.4 | 35.7 | 6.2 | 7.6 | .3 | 21.9 | 25.4 |
| 99 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 17.8 | 61.5 | 41.5 | 35.1 | 40.3 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | .0 | 22.8 | 23.9 |
| 100 | Springfield, MA | 18.5 | 57.0 | 28.9 | 45.5 | 33.4 | 14.2 | 15.2 | .6 | 1.3 | .0 | 20.9 | 29.2 |
| 101 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 21.5 | 54.8 | 57.2 | 21.8 | 27.0 | 4.9 | 10.8 | .3 | 2.7 | .0 | 28.9 | 19.4 |
Notes: Moderately (severely) cost-burdened households pay more than 30% up to 50% (more than 50%) of household income for housing. Households with zero or negative income are assumed to be severely burdened, while households paying no cash rent are assumed to be unburdened.
Source: JCHS tabulations of US Census Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.