Where rent takes the biggest bite.
Median rent as a share of median household income in every large US city.
24%
of the typical household’s income goes to the typical rent, in the middle large city
36%
Hialeah, FL: the highest share
13 of 347
large cities where the typical rent is 30% or more of typical income, the usual line for “cost-burdened”
Rent takes the most
- 1HialeahFL$1,689/mo · $55,594 income36%
- 2MiamiFL$1,758/mo · $62,462 income34%
- 3Miami GardensFL$1,787/mo · $63,627 income34%
- 4GainesvilleFL$1,296/mo · $46,195 income34%
- 5PatersonNJ$1,548/mo · $55,997 income33%
- 6El CajonCA$1,856/mo · $67,511 income33%
- 7HartfordCT$1,269/mo · $46,411 income33%
- 8DetroitMI$1,074/mo · $39,938 income32%
- 9NewarkNJ$1,392/mo · $52,060 income32%
- 10New HavenCT$1,488/mo · $56,851 income31%
- 11Pompano BeachFL$1,724/mo · $67,195 income31%
- 12El MonteCA$1,736/mo · $68,030 income31%
- 13JacksonMS$1,055/mo · $42,071 income30%
- 14ClearwaterFL$1,658/mo · $66,381 income30%
- 15Lehigh AcresFL$1,657/mo · $66,890 income30%
Rent takes the least
- 347OlatheKS$1,314/mo · $114,009 income14%
- 346CarmelIN$1,712/mo · $141,505 income15%
- 345NapervilleIL$1,885/mo · $155,105 income15%
- 344FishersIN$1,611/mo · $130,203 income15%
- 343CaryNC$1,738/mo · $134,905 income15%
- 342The WoodlandsTX$1,822/mo · $140,701 income16%
- 341FriscoTX$2,014/mo · $150,212 income16%
- 340Sioux FallsSD$1,035/mo · $75,970 income16%
- 339Cedar RapidsIA$967/mo · $70,424 income16%
- 338JolietIL$1,276/mo · $92,201 income17%
- 337Lee's SummitMO$1,422/mo · $102,531 income17%
- 336League CityTX$1,684/mo · $121,099 income17%
- 335Green BayWI$932/mo · $66,206 income17%
- 334FargoND$946/mo · $66,998 income17%
- 333Sugar LandTX$1,957/mo · $136,217 income17%
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: median gross rent × 12 ÷ median household income (all households, owners and renters). 347 cities of 100,000+ people.