HUD FMR Data · Updated April 2026
Highest Rent Burden Counties
US counties where rent takes the largest share of household income. Based on the latest HUD Fair Market Rent data.
| Rank | County | State | 2BR FMR | Rent Burden |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville | California | $4,214 | 46.3% |
| 2 | Greene County | Alabama | $1,140 | 43.4% |
| 3 | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine | California | $3,236 | 41.5% |
| 4 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall | Florida | $2,436 | 39.8% |
| 5 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | California | $3,124 | 39.1% |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | $2,333 | 38.1% |
| 7 | Tunica County | Mississippi | $1,186 | 37.1% |
| 8 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton | Florida | $2,254 | 36.8% |
| 9 | Butte County | Idaho | $1,304 | 36.2% |
| 10 | New York | New York | $2,910 | 35.9% |
| 11 | Easton-Raynham | Massachusetts | $2,550 | 35.7% |
| 12 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | California | $3,001 | 35.2% |
| 13 | Kalawao County | Hawaii | $2,492 | 34.7% |
| 14 | Holmes County | Mississippi | $842 | 34.3% |
| 15 | Jersey City | New Jersey | $2,763 | 34.1% |
| 16 | Salinas | California | $2,684 | 34.1% |
| 17 | Nassau-Suffolk | New York | $2,747 | 33.9% |
| 18 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale | California | $2,601 | 33.4% |
| 19 | Stewart County | Georgia | $973 | 33.4% |
| 20 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater | Florida | $1,977 | 33.3% |
| 21 | Gates County | North Carolina | $1,709 | 33.3% |
| 22 | Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina | Hawaii | $2,624 | 33.1% |
| 23 | Flagstaff | Arizona | $1,921 | 33.1% |
| 24 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma | California | $2,827 | 33.0% |
| 25 | Broadwater County | Montana | $1,748 | 33.0% |
| 26 | San Francisco | California | $3,604 | 32.3% |
| 27 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | California | $2,512 | 32.3% |
| 28 | San Benito County | California | $2,902 | 32.2% |
| 29 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers | Florida | $1,961 | 32.2% |
| 30 | Palm Coast | Florida | $1,806 | 32.1% |
| 31 | Bangor | Maine | $1,659 | 31.5% |
| 32 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | Massachusetts | $2,941 | 31.4% |
| 33 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | New Hampshire | $2,941 | 31.4% |
| 34 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford | Florida | $1,972 | 31.3% |
| 35 | Vineland | New Jersey | $1,673 | 31.1% |
| 36 | Anson County | North Carolina | $1,138 | 30.9% |
| 37 | Barnstable Town | Massachusetts | $2,422 | 30.8% |
| 38 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | California | $2,201 | 30.7% |
| 39 | Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon | New Jersey | $2,486 | 30.6% |
| 40 | Napa | California | $2,773 | 30.5% |
| 41 | Urban Honolulu | Hawaii | $2,642 | 30.4% |
| 42 | Gainesville | Florida | $1,493 | 30.4% |
| 43 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach | Florida | $1,700 | 30.2% |
| 44 | Union County | South Carolina | $1,038 | 30.2% |
| 45 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | California | $2,693 | 30.1% |
| 46 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota | Florida | $1,958 | 30.0% |
| 47 | York-Kittery-South Berwick | Maine | $2,202 | 29.8% |
| 48 | Panama City | Florida | $1,682 | 29.8% |
| 49 | Prescott Valley-Prescott | Arizona | $1,637 | 29.7% |
| 50 | Hudspeth County | Texas | $973 | 29.7% |