Cape Coral, Florida Has the Highest Rent Burden of Any City We Track (2026)

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37.2%Cape Coral, Florida leads with the highest rent as a share of income of 106 big cities

Cape Coral, best places to live in florida — **Cape Coral, Florida**, No. 1 highest of 106.

The top five cities rent as a share of income

No. 1Cape Coral, Florida37.2%rent as a share of income
No. 2Miami, Florida37.0%rent as a share of income
No. 3Poughkeepsie, New York36.8%rent as a share of income
No. 4Columbia, South Carolina36.0%rent as a share of income
No. 5New Orleans, Louisiana35.9%rent as a share of income

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Median gross rent as a share of household income, the Census Bureau's own housing-burden line, lowest first.

Highest Rent Burden by City, all 106

The full ranking rent as a share of income

	Place	rent as a share of income
1	Cape Coral, Florida	37.2%
2	Miami, Floridabig city	37.0%
3	Poughkeepsie, New York	36.8%
4	Columbia, South Carolina	36.0%
5	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	35.9%
6	Detroit, Michiganbig city	35.9%
7	Jackson, Mississippi	35.9%
8	Hartford, Connecticut	35.7%
9	Bridgeport, Connecticut	35.7%
10	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	35.4%
11	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	35.0%
12	Allentown, Pennsylvania	35.0%
13	Sarasota, Florida	34.8%
14	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	34.7%
15	Daytona Beach, Florida	34.7%
16	Melbourne, Florida	34.5%
17	Fresno, Californiabig city	34.1%
18	Orlando, Floridabig city	34.1%
19	Oxnard, California	34.0%
20	Riverside, Californiabig city	34.0%
21	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	33.8%
22	Tampa, Floridabig city	33.5%
23	New Haven, Connecticut	33.5%
24	Savannah, Georgia	33.4%
25	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	33.2%
26	Stockton, Californiabig city	33.1%
27	Birmingham, Alabama	32.9%
28	Syracuse, New York	32.9%
29	Tucson, Arizonabig city	32.8%
30	Sacramento, Californiabig city	32.8%
31	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	32.8%
32	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	32.8%
33	Charleston, South Carolina	32.7%
34	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	32.4%
35	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	32.4%
36	San Diego, Californiabig city	32.4%
37	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	32.2%
38	Houston, Texasbig city	32.1%
39	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	32.0%
40	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	32.0%
41	Worcester, Massachusetts	32.0%
42	Rochester, New York	32.0%
43	San Antonio, Texasbig city	32.0%
44	Knoxville, Tennessee	31.9%
45	Vancouver, Washington	31.8%
46	El Paso, Texasbig city	31.8%
47	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	31.8%
48	Dayton, Ohio	31.7%
49	Akron, Ohio	31.7%
50	Asheville, North Carolina	31.7%
51	Spokane, Washington	31.6%
52	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	31.5%
53	Portland, Oregonbig city	31.4%
54	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	31.4%
55	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	31.4%
56	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	31.4%
57	New York, New Yorkbig city	31.3%
58	Reno, Nevadabig city	31.3%
59	Richmond, Virginia	31.1%
60	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	31.0%
61	Dallas, Texasbig city	30.9%
62	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	30.9%
63	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	30.9%
64	Albany, New York	30.8%
65	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	30.6%
66	Portland, Maine	30.6%
67	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	30.5%
68	McAllen, Texas	30.5%
69	Salt Lake City, Utah	30.4%
70	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	30.4%
71	Lakeland, Florida	30.4%
72	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	30.4%
73	San Jose, Californiabig city	30.1%
74	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	30.1%
75	Greenville, SC	30.1%
76	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	30.1%
77	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	30.0%
78	Kansas City, Missouribig city	30.0%
79	Charlotte, NCbig city	29.9%
80	Provo, Utah	29.9%
81	Boise, Idaho	29.6%
82	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	29.6%
83	Grand Rapids, Michigan	29.6%
84	Fayetteville, Arkansas	29.6%
85	Des Moines, Iowa	29.6%
86	Little Rock, Arkansas	29.6%
87	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	29.5%
88	Durham, North Carolinabig city	29.4%
89	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	29.3%
90	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	29.3%
91	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	29.3%
92	Denver, Coloradobig city	29.2%
93	Providence, Rhode Island	29.2%
94	Austin, Texasbig city	29.1%
95	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	29.1%
96	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	29.0%
97	Columbus, Ohiobig city	28.8%
98	Chattanooga, Tennessee	28.6%
99	Washington DC, Washington, DCbig city	28.6%
100	Ogden, Utah	28.5%
101	Toledo, Ohiobig city	28.4%
102	St. Louis, Missouribig city	28.2%
103	Huntsville, AL	27.9%
104	Wichita, Kansasbig city	27.5%
105	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	27.4%
106	San Francisco, Californiabig city	25.1%

Sources and method

American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, table B25071 (via tape_readings) · 2020-2024

How we got this. Rent burden comes from tape_readings, which src/tape/acs-more.ts reads from the ACS 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25071: median gross rent as a percentage of household income for renter households. Thirty percent is the bar the Bureau and HUD call burdened. Cities and states each rank on their own list, lowest share first. It refreshes annual.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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