US housing costs, 2020–2024
Rent, home values, household income and rent burden for the 50 states, the District of Columbia (not a state) and every county, from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 2024 5-year estimates (Table-Based Summary File)). These are survey estimates pooled across 2020 to 2024, not current market prices.
$1,413Median gross rent per month (±$2)
$332,700Median home value (owner estimate) (±$236)
$80,734Median household income (±$166)
51.1%Renters paying 30%+ of income (±0.3%)
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Each state has its own site with every county. The District of Columbia is a federal district, not a state; it appears in the tables below.
Highest rent
| # | State | Median gross rent | Median home value | Median household income | Median rent as % of income | Renters paying 30%+ of income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $2,036 ±$5 | $734,700 ±$1,307 | $99,122 ±$310 | 32.8% ±0.2% | 55.3% ±0.2% |
| 2 | Hawaii | $1,971 ±$23 | $839,100 ±$5,924 | $100,389 ±$1,121 | 33.2% ±0.5% | 56.7% ±0.9% |
| 3 | District of Columbia (not a state) | $1,954 ±$26 | $737,100 ±$10,625 | $109,870 ±$1,937 | 28.6% ±0.4% | 46.6% ±1.3% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $1,762 ±$9 | $562,100 ±$2,169 | $103,960 ±$527 | 30.9% ±0.3% | 51.8% ±0.6% |
| 5 | Colorado | $1,761 ±$7 | $539,400 ±$2,069 | $95,470 ±$578 | 31.4% ±0.2% | 52.9% ±0.5% |
| 6 | Washington | $1,760 ±$7 | $564,600 ±$1,940 | $98,141 ±$414 | 30.0% ±0.2% | 49.9% ±0.5% |
| 7 | New Jersey | $1,720 ±$7 | $454,400 ±$1,150 | $103,556 ±$513 | 30.9% ±0.3% | 51.6% ±0.5% |
| 8 | Maryland | $1,705 ±$8 | $419,900 ±$1,385 | $103,678 ±$597 | 30.8% ±0.4% | 51.5% ±0.7% |
| 9 | Florida | $1,669 ±$5 | $359,000 ±$930 | $74,568 ±$284 | 35.2% ±0.3% | 60.1% ±0.2% |
| 10 | New York | $1,621 ±$7 | $423,800 ±$1,627 | $85,974 ±$402 | 31.2% ±0.3% | 52.1% ±0.4% |
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What the numbers mean
- Median gross rent
- What renters pay each month, including utilities and fuels the renter pays (contract rent plus estimated utilities). It covers renter households paying cash rent. It is not an asking rent for vacant apartments and not what a new tenant would be quoted today.
- Median home value
- The owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, for owner-occupied homes (self-reported in the survey). It is not a sale price, an appraisal or a listing price.
- Median household income
- Annual income of the middle household in the past 12 months, in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.
- Median rent as % of income
- The middle renter household's gross rent divided by its household income (renters paying cash rent, where the share could be computed).
- Renters paying 30%+ of income
- Share of renter households whose gross rent is 30 percent or more of household income (a common "cost-burdened" benchmark). We compute it from Census table B25070, leaving out households where the share could not be computed.
Every figure is an estimate from a sample survey and comes with a margin of error (MOE, shown as ±) at the 90 percent confidence level. Small differences between places, or between neighboring ranks, may not be real.