Home / California county housing affordability Ranked observations 0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.
Highest renter cost burden in California Rank County GEOID Renter cost burden (30%+) 1 Solano County, California 06095 57.2% 2 Riverside County, California 06065 56.2% 3 Humboldt County, California 06023 55.8% 4 Butte County, California 06007 55.7% 5 Lake County, California 06033 55.6% 6 Ventura County, California 06111 55.6% 7 San Bernardino County, California 06071 55.4% 8 Yolo County, California 06113 55.4% 9 San Diego County, California 06073 55.3% 10 Los Angeles County, California 06037 54.8% 11 Placer County, California 06061 54.8% 12 Santa Barbara County, California 06083 54.8% 13 Del Norte County, California 06015 54.2% 14 Orange County, California 06059 54.0% 15 San Luis Obispo County, California 06079 54.0% 16 Tuolumne County, California 06109 53.7% 17 Contra Costa County, California 06013 53.4% 18 Sacramento County, California 06067 53.3% 19 Monterey County, California 06053 53.1% 20 Marin County, California 06041 52.9% 21 Kern County, California 06029 52.6% 22 Madera County, California 06039 52.2% 23 Napa County, California 06055 52.2% 24 Siskiyou County, California 06093 52.2% 25 Calaveras County, California 06009 52.1% 26 Fresno County, California 06019 52.0% 27 Sonoma County, California 06097 51.7% 28 Nevada County, California 06057 51.4% 29 Colusa County, California 06011 50.8% 30 San Joaquin County, California 06077 50.5% 31 Stanislaus County, California 06099 50.4% 32 El Dorado County, California 06017 50.2% 33 Mendocino County, California 06045 49.7% 34 Tehama County, California 06103 49.7% 35 Imperial County, California 06025 49.6% 36 Shasta County, California 06089 49.2% 37 Sutter County, California 06101 49.1% 38 Santa Cruz County, California 06087 48.7% 39 Yuba County, California 06115 48.7% 40 Alameda County, California 06001 48.2% 41 Merced County, California 06047 46.9% 42 Tulare County, California 06107 46.9% 43 San Mateo County, California 06081 46.4% 44 Kings County, California 06031 45.1% 45 San Benito County, California 06069 44.7% 46 Glenn County, California 06021 43.8% 47 Santa Clara County, California 06085 43.3% 48 Plumas County, California 06063 43.0% 49 Mariposa County, California 06043 42.8% 50 Amador County, California 06005 40.4% 51 Mono County, California 06051 40.4% 52 Lassen County, California 06035 40.2% 53 San Francisco County, California 06075 37.8% 54 Modoc County, California 06049 33.5% 55 Inyo County, California 06027 31.5% 56 Sierra County, California 06091 25.6% 57 Trinity County, California 06105 25.4% 58 Alpine County, California 06003 7.4%
Method and provenance ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated California bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums . California county map and full table .