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.
Lowest renter cost burden in California Rank County GEOID Renter cost burden (30%+) 1 Alpine County, California 06003 7.4% 2 Trinity County, California 06105 25.4% 3 Sierra County, California 06091 25.6% 4 Inyo County, California 06027 31.5% 5 Modoc County, California 06049 33.5% 6 San Francisco County, California 06075 37.8% 7 Lassen County, California 06035 40.2% 8 Amador County, California 06005 40.4% 9 Mono County, California 06051 40.4% 10 Mariposa County, California 06043 42.8% 11 Plumas County, California 06063 43.0% 12 Santa Clara County, California 06085 43.3% 13 Glenn County, California 06021 43.8% 14 San Benito County, California 06069 44.7% 15 Kings County, California 06031 45.1% 16 San Mateo County, California 06081 46.4% 17 Merced County, California 06047 46.9% 18 Tulare County, California 06107 46.9% 19 Alameda County, California 06001 48.2% 20 Santa Cruz County, California 06087 48.7% 21 Yuba County, California 06115 48.7% 22 Sutter County, California 06101 49.1% 23 Shasta County, California 06089 49.2% 24 Imperial County, California 06025 49.6% 25 Mendocino County, California 06045 49.7% 26 Tehama County, California 06103 49.7% 27 El Dorado County, California 06017 50.2% 28 Stanislaus County, California 06099 50.4% 29 San Joaquin County, California 06077 50.5% 30 Colusa County, California 06011 50.8% 31 Nevada County, California 06057 51.4% 32 Sonoma County, California 06097 51.7% 33 Fresno County, California 06019 52.0% 34 Calaveras County, California 06009 52.1% 35 Madera County, California 06039 52.2% 36 Napa County, California 06055 52.2% 37 Siskiyou County, California 06093 52.2% 38 Kern County, California 06029 52.6% 39 Marin County, California 06041 52.9% 40 Monterey County, California 06053 53.1% 41 Sacramento County, California 06067 53.3% 42 Contra Costa County, California 06013 53.4% 43 Tuolumne County, California 06109 53.7% 44 Orange County, California 06059 54.0% 45 San Luis Obispo County, California 06079 54.0% 46 Del Norte County, California 06015 54.2% 47 Los Angeles County, California 06037 54.8% 48 Placer County, California 06061 54.8% 49 Santa Barbara County, California 06083 54.8% 50 San Diego County, California 06073 55.3% 51 San Bernardino County, California 06071 55.4% 52 Yolo County, California 06113 55.4% 53 Lake County, California 06033 55.6% 54 Ventura County, California 06111 55.6% 55 Butte County, California 06007 55.7% 56 Humboldt County, California 06023 55.8% 57 Riverside County, California 06065 56.2% 58 Solano County, California 06095 57.2%
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 .