U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates
Maine counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024
Rank 16 Maine counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.
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.
| Rank | County | GEOID | Renter cost burden (30%+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Androscoggin County | 23001 | 48.7% |
| 2 | Cumberland County | 23005 | 47.1% |
| 3 | Penobscot County | 23019 | 46.8% |
| 4 | Knox County | 23013 | 45.5% |
| 5 | Hancock County | 23009 | 45.2% |
| 6 | Oxford County | 23017 | 44.5% |
| 7 | Kennebec County | 23011 | 43.9% |
| 8 | Washington County | 23029 | 42.0% |
| 9 | Aroostook County | 23003 | 41.4% |
| 10 | Sagadahoc County | 23023 | 40.3% |
| 11 | York County | 23031 | 40.3% |
| 12 | Somerset County | 23025 | 39.1% |
| 13 | Franklin County | 23007 | 37.5% |
| 14 | Waldo County | 23027 | 34.7% |
| 15 | Piscataquis County | 23021 | 31.5% |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 23015 | 30.4% |
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 Maine bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Maine county map and full table.