U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates
Massachusetts counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024
Rank 14 Massachusetts 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 | Essex County, Massachusetts | 25009 | 53.9% |
| 2 | Barnstable County, Massachusetts | 25001 | 53.7% |
| 3 | Franklin County, Massachusetts | 25011 | 53.1% |
| 4 | Hampshire County, Massachusetts | 25015 | 52.3% |
| 5 | Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 25023 | 51.2% |
| 6 | Nantucket County, Massachusetts | 25019 | 51.0% |
| 7 | Hampden County, Massachusetts | 25013 | 50.2% |
| 8 | Berkshire County, Massachusetts | 25003 | 49.6% |
| 9 | Bristol County, Massachusetts | 25005 | 49.4% |
| 10 | Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 25025 | 49.4% |
| 11 | Norfolk County, Massachusetts | 25021 | 48.4% |
| 12 | Worcester County, Massachusetts | 25027 | 47.9% |
| 13 | Middlesex County, Massachusetts | 25017 | 44.9% |
| 14 | Dukes County, Massachusetts | 25007 | 36.2% |
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 Massachusetts bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Massachusetts county map and full table.