U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

Missouri county equivalents (counties and independent cities): highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 115 Missouri county equivalents (counties and independent cities) by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 county equivalents (counties and independent cities) 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 Missouri
RankCounty equivalentGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Ripley County2918152.0%
2Pemiscot County2915549.7%
3Perry County2915747.9%
4Henry County2908347.6%
5Jackson County2909547.6%
6Phelps County2916147.0%
7Boone County2901946.5%
8Buchanan County2902146.3%
9Butler County2902345.9%
10Jasper County2909745.6%
11St. Louis County2918945.5%
12Saline County2919545.4%
13Bates County2901343.6%
14Greene County2907743.6%
15Cass County2903743.4%
16Clay County2904743.1%
17St. Louis city2951043.1%
18Washington County2922142.2%
19Putnam County2917142.1%
20Taney County2921342.0%
21Nodaway County2914741.6%
22Randolph County2917541.6%
23Cape Girardeau County2903141.4%
24Mississippi County2913341.3%
25Harrison County2908141.1%
26Benton County2901540.6%
27Polk County2916740.6%
28Howell County2909140.3%
29Hickory County2908540.2%
30Platte County2916540.1%
31Iron County2909340.0%
32Audrain County2900739.9%
33Pettis County2915939.9%
34St. Charles County2918339.7%
35Barton County2901139.4%
36Wayne County2922339.3%
37Carter County2903538.7%
38Christian County2904338.6%
39Scott County2920138.6%
40Warren County2921938.2%
41Johnson County2910138.0%
42Cedar County2903937.6%
43Macon County2912137.6%
44Madison County2912337.6%
45Franklin County2907137.4%
46Lafayette County2910737.4%
47Marion County2912737.0%
48Ray County2917737.0%
49Lawrence County2910936.9%
50St. Francois County2918736.8%
51Morgan County2914136.6%
52Gasconade County2907336.4%
53Texas County2921536.3%
54Dent County2906536.0%
55Barry County2900935.9%
56Oregon County2914935.8%
57Jefferson County2909935.6%
58Stone County2920935.6%
59Laclede County2910535.5%
60Wright County2922935.5%
61New Madrid County2914335.4%
62St. Clair County2918534.9%
63Howard County2908934.7%
64Andrew County2900334.5%
65Callaway County2902734.4%
66Newton County2914534.4%
67Lincoln County2911334.0%
68Camden County2902933.7%
69Osage County2915133.2%
70Adair County2900133.1%
71Cooper County2905333.1%
72Dunklin County2906933.0%
73Vernon County2921732.3%
74Cole County2905132.2%
75Douglas County2906731.9%
76Crawford County2905531.7%
77Livingston County2911730.8%
78Moniteau County2913530.0%
79Grundy County2907929.9%
80Clark County2904529.8%
81Pulaski County2916929.8%
82Linn County2911529.6%
83Pike County2916329.6%
84Webster County2922529.5%
85McDonald County2911929.3%
86Clinton County2904929.2%
87Gentry County2907529.1%
88Bollinger County2901727.4%
89Lewis County2911126.9%
90Monroe County2913726.8%
91Maries County2912526.5%
92Ozark County2915326.5%
93Shelby County2920526.0%
94Stoddard County2920725.7%
95Carroll County2903325.5%
96Montgomery County2913925.5%
97Dallas County2905925.4%
98Chariton County2904125.3%
99DeKalb County2906325.2%
100Daviess County2906124.9%
101Miller County2913124.7%
102Ste. Genevieve County2918624.3%
103Mercer County2912923.5%
104Sullivan County2921123.3%
105Ralls County2917322.6%
106Scotland County2919922.3%
107Dade County2905722.1%
108Atchison County2900521.5%
109Reynolds County2917919.1%
110Caldwell County2902518.2%
111Shannon County2920318.0%
112Knox County2910317.2%
113Schuyler County2919717.1%
114Holt County2908714.6%
115Worth County2922711.2%

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-equivalent rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Missouri bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Missouri county-equivalent map and full table.