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

Texas counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 254 Texas 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.

Highest renter cost burden in Texas
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Brazos County4804157.8%
2Hays County4820956.4%
3Kaufman County4825755.0%
4Jim Wells County4824954.4%
5Refugio County4839153.7%
6Walker County4847153.7%
7Tarrant County4843953.2%
8McLennan County4830952.5%
9Nacogdoches County4834752.2%
10Galveston County4816751.8%
11Calhoun County4805751.7%
12Kendall County4825951.7%
13Erath County4814351.3%
14Harris County4820151.2%
15Reeves County4838951.2%
16Lubbock County4830350.7%
17Rockwall County4839750.7%
18Bexar County4802950.6%
19Fort Bend County4815750.2%
20El Paso County4814149.9%
21Dallas County4811349.8%
22Webb County4847949.7%
23Denton County4812149.5%
24Nueces County4835549.2%
25Bell County4802748.6%
26Comal County4809148.5%
27Brown County4804948.2%
28Grayson County4818148.2%
29Bee County4802548.0%
30Johnson County4825148.0%
31Parker County4836747.9%
32Jefferson County4824547.5%
33Taylor County4844147.4%
34Gregg County4818347.2%
35Midland County4832947.0%
36Hunt County4823146.8%
37Travis County4845346.8%
38Ector County4813546.7%
39Angelina County4800546.4%
40Brazoria County4803946.4%
41Ellis County4813946.4%
42Henderson County4821346.4%
43Williamson County4849146.4%
44Titus County4844946.3%
45Hill County4821746.2%
46Collin County4808545.8%
47Tom Green County4845145.8%
48Hamilton County4819345.7%
49Potter County4837545.7%
50Dallam County4811145.6%
51Liberty County4829145.6%
52Palo Pinto County4836345.5%
53Anderson County4800145.4%
54Bowie County4803745.4%
55Matagorda County4832145.4%
56Lee County4828745.3%
57Willacy County4848945.1%
58Victoria County4846945.0%
59San Patricio County4840944.9%
60Sterling County4843144.9%
61Jeff Davis County4824344.8%
62Cameron County4806144.6%
63Ochiltree County4835744.6%
64Waller County4847344.5%
65Wood County4849944.5%
66Howard County4822744.4%
67Montgomery County4833944.4%
68Gillespie County4817144.0%
69Smith County4842344.0%
70San Augustine County4840543.9%
71Kleberg County4827343.8%
72Wharton County4848143.7%
73Medina County4832543.6%
74Hidalgo County4821543.5%
75Llano County4829942.9%
76Orange County4836142.8%
77Camp County4806342.6%
78Guadalupe County4818742.5%
79Kerr County4826542.4%
80Caldwell County4805542.3%
81McCulloch County4830742.3%
82Montague County4833742.1%
83Red River County4838742.1%
84Aransas County4800742.0%
85Austin County4801541.7%
86Hale County4818941.4%
87Milam County4833141.4%
88Randall County4838141.4%
89Terry County4844541.3%
90Grimes County4818541.0%
91Van Zandt County4846741.0%
92Jasper County4824140.8%
93Childress County4807540.7%
94Harrison County4820340.7%
95Presidio County4837740.7%
96Wichita County4848540.6%
97Starr County4842740.5%
98Gray County4817940.3%
99Cass County4806740.2%
100Hood County4822140.2%
101Maverick County4832340.0%
102Lamar County4827739.8%
103Navarro County4834939.8%
104Nolan County4835339.7%
105Polk County4837339.6%
106Atascosa County4801339.4%
107Hardin County4819939.4%
108Dawson County4811539.3%
109Wheeler County4848339.3%
110Callahan County4805939.2%
111Morris County4834339.2%
112Val Verde County4846539.0%
113Cooke County4809738.9%
114Coryell County4809938.9%
115Hopkins County4822338.6%
116Washington County4847738.4%
117Dimmit County4812738.3%
118Hansford County4819538.3%
119Freestone County4816138.0%
120Karnes County4825538.0%
121Castro County4806937.8%
122Fayette County4814937.8%
123Jack County4823737.8%
124Houston County4822537.7%
125Lampasas County4828137.6%
126Tyler County4845737.5%
127Chambers County4807137.0%
128Haskell County4820737.0%
129Baylor County4802336.9%
130Burnet County4805336.9%
131Rusk County4840136.8%
132Wise County4849736.7%
133La Salle County4828336.5%
134Limestone County4829336.5%
135Wilson County4849336.5%
136Crosby County4810736.3%
137Dickens County4812536.2%
138Marion County4831536.2%
139Ward County4847536.2%
140Swisher County4843736.1%
141Wilbarger County4848736.1%
142Eastland County4813335.6%
143Trinity County4845535.2%
144Bandera County4801934.9%
145Bastrop County4802134.8%
146Robertson County4839534.8%
147Brewster County4804334.7%
148Fannin County4814734.7%
149Young County4850334.6%
150Delta County4811934.0%
151DeWitt County4812334.0%
152Somervell County4842533.9%
153Hockley County4821933.8%
154Coke County4808133.7%
155Blanco County4803133.6%
156Gonzales County4817733.6%
157Jones County4825333.5%
158San Jacinto County4840733.5%
159Hardeman County4819733.3%
160Bosque County4803533.0%
161Moore County4834133.0%
162Zavala County4850733.0%
163Deaf Smith County4811732.9%
164Hemphill County4821132.8%
165Jim Hogg County4824732.6%
166Lavaca County4828532.6%
167Uvalde County4846332.6%
168Upshur County4845932.5%
169Andrews County4800332.4%
170Real County4838532.4%
171Franklin County4815932.1%
172Oldham County4835932.1%
173Rains County4837931.8%
174Pecos County4837131.5%
175Comanche County4809331.4%
176Hutchinson County4823331.3%
177Jackson County4823931.2%
178Lynn County4830530.8%
179Madison County4831330.7%
180Falls County4814530.1%
181Bailey County4801730.0%
182Live Oak County4829729.8%
183Goliad County4817529.7%
184Hartley County4820529.7%
185Winkler County4849529.7%
186Panola County4836529.4%
187Mitchell County4833529.3%
188Shelby County4841929.2%
189Frio County4816328.6%
190Burleson County4805128.3%
191Scurry County4841528.0%
192Cherokee County4807327.9%
193Lamb County4827927.4%
194Zapata County4850527.4%
195Floyd County4815327.2%
196San Saba County4841127.0%
197Kenedy County4826126.9%
198Shackelford County4841726.8%
199Clay County4807726.1%
200Upton County4846125.8%
201Coleman County4808325.4%
202Schleicher County4841325.2%
203Kimble County4826725.1%
204Leon County4828924.6%
205Runnels County4839924.6%
206Carson County4806523.9%
207Brooks County4804723.6%
208Sabine County4840323.6%
209Colorado County4808923.4%
210Gaines County4816523.4%
211Edwards County4813722.4%
212Newton County4835122.2%
213Briscoe County4804522.1%
214Throckmorton County4844722.0%
215Duval County4813121.8%
216Menard County4832720.9%
217Concho County4809520.8%
218Sutton County4843520.7%
219Stonewall County4843320.3%
220Archer County4800920.2%
221Foard County4815520.0%
222Donley County4812919.9%
223Stephens County4842919.9%
224Mills County4833318.9%
225Parmer County4836918.5%
226Hall County4819118.4%
227Martin County4831717.6%
228Motley County4834516.7%
229Fisher County4815115.7%
230Cottle County4810115.5%
231Cochran County4807915.3%
232Garza County4816915.3%
233Sherman County4842115.0%
234Kinney County4827113.5%
235Lipscomb County4829513.3%
236Roberts County4839312.5%
237Knox County4827511.3%
238Mason County4831910.7%
239Yoakum County4850110.7%
240Armstrong County480119.2%
241Terrell County484438.3%
242Reagan County483838.1%
243Collingsworth County480877.8%
244Kent County482637.8%
245Irion County482356.9%
246Hudspeth County482296.8%
247Culberson County481094.6%
248Glasscock County481734.1%
249Crane County481033.8%
250Borden County480330.0%
251Crockett County481050.0%
252King County482690.0%
253Loving County483010.0%
254McMullen County483110.0%

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 Texas bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Texas county map and full table.