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What percentage of renter households hand over 35% or more of their income in rent?

42.5% of renter households hand over 35% or more of their income in rent — about 43 in every 100, or 4 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

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42.5

Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME (GRAPI) → Occupied units paying rent (excluding units where GRAPI cannot be computed) → 35.0 percent or more”.
Population
American renter households
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
42.4% to 42.6%

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