It's no secret that many Americans are forgoing homeownership in favor of renting. In 2020, renters in the U.S. occupied 43 million housing units.
The Stacker team looked at data from a United States Census survey that revealed an estimated 43,378,800 renter-occupied homes in the United States as of 2017, which makes up 36.1% of all households in the country. In 2019, renting was more affordable than buying a median-priced home in 59% of the counties; in 2021, the opposite was true: Owning was more affordable than renting in 63% of U.S. counties.
Stacker compiled a list of counties in Minnesota where people spend the highest percent of income on rent using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Of course, saving money by owning a home is unattainable for many Americans who don't have savings that could cover a down payment, those who are denied a mortgage, or both. Keep reading to see where in your home state most of people's take-home pay goes to their monthly rent.
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 16.3%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 54.4%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 21.5%
- Total occupied households: 9,209
- Median household income: $63,452
- Median monthly housing cost: $862
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 16.4%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 53.4%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 24.1%
- Total occupied households: 24,687
- Median household income: $58,682
- Median monthly housing cost: $803
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 16.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 58.3%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 17.5%
- Total occupied households: 7,756
- Median household income: $74,575
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,026
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 16.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 22.7%
- Total occupied households: 2,612
- Median household income: $55,466
- Median monthly housing cost: $764
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 16.6%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 55.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 24.2%
- Total occupied households: 10,018
- Median household income: $57,730
- Median monthly housing cost: $798
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 16.9%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 54.2%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 21.8%
- Total occupied households: 12,885
- Median household income: $67,399
- Median monthly housing cost: $948
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.1%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.3%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.6%
- Total occupied households: 13,617
- Median household income: $60,284
- Median monthly housing cost: $858
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.1%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 51.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.8%
- Total occupied households: 1,946
- Median household income: $44,688
- Median monthly housing cost: $637
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.1%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.3%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.8%
- Total occupied households: 9,020
- Median household income: $65,226
- Median monthly housing cost: $930
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.2%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.1%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.3%
- Total occupied households: 13,371
- Median household income: $57,815
- Median monthly housing cost: $828
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.3%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 53.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 22.3%
- Total occupied households: 62,108
- Median household income: $76,951
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,110
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.4%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 51.3%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 24.7%
- Total occupied households: 8,688
- Median household income: $56,709
- Median monthly housing cost: $820
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.4%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 53.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.9%
- Total occupied households: 14,692
- Median household income: $64,903
- Median monthly housing cost: $941
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 48.5%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.4%
- Total occupied households: 2,691
- Median household income: $57,432
- Median monthly housing cost: $836
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.1%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.5%
- Total occupied households: 16,663
- Median household income: $63,819
- Median monthly housing cost: $931
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 54.1%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.3%
- Total occupied households: 19,506
- Median household income: $55,139
- Median monthly housing cost: $806
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 53.8%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.6%
- Total occupied households: 15,565
- Median household income: $54,295
- Median monthly housing cost: $794
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.6%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 51.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 24.0%
- Total occupied households: 16,889
- Median household income: $60,294
- Median monthly housing cost: $886
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 53.2%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.4%
- Total occupied households: 14,714
- Median household income: $62,121
- Median monthly housing cost: $914
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.4%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 22.6%
- Total occupied households: 10,939
- Median household income: $71,080
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,046
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 51.7%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 24.4%
- Total occupied households: 59,479
- Median household income: $62,789
- Median monthly housing cost: $924
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 48.0%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 24.8%
- Total occupied households: 23,005
- Median household income: $68,584
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,011
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 49.5%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 28.0%
- Total occupied households: 3,405
- Median household income: $50,386
- Median monthly housing cost: $744
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.0%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.5%
- Total occupied households: 13,164
- Median household income: $52,204
- Median monthly housing cost: $771
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.8%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 21.9%
- Total occupied households: 13,613
- Median household income: $63,098
- Median monthly housing cost: $935
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.9%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 51.7%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.7%
- Total occupied households: 85,807
- Median household income: $55,646
- Median monthly housing cost: $829
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.9%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 50.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.0%
- Total occupied households: 5,666
- Median household income: $46,605
- Median monthly housing cost: $696
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 17.9%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 54.0%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 20.9%
- Total occupied households: 32,206
- Median household income: $89,250
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,335
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.2%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 53.5%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 22.1%
- Total occupied households: 94,431
- Median household income: $96,671
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,463
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.2%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 51.7%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.7%
- Total occupied households: 19,452
- Median household income: $66,800
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,011
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.3%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 53.3%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 21.6%
- Total occupied households: 48,242
- Median household income: $84,974
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,295
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 50.7%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.7%
- Total occupied households: 7,425
- Median household income: $56,762
- Median monthly housing cost: $874
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 50.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.4%
- Total occupied households: 49,479
- Median household income: $102,152
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,574
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.6%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 52.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 22.7%
- Total occupied households: 128,198
- Median household income: $82,175
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,273
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.6%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 51.5%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 23.7%
- Total occupied households: 161,488
- Median household income: $86,036
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,335
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 50.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 27.6%
- Total occupied households: 1,470
- Median household income: $49,967
- Median monthly housing cost: $777
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.8%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 54.4%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 20.2%
- Total occupied households: 36,754
- Median household income: $101,496
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,590
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 18.9%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 49.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 26.3%
- Total occupied households: 26,820
- Median household income: $56,549
- Median monthly housing cost: $891
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.0%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 48.2%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 27.9%
- Total occupied households: 7,681
- Median household income: $49,351
- Median monthly housing cost: $782
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.0%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 46.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 27.9%
- Total occupied households: 24,364
- Median household income: $65,269
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,036
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.1%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 47.0%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 28.0%
- Total occupied households: 16,452
- Median household income: $57,715
- Median monthly housing cost: $917
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.2%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 49.4%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 25.5%
- Total occupied households: 14,903
- Median household income: $74,616
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,193
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.4%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 45.6%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 28.6%
- Total occupied households: 10,760
- Median household income: $53,422
- Median monthly housing cost: $863
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.5%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 44.5%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 28.6%
- Total occupied households: 10,249
- Median household income: $56,135
- Median monthly housing cost: $914
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.6%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 50.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 22.5%
- Total occupied households: 20,242
- Median household income: $83,464
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,361
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- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.7%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 48.8%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 26.7%
- Total occupied households: 6,439
- Median household income: $57,163
- Median monthly housing cost: $938
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 19.8%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 48.5%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 28.8%
- Total occupied households: 17,372
- Median household income: $49,160
- Median monthly housing cost: $810
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 20.1%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 46.3%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 29.9%
- Total occupied households: 26,091
- Median household income: $57,429
- Median monthly housing cost: $963
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 20.2%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 46.9%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 28.9%
- Total occupied households: 508,030
- Median household income: $78,167
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,318
- Median percent of income spent on housing: 21.0%
--- Percent of households spending <20% of income on housing: 44.5%
--- Percent of households spending >30% of income on housing: 30.2%
- Total occupied households: 209,043
- Median household income: $64,660
- Median monthly housing cost: $1,133
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