county benchmark · Alabama
Rent as share of income, 2017-2021
Across 67 counties in Alabama. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 24.5 % |
| 25th | 26.0 % |
| Median | 28.0 % |
| 75th | 29.8 % |
| 90th percentile | 33.5 % |
Highest counties
Sumter County leads reliably only from rank 13 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 13, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumter County | 38.5 % | 33.3 % – 43.7 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Lowndes County | 38.2 % | 35.0 % – 41.4 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Pike County | 36.1 % | 28.3 % – 43.9 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Hale County | 35.7 % | 31.0 % – 40.4 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Bullock County | 35.5 % | 18.3 % – 52.7 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Greene County | 35.0 % | 24.2 % – 45.8 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Dallas County | 34.7 % | 31.4 % – 38.0 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Randolph County | 32.7 % | 19.5 % – 45.9 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Marengo County | 32.5 % | 29.3 % – 35.7 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Russell County | 32.5 % | 30.3 % – 34.7 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Lee County | 32.4 % | 30.3 % – 34.5 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Covington County | 31.6 % | 29.7 % – 33.5 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Mobile County | 31.6 % | 30.7 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Lamar County | 31.5 % | 24.0 % – 39.0 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Montgomery County | 31.0 % | 29.2 % – 32.8 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Jefferson County | 30.4 % | 29.6 % – 31.2 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Tuscaloosa County | 29.9 % | 28.4 % – 31.4 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Henry County | 29.6 % | 25.8 % – 33.4 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Pickens County | 29.4 % | 26.3 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Clarke County | 29.2 % | 23.8 % – 34.6 % | evidence → |
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