county benchmark · California
Median gross rent as a share of household income, 2020-2024
Across 58 counties in California. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 27.6 % |
| 25th | 29.8 % |
| Median | 32.4 % |
| 75th | 34.1 % |
| 90th percentile | 34.8 % |
Highest counties
Rank 1 is the highest value, and for this measure a higher value is the worse outcome. “First” here does not mean best.
Humboldt County leads reliably only from rank 10 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 10, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humboldt County | 37.1 % | 35.5 % – 38.7 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Butte County | 36.7 % | 35.1 % – 38.3 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Lake County | 36.3 % | 34.1 % – 38.5 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Yolo County | 35.9 % | 34.3 % – 37.5 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Del Norte County | 35.4 % | 31.0 % – 39.8 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Calaveras County | 34.9 % | 30.7 % – 39.1 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Santa Barbara County | 34.7 % | 33.7 % – 35.7 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Siskiyou County | 34.7 % | 31.2 % – 38.2 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Solano County | 34.7 % | 33.6 % – 35.8 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Riverside County | 34.4 % | 34.0 % – 34.8 % | evidence → |
| 11 | San Bernardino County | 34.3 % | 33.9 % – 34.7 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Ventura County | 34.3 % | 33.5 % – 35.1 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Los Angeles County | 34.1 % | 33.9 % – 34.3 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Nevada County | 34.1 % | 31.6 % – 36.6 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Placer County | 34.1 % | 33.2 % – 35.0 % | evidence → |
| 16 | San Luis Obispo County | 34.1 % | 33.0 % – 35.2 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Tuolumne County | 34.1 % | 31.2 % – 37.0 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Kern County | 33.9 % | 33.2 % – 34.6 % | evidence → |
| 19 | San Diego County | 33.9 % | 33.6 % – 34.2 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Madera County | 33.6 % | 31.7 % – 35.5 % | evidence → |
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