county benchmark · Massachusetts
Median gross rent as a share of household income, 2020-2024
Across 14 counties in Massachusetts. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 29.3 % |
| 25th | 30.8 % |
| Median | 31.8 % |
| 75th | 32.6 % |
| 90th percentile | 33.9 % |
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.
Barnstable County leads reliably only from rank 6 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 6, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnstable County | 34.4 % | 33.1 % – 35.7 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Franklin County | 34.2 % | 32.1 % – 36.3 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Essex County | 33.3 % | 32.7 % – 33.9 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Hampshire County | 32.7 % | 31.3 % – 34.1 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Plymouth County | 32.5 % | 31.2 % – 33.8 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Hampden County | 32.1 % | 31.3 % – 32.9 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Berkshire County | 31.9 % | 30.2 % – 33.6 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Nantucket County | 31.7 % | 23.7 % – 39.7 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Bristol County | 31.1 % | 30.3 % – 31.9 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Suffolk County | 31.0 % | 30.5 % – 31.5 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Norfolk County | 30.7 % | 30.0 % – 31.4 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Worcester County | 30.3 % | 29.6 % – 31.0 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Dukes County | 28.9 % | 23.3 % – 34.5 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Middlesex County | 28.8 % | 28.4 % – 29.2 % | evidence → |
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