county benchmark · Massachusetts
Rent as share of income, 2018-2022
Across 14 counties in Massachusetts. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 28.6 % |
| 25th | 29.7 % |
| Median | 31.1 % |
| 75th | 32.4 % |
| 90th percentile | 33.5 % |
Highest counties
The order is not reliable. Every county in this list has an estimate range that overlaps the leader's. The spread is real; the ranking within it is not.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dukes County | 34.1 % | 25.6 % – 42.6 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Barnstable County | 33.7 % | 32.4 % – 35.0 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Essex County | 33.0 % | 32.3 % – 33.7 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Franklin County | 32.6 % | 31.0 % – 34.2 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Plymouth County | 31.9 % | 30.7 % – 33.1 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Hampshire County | 31.6 % | 30.3 % – 32.9 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Hampden County | 31.5 % | 30.8 % – 32.2 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Berkshire County | 30.8 % | 29.0 % – 32.6 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Suffolk County | 30.4 % | 29.9 % – 30.9 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Norfolk County | 30.2 % | 29.4 % – 31.0 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Worcester County | 29.5 % | 29.0 % – 30.0 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Bristol County | 29.4 % | 28.7 % – 30.1 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Middlesex County | 28.3 % | 27.9 % – 28.7 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Nantucket County | 25.7 % | 21.1 % – 30.3 % | evidence → |
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