Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Massachusetts

Share of renter households paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, the standard affordability threshold. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in Massachusetts with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes where rent takes the biggest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	01430	Ashburnham	100%	6,481
2	01033	Granby	100%	6,080
3	02325	Bridgewater	100%	2,822
4	02725	Somerset	100%	2,257
5	01368	Royalston	100%	1,455
6	02576	West Wareham	91.4%	4,168
7	02559	Pocasset	86.9%	2,802
8	01223	Becket	84.6%	2,495
9	02642	Eastham	83.8%	5,811
10	01351	Montague	83.3%	2,636
11	02646	Harwich Port	80.5%	1,846
12	01039	Haydenville	80.5%	1,506
13	01985	West Newbury	80.4%	4,591
14	02664	South Yarmouth	79.8%	9,949
15	01756	Mendon	78.7%	6,325
16	02670	West Dennis	77.8%	1,087
17	01741	Carlisle	77%	5,239
18	02673	West Yarmouth	76.5%	8,594
19	02738	Marion	75.8%	5,310
20	01864	North Reading	75.5%	15,765
21	01330	Ashfield	75.5%	1,704
22	01054	Leverett	73.3%	1,608
23	01540	Oxford	72.6%	10,979
24	01879	Tyngsboro	72.2%	12,550
25	01375	Sunderland	72.1%	3,641
26	02462	Newton Lower Falls	71.6%	1,470
27	02601	Hyannis	71.5%	16,071
28	01062	Florence	71.4%	9,816
29	01966	Rockport	71.1%	7,009
30	01339	Charlemont	70.3%	1,313
31	01541	Princeton	69.8%	3,529
32	01940	Lynnfield	69.2%	13,285
33	02660	South Dennis	69.1%	6,381
34	02493	Weston	69%	11,579
35	02341	Hanson	69%	10,542
36	01773	Lincoln	68.9%	4,891
37	02633	Chatham	68.9%	4,512
38	01850	Lowell	68.6%	17,740
39	02072	Stoughton	68.4%	29,225
40	01523	Lancaster	68.3%	8,606
41	01003	Amherst	68.2%	13,510
42	02050	Marshfield	68.1%	25,963
43	01522	Jefferson	68%	3,152
44	01451	Harvard	67.7%	5,487
45	02650	North Chatham	67.7%	1,032
46	01002	Amherst	67.6%	26,370
47	02375	South Easton	67.4%	11,275
48	01921	Boxford	67.2%	8,250
49	02767	Raynham	67.1%	15,599
50	02061	Norwell	67.1%	11,361
51	01830	Haverhill	67%	26,530
52	01913	Amesbury	66.7%	17,403
53	01982	South Hamilton	65.8%	7,680
54	02763	Attleboro Falls	65.8%	1,807
55	02743	Acushnet	65.4%	10,519
56	01901	Lynn	65.4%	2,419
57	02339	Hanover	65%	14,845
58	01504	Blackstone	65%	9,255
59	02163	Boston	65%	1,817
60	02538	East Wareham	64.9%	4,074
61	01748	Hopkinton	64.4%	19,358
62	01841	Lawrence	64.2%	52,769
63	02115	Boston	64.1%	29,705
64	02746	New Bedford	63.8%	17,531
65	01038	Hatfield	63.6%	2,491
66	01247	North Adams	63.5%	14,794
67	01106	Longmeadow	63.3%	15,853
68	01301	Greenfield	63.1%	17,876
69	02052	Medfield	63.1%	13,068
70	01608	Worcester	63.1%	4,932
71	01082	Ware	63%	10,392
72	02019	Bellingham	62.8%	17,410
73	01354	Gill	62.7%	1,740
74	01031	Gilbertville	62.5%	1,676
75	02368	Randolph	62.1%	34,912
76	01108	Springfield	62.1%	27,405
77	01220	Adams	62.1%	8,074
78	02382	Whitman	61.9%	15,295
79	01952	Salisbury	61.9%	9,281
80	01731	Hanscom Afb	61.9%	2,110
81	01904	Lynn	61.8%	21,003
82	02631	Brewster	61.2%	10,061
83	02110	Boston	61%	2,342
84	01887	Wilmington	60.9%	23,336
85	02333	East Bridgewater	60.9%	14,401
86	02090	Westwood	60.8%	16,318
87	01475	Winchendon	60.8%	10,265
88	02043	Hingham	60.3%	24,283
89	01536	North Grafton	60.3%	6,860
90	01022	Chicopee	60.3%	1,844
91	01376	Turners Falls	60.2%	4,976
92	01089	West Springfield	60.1%	28,772
93	01905	Lynn	60.1%	28,221
94	01104	Springfield	60.1%	23,209
95	01473	Westminster	60%	8,374
96	02540	Falmouth	60%	8,104
97	01827	Dunstable	60%	3,408
98	02136	Hyde Park	59.9%	37,265
99	01610	Worcester	59.9%	30,444
100	02119	Roxbury	59.8%	27,377

Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	01270	Windsor	0%	1,036
2	01092	West Warren	0%	1,200
3	02534	Cataumet	0%	1,369
4	02071	South Walpole	0%	2,089
5	01128	Springfield	0%	2,896
6	01468	Templeton	0%	4,183
7	02779	Berkley	0%	6,829
8	01063	Northampton	1.9%	2,272
9	02764	North Dighton	10.4%	4,436
10	02468	Waban	12.2%	5,773
11	01740	Bolton	12.7%	5,737
12	02659	South Chatham	13.5%	1,137
13	01537	North Oxford	14.1%	2,278
14	01257	Sheffield	14.8%	2,348
15	02702	Assonet	15.2%	4,488
16	02715	Dighton	15.4%	3,757
17	02635	Cotuit	18.1%	3,577
18	01341	Conway	18.6%	1,622
19	01373	South Deerfield	19.6%	4,860
20	01366	Petersham	20%	1,185
21	02030	Dover	20%	5,930
22	01542	Rochdale	20.1%	2,615
23	01225	Cheshire	21.2%	3,216
24	01034	Granville	22%	2,332
25	02648	Marstons Mills	22.1%	7,968
26	01026	Cummington	22.8%	1,014
27	01071	Russell	23.2%	1,054
28	02032	East Walpole	23.8%	4,992
29	02638	Dennis	24.7%	3,253
30	01569	Uxbridge	25.6%	14,304
31	01949	Middleton	25.7%	9,816
32	02575	West Tisbury	26%	2,718
33	01237	Lanesborough	26.1%	2,302
34	01612	Paxton	26.2%	5,002
35	01073	Southampton	26.2%	6,230
36	01583	West Boylston	26.4%	7,606
37	01254	Richmond	26.7%	1,036
38	01611	Cherry Valley	26.8%	2,299
39	01566	Sturbridge	27%	7,362
40	01560	South Grafton	27.3%	4,984
41	01068	Oakham	27.8%	1,639
42	01867	Reading	27.8%	25,612
43	02667	Wellfleet	28.6%	3,961
44	01008	Blandford	29.4%	1,327
45	02537	East Sandwich	29.8%	6,383
46	02539	Edgartown	30%	5,278
47	02558	Onset	30.6%	1,734
48	02535	Chilmark	31.8%	2,244
49	01772	Southborough	32%	9,907
50	01053	Leeds	32.2%	2,304
51	02563	Sandwich	32.2%	10,436
52	01050	Huntington	32.4%	2,529
53	01944	Manchester	32.9%	5,403
54	02474	Arlington	33.4%	28,642
55	01001	Agawam	33.7%	16,234
56	01516	Douglas	33.9%	9,376
57	01515	East Brookfield	34.2%	2,166
58	02644	Forestdale	34.3%	3,700
59	01083	Warren	34.4%	2,858
60	01951	Newbury	34.6%	3,327
61	02420	Lexington	34.7%	16,215
62	01520	Holden	34.9%	16,912
63	02144	Somerville	35.1%	25,448
64	02556	North Falmouth	35.2%	2,868
65	02053	Medway	35.3%	13,436
66	02127	Boston	35.4%	36,769
67	02364	Kingston	35.9%	14,027
68	01474	West Townsend	36.1%	2,280
69	02129	Charlestown	36.1%	20,032
70	01529	Millville	36.2%	3,160
71	02143	Somerville	36.2%	25,513
72	01431	Ashby	36.4%	3,211
73	01036	Hampden	36.9%	4,946
74	02458	Newton	37.1%	13,050
75	02482	Wellesley	37.3%	11,051
76	02145	Somerville	37.5%	27,495
77	02476	Arlington	37.6%	17,708
78	01235	Hinsdale	37.8%	2,489
79	02048	Mansfield	38.2%	23,931
80	01035	Hadley	38.6%	5,306
81	02460	Newtonville	38.9%	10,099
82	01080	Three Rivers	39%	2,454
83	02770	Rochester	39.1%	5,809
84	02113	Boston	39.1%	6,385
85	01890	Winchester	39.3%	23,406
86	02191	North Weymouth	39.4%	8,181
87	02571	Wareham	39.5%	11,258
88	01821	Billerica	39.5%	30,143
89	02453	Waltham	39.6%	31,591
90	01810	Andover	39.7%	35,648
91	01534	Northbridge	39.8%	6,230
92	01072	Shutesbury	40%	1,521
93	02140	Cambridge	40.2%	21,204
94	01510	Clinton	40.3%	15,563
95	02093	Wrentham	40.6%	12,297
96	02760	North Attleboro	40.7%	29,177
97	01749	Hudson	40.8%	20,077
98	01581	Westborough	40.9%	21,944
99	02155	Medford	40.9%	61,730
100	02210	Boston	41%	6,971

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