Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Texas

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 Texas 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	75486	Sumner	100%	2,774
2	78659	Paige	100%	2,660
3	75558	Cookville	100%	2,126
4	77564	Hull	100%	1,806
5	78005	Bigfoot	100%	1,573
6	78873	Leakey	100%	1,472
7	75488	Telephone	100%	1,244
8	77560	Hankamer	100%	1,238
9	75451	Leesburg	100%	1,156
10	79508	Buffalo Gap	100%	1,078
11	78829	Batesville	100%	1,028
12	75959	Milam	100%	1,025
13	75161	Terrell	94.9%	8,011
14	78631	Harper	93.7%	3,465
15	78389	Skidmore	92.6%	1,754
16	78569	Lyford	92.1%	4,342
17	77364	Pointblank	91.7%	2,178
18	77664	Warren	91.3%	2,474
19	77983	Seadrift	89.1%	2,529
20	77446	Prairie View	88.5%	5,780
21	78954	Round Top	88.5%	1,173
22	75437	Dike	88%	1,023
23	75471	Pickton	86.4%	1,483
24	75704	Tyler	85.1%	8,913
25	76524	Eddy	84.8%	3,668
26	78383	Sandia	84.1%	4,081
27	78123	Mc Queeney	84%	2,127
28	78872	La Pryor	83.8%	1,287
29	77465	Palacios	83.4%	7,681
30	76633	China Spring	82.9%	6,268
31	75181	Mesquite	82.6%	29,788
32	76454	Gorman	82.6%	1,320
33	77831	Bedias	82.4%	3,676
34	75859	Streetman	82.3%	2,337
35	78112	Elmendorf	82%	9,769
36	77050	Houston	81.2%	6,566
37	78543	Elsa	81.1%	8,400
38	78719	Austin	81%	1,796
39	78359	Gregory	80.1%	2,154
40	76648	Hubbard	80%	2,777
41	75182	Sunnyvale	79.9%	8,336
42	75631	Beckville	78.8%	2,483
43	76670	Milford	78.5%	1,963
44	78548	Grulla	78%	1,341
45	76265	Saint Jo	77.9%	1,566
46	77426	Chappell Hill	77.7%	2,007
47	78579	Progreso	77.2%	2,039
48	78203	San Antonio	76.1%	5,200
49	75417	Bogata	76.1%	2,162
50	79532	Loraine	76%	1,029
51	75094	Plano	75.9%	24,200
52	79789	Wink	75.8%	1,420
53	77051	Houston	75.7%	19,795
54	77702	Beaumont	75.2%	3,121
55	75154	Red Oak	75.1%	52,516
56	75137	Duncanville	74.4%	19,729
57	78636	Johnson City	74.4%	4,134
58	78405	Corpus Christi	74.3%	14,602
59	77360	Onalaska	74.1%	6,223
60	79086	Sunray	74%	3,219
61	78406	Corpus Christi	74%	2,301
62	77033	Houston	73.7%	29,154
63	79401	Lubbock	73%	8,741
64	78019	Encinal	73%	1,836
65	75233	Dallas	72.7%	14,867
66	78266	San Antonio	72.5%	7,338
67	76058	Joshua	72.2%	22,276
68	78705	Austin	71.5%	33,238
69	75134	Lancaster	71.4%	19,045
70	79843	Marfa	71.4%	2,633
71	76951	Sterling City	71.4%	1,468
72	78373	Port Aransas	71.1%	3,348
73	78124	Marion	71%	6,157
74	77362	Pinehurst	70.8%	8,017
75	78645	Leander	70.6%	15,256
76	78377	Refugio	70.3%	3,421
77	78016	Devine	70.2%	11,670
78	78619	Driftwood	70.2%	6,693
79	75236	Dallas	70.1%	18,963
80	75630	Avinger	70.1%	2,452
81	77048	Houston	69.8%	21,151
82	75249	Dallas	69.6%	16,447
83	75115	Desoto	69.5%	56,211
84	75241	Dallas	69.5%	33,840
85	77028	Houston	69.5%	19,109
86	78870	Knippa	69.5%	1,070
87	77088	Houston	69.3%	57,047
88	78583	Rio Hondo	69.3%	5,236
89	75569	Nash	69.3%	3,523
90	77840	College Station	69.2%	54,864
91	77091	Houston	69.1%	28,728
92	77078	Houston	69.1%	14,247
93	75146	Lancaster	69%	25,097
94	77407	Richmond	68.8%	88,319
95	77014	Houston	68.5%	36,119
96	75487	Talco	68.5%	1,437
97	78584	Roma	68.3%	18,464
98	79903	El Paso	68.3%	14,715
99	78253	San Antonio	68.2%	69,282
100	77076	Houston	68.2%	31,222

Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	76077	Rainbow	0%	1,001
2	76652	Kopperl	0%	1,044
3	79351	Odonnell	0%	1,044
4	77857	Gause	0%	1,078
5	75468	Pattonville	0%	1,085
6	78953	Rosanky	0%	1,089
7	75411	Arthur City	0%	1,090
8	76866	Paint Rock	0%	1,111
9	78946	Ledbetter	0%	1,117
10	75448	Klondike	0%	1,127
11	79312	Amherst	0%	1,130
12	78884	Utopia	0%	1,171
13	75574	Simms	0%	1,227
14	75850	Leona	0%	1,239
15	78632	Harwood	0%	1,245
16	79744	Iraan	0%	1,283
17	79839	Fort Hancock	0%	1,416
18	76679	Purdon	0%	1,433
19	76453	Gordon	0%	1,440
20	78561	Lasara	0%	1,457
21	76934	Carlsbad	0%	1,471
22	79541	Ovalo	0%	1,550
23	75102	Barry	0%	1,583
24	79084	Stratford	0%	1,595
25	75480	Scroggins	0%	1,661
26	76472	Santo	0%	1,725
27	76127	Naval Air Station Jrb	0%	1,729
28	76245	Gordonville	0%	1,814
29	77650	Port Bolivar	0%	2,322
30	75930	Bronson	0%	2,330
31	78056	Mico	0%	2,526
32	75639	De Berry	0%	2,536
33	77968	Inez	0%	2,605
34	76943	Ozona	0%	2,651
35	78662	Red Rock	0%	3,015
36	75473	Powderly	0%	3,674
37	78379	Riviera	4.1%	1,659
38	78357	Freer	4.7%	2,624
39	75643	Gary	5.1%	2,300
40	77830	Anderson	5.8%	3,238
41	79731	Crane	6.5%	4,196
42	76371	Munday	6.7%	1,675
43	79040	Gruver	6.8%	1,979
44	77878	Snook	7.3%	1,113
45	79005	Booker	7.7%	1,536
46	75937	Chireno	7.8%	1,313
47	78055	Medina	7.9%	1,753
48	75931	Brookeland	7.9%	2,323
49	78739	Austin	8%	20,659
50	76372	Newcastle	8.2%	1,053
51	79009	Bovina	8.3%	1,795
52	79855	Van Horn	8.3%	2,177
53	76539	Kempner	9.1%	9,415
54	77871	Normangee	9.3%	3,058
55	79095	Wellington	9.4%	2,405
56	77660	Spurger	10%	1,151
57	78152	Saint Hedwig	10.2%	4,521
58	79019	Claude	11.8%	1,671
59	79845	Presidio	11.8%	3,226
60	79355	Plains	11.9%	1,660
61	79381	Wilson	12.2%	1,463
62	75705	Tyler	12.2%	1,704
63	79035	Friona	12.2%	5,391
64	76941	Mertzon	12.5%	1,158
65	77665	Winnie	12.8%	7,511
66	75932	Burkeville	13%	1,291
67	77420	Boling	13.2%	2,236
68	79371	Sudan	13.7%	1,396
69	75422	Campbell	13.7%	3,229
70	77363	Plantersville	13.7%	3,468
71	76932	Big Lake	13.8%	3,232
72	79313	Anton	13.9%	1,527
73	79911	El Paso	13.9%	10,192
74	77872	North Zulch	14%	2,026
75	79052	Kress	14.1%	1,101
76	79922	El Paso	14.1%	6,800
77	75926	Apple Springs	14.3%	1,389
78	77880	Washington	14.8%	2,517
79	77434	Eagle Lake	15.4%	3,970
80	76055	Itasca	15.7%	3,577
81	79323	Denver City	15.7%	7,485
82	79248	Paducah	15.8%	1,273
83	76239	Forestburg	15.9%	1,341
84	76557	Moody	15.9%	5,644
85	75763	Frankston	15.9%	6,259
86	76035	Cresson	16.1%	2,656
87	75416	Blossom	16.1%	2,873
88	76621	Abbott	16.2%	1,104
89	76653	Kosse	16.7%	1,067
90	76687	Thornton	16.7%	1,830
91	76861	Miles	16.8%	2,177
92	78940	Fayetteville	17.2%	2,188
93	77975	Moulton	17.3%	1,780
94	79356	Post	17.5%	5,083
95	78164	Yorktown	17.8%	2,927
96	76638	Crawford	18.5%	3,671
97	76853	Lometa	18.9%	1,618
98	78950	New Ulm	19%	2,300
99	78941	Flatonia	19.2%	3,619
100	78010	Center Point	19.2%	3,635

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