Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Most rent-burdened census tracts in North Carolina

Share of renter households paying more than 30% of income on rent — a federal threshold for housing-cost burden. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	rent burden
#1	Tract 539.01	Wake, NC	100.0%
#2	Tract 511.02	Wake, NC	100.0%
#3	Tract 56.26	Mecklenburg, NC	100.0%
#4	Tract 530.06	Wake, NC	100.0%
#5	Tract 401.03	Johnston, NC	100.0%
#6	Tract 9503.03	Moore, NC	95.0%
#7	Tract 9606.01	Transylvania, NC	91.4%
#8	Tract 9704.03	Carteret, NC	90.7%
#9	Tract 9602.01	Rutherford, NC	90.3%
#10	Tract 606.02	Davidson, NC	89.8%
#11	Tract 9503	Hertford, NC	89.5%
#12	Tract 301.04	Gaston, NC	88.4%
#13	Tract 210.18	Union, NC	87.5%
#14	Tract 529.03	Wake, NC	87.4%
#15	Tract 159.01	Guilford, NC	87.3%
#16	Tract 201.04	Chatham, NC	86.5%
#17	Tract 542.16	Wake, NC	86.4%
#18	Tract 201.01	Brunswick, NC	85.6%
#19	Tract 543.05	Wake, NC	84.4%
#20	Tract 412.01	Cabarrus, NC	84.3%
#21	Tract 616.04	Iredell, NC	84.2%
#22	Tract 205.11	Brunswick, NC	84.0%
#23	Tract 16.03	Durham, NC	83.8%
#24	Tract 9206.01	Watauga, NC	83.7%
#25	Tract 543.04	Wake, NC	83.4%
#26	Tract 31.08	Buncombe, NC	83.1%
#27	Tract 411.09	Johnston, NC	82.6%
#28	Tract 38.03	Forsyth, NC	82.6%
#29	Tract 203.18	Union, NC	82.4%
#30	Tract 604.01	Franklin, NC	82.3%
#31	Tract 907.05	Duplin, NC	82.1%
#32	Tract 534.19	Wake, NC	82.0%
#33	Tract 535.09	Wake, NC	81.8%
#34	Tract 16.07	Mecklenburg, NC	81.7%
#35	Tract 125.10	Guilford, NC	81.0%
#36	Tract 40.05	Forsyth, NC	80.9%
#37	Tract 62.22	Mecklenburg, NC	80.6%
#38	Tract 9313.02	Columbus, NC	80.2%
#39	Tract 34.10	Cumberland, NC	79.8%
#40	Tract 426.01	Cabarrus, NC	79.6%
#41	Tract 171.01	Guilford, NC	79.6%
#42	Tract 203.15	Brunswick, NC	79.5%
#43	Tract 13	Buncombe, NC	79.4%
#44	Tract 9708.05	Carteret, NC	79.3%
#45	Tract 122.03	New Hanover, NC	77.9%
#46	Tract 108.04	Orange, NC	77.8%
#47	Tract 9205	Watauga, NC	77.4%
#48	Tract 112.11	Orange, NC	77.3%
#49	Tract 57.20	Mecklenburg, NC	77.0%
#50	Tract 117	Orange, NC	77.0%
#51	Tract 153.02	Guilford, NC	76.5%
#52	Tract 9201.02	Perquimans, NC	76.5%
#53	Tract 534.17	Wake, NC	76.1%
#54	Tract 709.02	Harnett, NC	75.8%
#55	Tract 105	Guilford, NC	75.8%
#56	Tract 514	Wake, NC	75.6%
#57	Tract 58.67	Mecklenburg, NC	75.3%
#58	Tract 328.02	Gaston, NC	75.0%
#59	Tract 156.01	Guilford, NC	74.8%
#60	Tract 1103.02	Currituck, NC	74.7%
#61	Tract 604.04	Franklin, NC	74.7%
#62	Tract 542.24	Wake, NC	74.6%
#63	Tract 55.10	Mecklenburg, NC	74.6%
#64	Tract 55.20	Mecklenburg, NC	74.6%
#65	Tract 9501.04	Pamlico, NC	74.6%
#66	Tract 58.15	Mecklenburg, NC	74.5%
#67	Tract 164.05	Guilford, NC	74.3%
#68	Tract 111.04	Orange, NC	74.1%
#69	Tract 1.01	Pitt, NC	73.9%
#70	Tract 9503.06	Moore, NC	73.9%
#71	Tract 9506.04	Moore, NC	73.7%
#72	Tract 59.08	Mecklenburg, NC	73.6%
#73	Tract 321	Gaston, NC	73.6%
#74	Tract 127.06	Guilford, NC	73.6%
#75	Tract 9601.01	Montgomery, NC	73.3%
#76	Tract 56.22	Mecklenburg, NC	73.3%
#77	Tract 55.12	Mecklenburg, NC	73.2%
#78	Tract 30.12	Mecklenburg, NC	73.2%
#79	Tract 537.29	Wake, NC	73.2%
#80	Tract 51	Mecklenburg, NC	73.1%
#81	Tract 541.21	Wake, NC	73.0%
#82	Tract 3.03	Onslow, NC	72.7%
#83	Tract 1102.02	Currituck, NC	72.7%
#84	Tract 617.01	Davidson, NC	72.6%
#85	Tract 161.01	Guilford, NC	72.5%
#86	Tract 9204.02	Pender, NC	72.5%
#87	Tract 116.12	New Hanover, NC	72.5%
#88	Tract 160.10	Guilford, NC	72.5%
#89	Tract 117.03	New Hanover, NC	72.4%
#90	Tract 116.02	Orange, NC	72.4%
#91	Tract 107.10	Orange, NC	72.4%
#92	Tract 119.04	New Hanover, NC	72.2%
#93	Tract 18.06	Durham, NC	72.2%
#94	Tract 409.06	Johnston, NC	72.0%
#95	Tract 405.02	Cabarrus, NC	72.0%
#96	Tract 19.21	Mecklenburg, NC	71.9%
#97	Tract 144.12	Guilford, NC	71.8%
#98	Tract 32.03	Buncombe, NC	71.7%
#99	Tract 543.03	Wake, NC	71.6%
#100	Tract 515.01	Wake, NC	71.6%