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
#101	Tract 9316	Henderson, NC	71.5%
#102	Tract 9309.02	Surry, NC	71.4%
#103	Tract 408	Johnston, NC	71.4%
#104	Tract 410.03	Johnston, NC	71.4%
#105	Tract 55.25	Mecklenburg, NC	71.3%
#106	Tract 20.04	Mecklenburg, NC	71.3%
#107	Tract 2.04	Onslow, NC	71.2%
#108	Tract 513.03	Rowan, NC	70.9%
#109	Tract 520.01	Wake, NC	70.8%
#110	Tract 19.16	Mecklenburg, NC	70.7%
#111	Tract 611.01	Davidson, NC	70.5%
#112	Tract 63.11	Mecklenburg, NC	70.5%
#113	Tract 113	Orange, NC	70.3%
#114	Tract 319.02	Gaston, NC	70.3%
#115	Tract 333.13	Gaston, NC	70.3%
#116	Tract 31.08	Mecklenburg, NC	70.3%
#117	Tract 21.02	Buncombe, NC	70.2%
#118	Tract 612.03	Davidson, NC	70.2%
#119	Tract 542.18	Wake, NC	70.1%
#120	Tract 528.12	Wake, NC	70.1%
#121	Tract 9202.01	Pender, NC	70.0%
#122	Tract 32.03	Mecklenburg, NC	69.9%
#123	Tract 3.02	Forsyth, NC	69.8%
#124	Tract 9312.03	Stanly, NC	69.8%
#125	Tract 535.07	Wake, NC	69.8%
#126	Tract 212.07	Alamance, NC	69.7%
#127	Tract 27.02	Buncombe, NC	69.7%
#128	Tract 511.01	Wake, NC	69.7%
#129	Tract 525.07	Wake, NC	69.6%
#130	Tract 705.06	Stokes, NC	69.6%
#131	Tract 29.08	Mecklenburg, NC	69.6%
#132	Tract 542.13	Wake, NC	69.6%
#133	Tract 30.02	Buncombe, NC	69.5%
#134	Tract 540.15	Wake, NC	69.5%
#135	Tract 119.04	Orange, NC	69.5%
#136	Tract 543.06	Wake, NC	69.5%
#137	Tract 302.02	Randolph, NC	69.4%
#138	Tract 9516.02	Cleveland, NC	69.3%
#139	Tract 210	Edgecombe, NC	69.2%
#140	Tract 206.03	Brunswick, NC	69.2%
#141	Tract 60.14	Mecklenburg, NC	69.1%
#142	Tract 9309.01	Halifax, NC	69.0%
#143	Tract 534.34	Wake, NC	69.0%
#144	Tract 102	New Hanover, NC	69.0%
#145	Tract 520	Rowan, NC	68.9%
#146	Tract 121.03	Orange, NC	68.8%
#147	Tract 22.02	Onslow, NC	68.7%
#148	Tract 38	Cumberland, NC	68.7%
#149	Tract 3.06	Onslow, NC	68.6%
#150	Tract 202.02	Chatham, NC	68.6%
#151	Tract 407	Johnston, NC	68.5%
#152	Tract 63.09	Mecklenburg, NC	68.4%
#153	Tract 9506.01	Bladen, NC	68.3%
#154	Tract 62.16	Mecklenburg, NC	68.3%
#155	Tract 28.03	Onslow, NC	68.2%
#156	Tract 25	Onslow, NC	68.2%
#157	Tract 519	Wake, NC	68.2%
#158	Tract 62.20	Mecklenburg, NC	68.2%
#159	Tract 160.07	Guilford, NC	68.1%
#160	Tract 61.03	Mecklenburg, NC	68.0%
#161	Tract 204.05	Brunswick, NC	68.0%
#162	Tract 55.11	Mecklenburg, NC	68.0%
#163	Tract 9203.01	Northampton, NC	67.9%
#164	Tract 114	Orange, NC	67.9%
#165	Tract 9702.01	Sampson, NC	67.8%
#166	Tract 9503.01	Bladen, NC	67.7%
#167	Tract 525.06	Wake, NC	67.6%
#168	Tract 407.03	Cabarrus, NC	67.5%
#169	Tract 217.01	Alamance, NC	67.4%
#170	Tract 528.13	Wake, NC	67.3%
#171	Tract 203.20	Union, NC	67.3%
#172	Tract 18	Wayne, NC	67.3%
#173	Tract 9505	Cleveland, NC	67.3%
#174	Tract 9706	Richmond, NC	67.2%
#175	Tract 116.09	New Hanover, NC	67.2%
#176	Tract 18.01	Buncombe, NC	67.2%
#177	Tract 203.01	Alamance, NC	67.1%
#178	Tract 16.02	Forsyth, NC	67.0%
#179	Tract 531.11	Wake, NC	67.0%
#180	Tract 9201.04	Pender, NC	66.8%
#181	Tract 14.03	Pitt, NC	66.7%
#182	Tract 13.01	Onslow, NC	66.7%
#183	Tract 531.13	Wake, NC	66.7%
#184	Tract 309.01	Gaston, NC	66.7%
#185	Tract 2.01	Pitt, NC	66.6%
#186	Tract 59.32	Mecklenburg, NC	66.6%
#187	Tract 9610.02	Wilkes, NC	66.5%
#188	Tract 34.08	Cumberland, NC	66.5%
#189	Tract 119.02	Orange, NC	66.5%
#190	Tract 58.49	Mecklenburg, NC	66.5%
#191	Tract 25.01	Forsyth, NC	66.5%
#192	Tract 9211	Haywood, NC	66.3%
#193	Tract 9512	Cleveland, NC	66.2%
#194	Tract 58.33	Mecklenburg, NC	66.1%
#195	Tract 19.10	Mecklenburg, NC	66.1%
#196	Tract 126.10	Guilford, NC	66.1%
#197	Tract 163.03	Guilford, NC	66.1%
#198	Tract 302.07	Gaston, NC	66.1%
#199	Tract 44	Mecklenburg, NC	66.1%
#200	Tract 55.15	Mecklenburg, NC	66.0%