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.

Flip the list · Least rent-burdened census tracts in North Carolina →

Filter by state

Rank	Tract	County	rent burden
#201	Tract 202	Alamance, NC	66.0%
#202	Tract 334	Gaston, NC	66.0%
#203	Tract 313.08	Randolph, NC	65.9%
#204	Tract 10.01	Durham, NC	65.9%
#205	Tract 521.01	Wake, NC	65.9%
#206	Tract 527.01	Wake, NC	65.8%
#207	Tract 529.01	Wake, NC	65.8%
#208	Tract 2	Buncombe, NC	65.8%
#209	Tract 524.08	Wake, NC	65.7%
#210	Tract 541.16	Wake, NC	65.7%
#211	Tract 63.05	Mecklenburg, NC	65.7%
#212	Tract 55.28	Mecklenburg, NC	65.7%
#213	Tract 19.26	Mecklenburg, NC	65.6%
#214	Tract 36.02	Cumberland, NC	65.5%
#215	Tract 26.09	Buncombe, NC	65.5%
#216	Tract 208.02	Chatham, NC	65.4%
#217	Tract 9708.06	Carteret, NC	65.4%
#218	Tract 144.10	Guilford, NC	65.4%
#219	Tract 410.02	Cabarrus, NC	65.3%
#220	Tract 201.08	Chatham, NC	65.3%
#221	Tract 413.05	Cabarrus, NC	65.1%
#222	Tract 126.20	Guilford, NC	65.1%
#223	Tract 109	Guilford, NC	65.0%
#224	Tract 111.03	Orange, NC	65.0%
#225	Tract 9609.02	Vance, NC	65.0%
#226	Tract 37.01	Forsyth, NC	65.0%
#227	Tract 64.11	Mecklenburg, NC	64.9%
#228	Tract 37.02	Forsyth, NC	64.9%
#229	Tract 115.01	New Hanover, NC	64.8%
#230	Tract 403.03	Johnston, NC	64.8%
#231	Tract 15.05	Mecklenburg, NC	64.7%
#232	Tract 206.02	Alamance, NC	64.7%
#233	Tract 58.47	Mecklenburg, NC	64.7%
#234	Tract 203.12	Union, NC	64.6%
#235	Tract 217.02	Alamance, NC	64.5%
#236	Tract 202.03	Brunswick, NC	64.4%
#237	Tract 541.08	Wake, NC	64.3%
#238	Tract 127.07	Guilford, NC	64.3%
#239	Tract 312.02	Gaston, NC	64.2%
#240	Tract 614.06	Iredell, NC	64.2%
#241	Tract 19.25	Mecklenburg, NC	64.2%
#242	Tract 38.08	Mecklenburg, NC	64.1%
#243	Tract 4.02	Wilson, NC	64.0%
#244	Tract 9704	Dare, NC	64.0%
#245	Tract 101	New Hanover, NC	63.9%
#246	Tract 9502.01	Washington, NC	63.9%
#247	Tract 532.02	Wake, NC	63.8%
#248	Tract 311.02	Gaston, NC	63.8%
#249	Tract 520.02	Wake, NC	63.7%
#250	Tract 15.10	Mecklenburg, NC	63.6%
#251	Tract 34.03	Forsyth, NC	63.5%
#252	Tract 127.03	Guilford, NC	63.5%
#253	Tract 9707.01	Granville, NC	63.4%
#254	Tract 16.05	Mecklenburg, NC	63.4%
#255	Tract 107.02	Guilford, NC	63.4%
#256	Tract 9605.02	Pasquotank, NC	63.3%
#257	Tract 46	Mecklenburg, NC	63.3%
#258	Tract 4	Forsyth, NC	63.3%
#259	Tract 9305.01	Beaufort, NC	63.3%
#260	Tract 5.01	Pitt, NC	63.2%
#261	Tract 28.08	Forsyth, NC	63.2%
#262	Tract 28.04	Forsyth, NC	63.2%
#263	Tract 201.07	Brunswick, NC	63.2%
#264	Tract 120.06	New Hanover, NC	63.2%
#265	Tract 32.05	Cumberland, NC	63.2%
#266	Tract 112.02	Guilford, NC	63.1%
#267	Tract 425.01	Cabarrus, NC	63.1%
#268	Tract 201.02	Brunswick, NC	63.1%
#269	Tract 9706.03	Carteret, NC	63.1%
#270	Tract 119.05	New Hanover, NC	63.0%
#271	Tract 328.01	Gaston, NC	63.0%
#272	Tract 415.06	Johnston, NC	63.0%
#273	Tract 410.05	Johnston, NC	63.0%
#274	Tract 424.02	Cabarrus, NC	63.0%
#275	Tract 19.24	Mecklenburg, NC	62.9%
#276	Tract 161.02	Guilford, NC	62.8%
#277	Tract 16.01	Forsyth, NC	62.8%
#278	Tract 9703.01	Dare, NC	62.8%
#279	Tract 61.11	Mecklenburg, NC	62.7%
#280	Tract 305.02	Randolph, NC	62.7%
#281	Tract 415.07	Cabarrus, NC	62.5%
#282	Tract 9603	Vance, NC	62.4%
#283	Tract 525.05	Wake, NC	62.4%
#284	Tract 9707.03	Carteret, NC	62.4%
#285	Tract 610.03	Iredell, NC	62.3%
#286	Tract 55.17	Mecklenburg, NC	62.3%
#287	Tract 316.02	Randolph, NC	62.3%
#288	Tract 530.04	Wake, NC	62.2%
#289	Tract 9301.01	Chowan, NC	62.2%
#290	Tract 8.01	Wilson, NC	62.2%
#291	Tract 9203.02	Northampton, NC	62.1%
#292	Tract 39.02	Mecklenburg, NC	62.1%
#293	Tract 62.11	Mecklenburg, NC	62.0%
#294	Tract 709.02	Lincoln, NC	62.0%
#295	Tract 210.12	Union, NC	62.0%
#296	Tract 20.36	Durham, NC	62.0%
#297	Tract 33.02	Cumberland, NC	61.6%
#298	Tract 20.07	Mecklenburg, NC	61.6%
#299	Tract 9303.01	Henderson, NC	61.4%
#300	Tract 20.34	Durham, NC	61.4%