State or territory · Census 2020–2024
Median rent and rent burden in Connecticut
- Median monthly gross rent
- $1,488 ± $10 margin
- Rent burden · 30% or more
- 52.6% ± 0.7 percentage points
- Severe burden · 50% or more
- 27.3% ± 0.6 percentage points
How much income would keep this rent at 30%?
The area’s median gross rent would equal 30% of an annual household income of $59,520. The calculation multiplies monthly rent by 12 and divides by 0.30.
Compare with broader areas
| Area | Median gross rent ± margin | Rent burden | Severe burden |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | $1,488 ± $10 | 52.6% | 27.3% |
| United States | $1,413 ± $2 | 51.1% | 25.9% |
Browse counties in Connecticut
- Capitol Planning Region$1,411 median gross rent · 51.9% rent burden
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region$1,546 median gross rent · 58.7% rent burden
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region$1,454 median gross rent · 49.6% rent burden
- Naugatuck Valley Planning Region$1,330 median gross rent · 53.5% rent burden
- Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region$1,155 median gross rent · 40.9% rent burden
- Northwest Hills Planning Region$1,193 median gross rent · 44.2% rent burden
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region$1,525 median gross rent · 53.5% rent burden
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region$1,365 median gross rent · 51% rent burden
- Western Connecticut Planning Region$2,110 median gross rent · 52.8% rent burden
Data and definitions
How to read the estimates
The Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey five-year release provides these survey estimates. America.co matched Census rent tables by geography ID and used the Gazetteer’s representative points to calculate straight-line distance.
- Gross rent includes contract rent and utilities or fuels paid separately. The median describes cash-rent homes surveyed during this period.
- Rent burden means gross rent was at least 30% of household income. Severe rent burden means at least 50%. Both shares use only cash-rent households for which Census could compute the ratio.
- Margins use the Census 90% confidence level. The rent margin is published by Census. The burden margins are approximate and combine the published category margins using the Census sum and proportion formulas. County and ZIP-area pages require at least 100 estimated households with a computed ratio, a rent margin at most 35% of the estimate, and a rent-burden margin of 20 percentage points or less.
- ZIP areas are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. A mailing ZIP can differ or have no corresponding Census area. Distances are straight-line distances between representative points.
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