Bar chart showing the share of renter households spending over half their income on housing in 2023. Overall, about 26% of renter households in the U.S. have a high rent burden. Nearly all of the most-burdened metro areas are in Florida, with 37% of renters in Port St. Lucie spending more than half their income on rent. In Ogden, Utah, just 18% of renter households have high rent burdens. The share in Phoenix is 26%.