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Highest rent-to-income ratios in Georgia

Hancock County leads Georgia at 48.55% of renter median income, on a median rent of $938 and a renter median household income of $23,185. Census median rent as a share of renter household income, beside the official HUD income limits for each county.

Highest rent-to-income
48.55%
Hancock County
Median gross rent
$938
ACS B25064
Renter median income
$23,185
ACS B25119
State ratio
33.55%
State medians

Counties ranked by rent-to-income

1Hancock County$938$250$23,185$5,83448.55%$38,500$61,600
2Warren County$690$139$17,356$12,47447.71%$38,500$61,600
3Twiggs County$808$220$21,750$18,35544.58%$38,500$61,600
4Clarke County$1,219$31$36,858$2,08639.69%$50,050$80,100
5Telfair County$712$102$21,594$13,25039.57%$38,500$61,600
6Bleckley County$799$58$24,895$6,06338.51%$40,150$64,250
7Bibb County$1,066$25$33,680$2,38237.98%$38,500$61,600
8Clayton County$1,433$25$45,679$2,21437.65%$58,900$94,250
9Johnson County$647$77$20,625$9,30737.64%$38,500$61,600
10Wilkinson County$825$40$26,484$21,30237.38%$38,500$61,600
11DeKalb County$1,692$12$54,357$1,60937.35%$58,900$94,250
12Upson County$849$34$27,311$8,54037.30%$38,500$61,600
13Putnam County$1,002$192$32,487$12,72037.01%$47,750$76,400
14Mitchell County$797$37$26,095$7,97736.65%$38,500$61,600
15Richmond County$1,141$22$37,596$2,56736.42%$45,200$72,300
16Brooks County$809$108$26,731$10,13336.32%$41,300$66,100
17Newton County$1,439$71$47,862$4,98636.08%$58,900$94,250
18Taylor County$630$89$21,000$9,86536.00%$38,500$61,600
19Lanier County$913$58$30,490$3,05235.93%$41,300$66,100
20Gwinnett County$1,810$15$60,473$1,79935.92%$58,900$94,250
21Spalding County$1,113$31$37,386$3,40635.72%$58,900$94,250
22Crisp County$778$30$26,178$5,54335.66%$38,500$61,600
23McIntosh County$800$302$26,962$7,72835.61%$46,050$73,700
24Lowndes County$1,052$35$35,544$2,92635.52%$41,300$66,100
25Bacon County$743$88$25,208$10,25435.37%$38,500$61,600
26Randolph County$606$150$21,052$5,07734.54%$38,500$61,600
27Schley County$816$132$28,586$4,43034.25%$38,500$61,600
28Towns County$808$113$28,321$3,17934.24%$39,350$62,950
29Chatham County$1,471$27$51,600$2,06134.21%$53,650$85,850
30Washington County$858$49$30,137$5,41434.16%$38,500$61,600
31Terrell County$745$53$26,281$6,19234.02%$38,500$61,600
32Rabun County$1,047$113$37,063$14,62633.90%$42,950$68,650
33Henry County$1,674$44$59,703$2,16533.65%$58,900$94,250
34Troup County$1,087$29$38,786$3,34433.63%$39,800$63,700
35Carroll County$1,153$47$41,146$2,51133.63%$58,900$94,250
36Wheeler County$581$204$20,833$16,55233.47%$38,500$61,600
37Heard County$917$70$32,950$11,77633.40%$58,900$94,250
38Fulton County$1,732$16$62,287$1,84833.37%$58,900$94,250
39Early County$791$81$28,457$6,37233.36%$38,500$61,600
40Fayette County$1,898$87$68,508$5,63933.25%$58,900$94,250
41Worth County$864$111$31,334$4,80333.09%$38,500$61,600
42Meriwether County$920$89$33,952$3,78332.52%$38,500$61,600
43Glynn County$1,135$54$41,938$3,84232.48%$46,050$73,700
44Cherokee County$1,799$44$66,514$5,63732.46%$58,900$94,250
45Calhoun County$546$266$20,221$5,90932.40%$38,500$61,600
46Montgomery County$760$81$28,158$8,41632.39%$38,500$61,600
47Thomas County$1,018$53$37,789$3,39632.33%$42,950$68,650
48Ware County$789$46$29,298$7,65832.32%$38,500$61,600
49Cook County$956$31$35,690$7,37732.14%$38,500$61,600
50Peach County$940$39$35,163$5,02932.08%$44,250$70,750
51Stewart County$607$95$22,736$18,84632.04%$38,500$61,600
52Sumter County$857$58$32,327$4,17631.81%$38,500$61,600
53Coffee County$710$60$26,899$4,94431.67%$38,500$61,600
54Polk County$918$73$34,918$2,83731.55%$38,500$61,600
55Walton County$1,175$62$44,800$4,52831.47%$58,900$94,250
56Talbot County$816$186$31,188$9,33531.40%$38,500$61,600
57Rockdale County$1,525$80$58,783$8,12131.13%$58,900$94,250
58Paulding County$1,772$71$68,750$5,54730.93%$58,900$94,250
59Macon County$655$43$25,436$4,85230.90%$38,500$61,600
60Douglas County$1,570$49$60,986$5,23630.89%$58,900$94,250
61Madison County$972$59$37,877$8,96030.79%$50,050$80,100
62Bryan County$1,618$112$63,166$12,17330.74%$53,650$85,850
63Cobb County$1,730$15$67,585$1,95630.72%$58,900$94,250
64Coweta County$1,488$83$58,502$3,55430.52%$58,900$94,250
65Liberty County$1,246$56$49,111$2,75930.45%$40,950$65,500
66Stephens County$820$59$32,410$5,72430.36%$38,500$61,600
67Muscogee County$1,106$20$43,837$2,72830.28%$42,350$67,750
68Oglethorpe County$913$89$36,295$19,45630.19%$50,050$80,100
69Chattooga County$790$100$31,406$6,00730.19%$38,500$61,600
70Houston County$1,208$38$48,203$3,59230.07%$49,550$79,300
71McDuffie County$792$34$31,691$3,08829.99%$45,200$72,300
72Floyd County$1,014$36$40,663$3,62429.92%$43,250$69,200
73Camden County$1,235$65$49,569$5,96929.90%$44,300$70,900
74Forsyth County$2,090$70$84,052$4,56329.84%$58,900$94,250
75Jeff Davis County$650$59$26,267$7,78829.70%$38,500$61,600
76Lumpkin County$1,142$70$46,161$8,82529.69%$48,100$76,950
77Burke County$758$76$30,750$12,30629.58%$45,200$72,300
78Walker County$940$32$38,169$4,08529.55%$48,700$77,900
79Columbia County$1,409$58$57,232$6,38829.54%$45,200$72,300
80Bulloch County$995$42$40,490$4,22929.49%$38,500$61,600
81Gilmer County$998$83$40,625$19,00629.48%$43,450$69,500
82Laurens County$863$53$35,198$5,04729.42%$38,500$61,600
83Dougherty County$935$23$38,240$2,56729.34%$38,500$61,600
84Colquitt County$818$67$33,455$5,19129.34%$38,500$61,600
85Barrow County$1,318$69$53,986$6,69229.30%$58,900$94,250
86Hall County$1,341$49$54,942$3,79529.29%$51,000$81,600
87Pulaski County$883$298$36,351$4,37829.15%$38,500$61,600
88Baldwin County$923$36$38,092$3,26229.08%$38,500$61,600
89Charlton County$540$386$22,303$20,88629.05%$38,500$61,600
90Dawson County$1,626$141$67,193$14,87129.04%$58,900$94,250
91Pickens County$1,136$90$47,010$3,57929.00%$58,900$94,250
92Tift County$777$56$32,342$2,51128.83%$38,500$61,600
93Wilkes County$786$133$32,857$21,69328.71%$38,500$61,600
94Jenkins County$535$354$22,393$20,30728.67%$38,500$61,600
95Morgan County$1,108$84$46,571$12,98428.55%$50,450$80,700
96Long County$976$92$41,198$6,81528.43%$39,850$63,750
97Lincoln County$786$74$33,370$12,20428.26%$38,500$61,600
98Union County$808$100$34,441$12,14728.15%$44,600$71,350
99Pierce County$799$45$34,170$2,14828.06%$41,850$66,950
100Decatur County$838$55$35,905$3,42528.01%$38,500$61,600
101Bartow County$1,268$72$54,527$4,91727.91%$58,900$94,250
102Candler County$715$67$30,917$8,03427.75%$38,500$61,600
103Chattahoochee County$1,348$66$58,697$11,09827.56%$42,350$67,750
104Wilcox County$610$36$26,786$11,01027.33%$38,500$61,600
105Marion County$710$49$31,339$16,93627.19%$42,350$67,750
106Grady County$779$30$34,609$8,87527.01%$39,100$62,550
107White County$1,032$88$45,909$10,06026.98%$45,250$72,400
108Murray County$857$29$38,278$4,45126.87%$40,950$65,500
109Appling County$739$94$33,516$2,09826.46%$38,500$61,600
110Echols County$1,017$227$46,167$10,81326.43%$41,300$66,100
111Gordon County$937$100$42,566$4,40626.42%$39,250$62,800
112Wayne County$846$43$38,469$10,48626.39%$38,500$61,600
113Butts County$941$75$42,977$6,47326.27%$40,600$64,950
114Tattnall County$699$104$32,032$8,16526.19%$38,500$61,600
115Toombs County$768$80$35,408$8,03926.03%$38,500$61,600
116Pike County$993$183$45,804$6,69726.02%$58,900$94,250
117Brantley County$755$69$34,954$4,92125.92%$46,050$73,700
118Whitfield County$971$30$45,006$2,82725.89%$41,500$66,400
119Berrien County$782$93$36,548$8,48925.68%$38,500$61,600
120Atkinson County$657$46$31,064$1,88725.38%$38,500$61,600
121Harris County$1,048$92$49,783$22,73225.26%$42,350$67,750
122Greene County$924$132$44,299$13,58325.03%$51,250$82,000
123Seminole County$879$86$42,179$11,64925.01%$38,500$61,600
124Catoosa County$993$55$47,732$4,54024.96%$48,700$77,900
125Turner County$679$95$33,133$5,52324.59%$38,500$61,600
126Habersham County$974$44$47,567$4,79624.57%$42,150$67,450
127Jasper County$970$71$47,638$19,51624.43%$58,900$94,250
128Jones County$964$85$47,572$14,16524.32%$38,500$61,600
129Dodge County$723$34$35,924$4,84224.15%$38,500$61,600
130Jefferson County$731$31$36,591$10,18723.97%$38,500$61,600
131Jackson County$1,126$74$56,682$7,63023.84%$57,000$91,200
132Effingham County$1,147$73$57,766$4,94623.83%$53,650$85,850
133Franklin County$844$54$42,899$7,92923.61%$38,500$61,600
134Dade County$829$81$42,305$9,26823.51%$48,700$77,900
135Fannin County$900$88$46,080$9,96523.44%$38,500$61,600
136Haralson County$923$26$47,736$9,39323.20%$45,550$72,900
137Evans County$719$55$37,228$15,24823.18%$38,500$61,600
138Irwin County$865$48$44,907$11,51923.11%$38,500$61,600
139Hart County$844$104$43,958$8,67923.04%$40,800$65,300
140Ben Hill County$688$50$35,848$7,76423.03%$38,500$61,600
141Treutlen County$733$84$38,200$21,79123.03%$38,500$61,600
142Screven County$679$27$35,824$6,10322.74%$38,500$61,600
143Clinch County$509$103$26,875$16,77822.73%$38,500$61,600
144Oconee County$1,462$227$77,460$14,58522.65%$50,050$80,100
145Dooly County$758$175$40,927$18,48222.22%$38,500$61,600
146Elbert County$844$90$46,318$4,79621.87%$40,100$64,150
147Lamar County$878$93$49,138$16,16221.44%$45,850$73,350
148Monroe County$943$51$53,009$16,69921.35%$54,900$87,850
149Lee County$1,184$88$68,085$11,58820.87%$38,500$61,600
150Crawford County$914$216$53,359$20,31420.56%$38,500$61,600
151Clay County$536$166$31,676$9,01720.31%$38,600$61,750
152Emanuel County$783$74$47,004$6,53619.99%$38,500$61,600
153Banks County$827$153$51,797$17,25819.16%$44,250$70,750
154Glascock County$642$407$42,000$26,66018.34%$40,500$64,800
155Taliaferro County$638$303$45,114$26,43416.97%$38,500$61,600
156Webster County$658$149$50,208$43,70015.73%$38,500$61,600

Method

Rent-to-income equals Census median gross rent (ACS table B25064) times 12, divided by renter median household income (ACS table B25119, renter-occupied column). The percent shown is that ratio rounded half up to the nearest 0.01 percentage point. HUD columns are the FY2026 4-person Very Low (50%) limit and the 4-person Low (80%) limit, plus the HUD area median family income on the same row. When every town row in a county publishes the same three figures, the page stores them once under the county name. When they differ, each town row is stored. A county is left out when median rent or renter income is missing or not positive. Rank is the unrounded ratio, then the county name.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year, tables B25064 and B25119, as of 2024-07-01 (data years 2020-2024), retrieved 2026-10-09, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25064, and HUD FY2026 Section 8 income limits effective 2026-05-01, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the highest rent-to-income ratio in Georgia?

Hancock County at 48.55%. Median gross rent is $938 (margin of error $250). Renter median household income is $23,185 (margin of error $5,834).

What is the lowest rent-to-income ratio in Georgia?

Webster County at 15.73%. Median gross rent is $658 (margin of error $149). Renter median household income is $50,208 (margin of error $43,700).

What is the state-level rent-to-income ratio in Georgia?

33.55%. Median gross rent is $1,393 (margin of error $6). Renter median household income is $49,820 (margin of error $493).