Rent + wages + renter pressure

County Rent Pressure Atlas: where rent change outruns wages

Where is Zillow county rent change running faster than BLS workplace wage change, and what do renter burden and housing vacancy add?

A four-measure county atlas that keeps market asking-rent change, workplace wage change, renter cost burden and total housing vacancy separate. The gap is a research signal, not an affordability score.

Counties compared
1,013
complete direct rent, wage and ACS context
Rent > wage change
441
all counties above the parity line
Rent up / wages down
18
strict opposite-sign pressure cases
Median renter burden
49.0%
unweighted median across included counties
What the four-measure join reveals

A rent-wage gap is a pressure flag, not an affordability verdict

The complete direct intersection contains 1,013 counties. Zillow rent change is greater than QCEW average-weekly-wage change in 441 of them. Within that group, 18 counties have the stricter combination of positive rent change and negative workplace wage change. In the remaining 572, wage change is equal to or ahead of rent change.

The median county gap is -0.5%. That middle reading is slightly on the wage-ahead side even though the upper tail is wide. Taylor County, TX has the largest current gap at 37.5%: Zillow rent changes 41.7% while QCEW average weekly wages change 4.3%. Its ACS renter-burden share is 51.6%. The row is preserved as reported evidence, not smoothed into a national trend or treated as a forecast.

The change gap answers whether two series are moving at the same rate. ACS renter burden answers how many renter households already cross a cost threshold. Neither measure can stand in for the other.

Across the included set, the median renter-burden share is 49.0%, while median total-housing vacancy is 8.7%. Vacancy includes seasonal, for-sale and other empty units, so it must not be read as rental availability. At the opposite end of the ranked gap, Campbell County, VA records a -27.4% rent-minus-wage gap. Together, the two tails show why the atlas keeps change, burden, vacancy and employment separate before a reader opens the county evidence and moves to property-level underwriting.

1,013 counties with the complete direct set

Rent change versus workplace wage change

Above the diagonal, Zillow rent change is running ahead of QCEW average-weekly-wage change. The gap is not an affordability score.

County rent change compared with workplace wage changeScatter plot of counties with complete Zillow rent, BLS wage and Census housing evidence. Points above the diagonal have rent change greater than workplace wage change. Point size represents county population.-30%-17%-4%9%22%35%-10%1%12%23%34%45%rent = wagesTaylor County, TX: rent 41.7%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 37.5%Stephenson County, IL: rent 36.9%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 34.9%Crook County, OR: rent 1.3%, workplace wages -25.1%, gap 26.4%Indiana County, PA: rent 25.1%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 21.5%Ouachita Parish, LA: rent 20.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 16.3%Winona County, MN: rent 18.6%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 15.7%Calcasieu Parish, LA: rent 17.6%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 15.4%Ashland County, OH: rent 17.1%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 13.9%St. Lawrence County, NY: rent 16.8%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 13.5%Muskogee County, OK: rent 16.1%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 13.4%Summit County, UT: rent 16.9%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 13.3%Harvey County, KS: rent 14.1%, workplace wages 1.3%, gap 12.8%Oswego County, NY: rent 15.5%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 12.0%Kauai County, HI: rent 17.2%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap 11.7%Chautauqua County, NY: rent 15.0%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 11.6%West Baton Rouge Parish, LA: rent 9.4%, workplace wages -1.9%, gap 11.4%Orangeburg County, SC: rent 0.9%, workplace wages -10.0%, gap 10.9%Rensselaer County, NY: rent 5.2%, workplace wages -5.7%, gap 10.9%Brown County, SD: rent 14.5%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap 10.6%Belknap County, NH: rent 11.3%, workplace wages 0.7%, gap 10.5%Hancock County, OH: rent 9.2%, workplace wages -1.0%, gap 10.1%Hawaii County, HI: rent 16.6%, workplace wages 6.7%, gap 9.9%Worcester County, MD: rent 12.3%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 9.4%Athens County, OH: rent 11.0%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 9.3%St. Charles Parish, LA: rent -0.0%, workplace wages -9.2%, gap 9.2%Otsego County, NY: rent 11.0%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 9.0%Isabella County, MI: rent 11.6%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 8.9%Jackson County, NC: rent 11.5%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 8.8%Sevier County, TN: rent 11.9%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 8.7%Queen Anne's County, MD: rent 9.8%, workplace wages 1.3%, gap 8.5%Cherokee County, OK: rent 13.7%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap 8.4%Hancock County, MS: rent 8.2%, workplace wages -0.3%, gap 8.4%Linn County, IA: rent 12.6%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 8.4%Pitkin County, CO: rent 13.8%, workplace wages 5.6%, gap 8.2%Suffolk city, VA: rent 3.0%, workplace wages -5.0%, gap 8.0%Morton County, ND: rent 10.6%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 7.7%Grant County, IN: rent 10.0%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 7.5%San Francisco County, CA: rent 20.3%, workplace wages 12.8%, gap 7.5%Kay County, OK: rent 10.9%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 7.4%Jackson County, IL: rent 5.0%, workplace wages -2.4%, gap 7.4%Mercer County, WV: rent 9.7%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 7.2%Stafford County, VA: rent 2.7%, workplace wages -4.4%, gap 7.1%Radford city, VA: rent 8.1%, workplace wages 1.1%, gap 7.0%Carter County, OK: rent 7.5%, workplace wages 0.6%, gap 7.0%Warren County, NY: rent 10.6%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 6.9%Sullivan County, NY: rent 7.7%, workplace wages 0.8%, gap 6.9%Buffalo County, NE: rent 10.4%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 6.9%Waynesboro city, VA: rent 6.0%, workplace wages -0.6%, gap 6.6%Laurens County, GA: rent 9.5%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 6.5%Lyon County, NV: rent 7.1%, workplace wages 0.9%, gap 6.3%Mecklenburg County, VA: rent 13.1%, workplace wages 7.0%, gap 6.2%Imperial County, CA: rent 9.3%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 6.0%Hamilton County, IN: rent 2.7%, workplace wages -3.3%, gap 6.0%Northumberland County, PA: rent 8.1%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 5.9%Winnebago County, IL: rent 8.7%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 5.5%Erie County, OH: rent 9.7%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 5.3%Midland County, MI: rent 3.9%, workplace wages -1.4%, gap 5.3%Geauga County, OH: rent 8.6%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 5.3%Berrien County, MI: rent 7.3%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap 5.3%Schuylkill County, PA: rent 8.4%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 5.2%Jessamine County, KY: rent 7.6%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap 5.2%Lawrence County, PA: rent 9.5%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 5.2%St. Bernard Parish, LA: rent 3.6%, workplace wages -1.6%, gap 5.2%Colbert County, AL: rent 8.0%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 5.1%Newton County, MO: rent 8.4%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 5.1%Lycoming County, PA: rent 7.5%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 5.0%Madison County, NY: rent 8.1%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 5.0%Rock Island County, IL: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 0.4%, gap 4.8%Tuolumne County, CA: rent 8.1%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 4.8%Grand Forks County, ND: rent 8.1%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 4.8%Kendall County, IL: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 0.4%, gap 4.7%Calvert County, MD: rent 7.3%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap 4.7%San Benito County, CA: rent 6.7%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 4.7%Eagle County, CO: rent 7.9%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 4.7%Garland County, AR: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap 4.6%Blair County, PA: rent 7.7%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 4.6%Cortland County, NY: rent 7.8%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 4.6%Kleberg County, TX: rent 9.7%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap 4.5%Franklin County, NC: rent 6.3%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 4.5%Coos County, OR: rent 9.8%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap 4.5%Tazewell County, IL: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap 4.4%Carbon County, PA: rent 7.7%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 4.4%Sebastian County, AR: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 1.0%, gap 4.3%Westchester County, NY: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 0.7%, gap 4.3%Culpeper County, VA: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 4.3%Shelby County, IN: rent 7.4%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 4.3%Wilson County, NC: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 0.7%, gap 4.2%Chaves County, NM: rent 7.1%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 4.2%Cambria County, PA: rent 8.8%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap 4.2%Clark County, KY: rent 6.3%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap 4.2%Douglas County, NV: rent 12.2%, workplace wages 8.1%, gap 4.1%Suffolk County, NY: rent 6.6%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 4.1%Cabell County, WV: rent 6.6%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 4.1%Mercer County, PA: rent 5.6%, workplace wages 1.6%, gap 4.0%Montrose County, CO: rent 9.4%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap 4.0%Pulaski County, MO: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 4.0%Madison County, MS: rent 7.6%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 4.0%Marathon County, WI: rent 8.5%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 4.0%Frederick County, VA: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 1.0%, gap 4.0%Cleveland County, NC: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 0.3%, gap 3.9%Jefferson County, OH: rent 9.8%, workplace wages 5.9%, gap 3.9%Mower County, MN: rent 8.0%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 3.9%Warren County, MO: rent 8.7%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap 3.9%Montgomery County, IN: rent 8.4%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 3.9%Angelina County, TX: rent 7.4%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 3.9%Chesapeake city, VA: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 3.9%Allegan County, MI: rent 8.6%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap 3.8%Union County, OR: rent 6.9%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 3.8%Putnam County, NY: rent 6.4%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap 3.8%Fond du Lac County, WI: rent 8.8%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap 3.8%Camden County, MO: rent 6.9%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 3.8%Thomas County, GA: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 1.6%, gap 3.7%Washington County, WI: rent 8.0%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 3.7%Roanoke County, VA: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 3.7%Columbia County, PA: rent 7.1%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 3.7%Butler County, KS: rent 5.9%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 3.6%Phelps County, MO: rent 9.2%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap 3.6%McCracken County, KY: rent 6.4%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 3.6%Greenwood County, SC: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 3.6%Monroe County, PA: rent 7.1%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 3.6%Williamsburg city, VA: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 0.2%, gap 3.6%Windsor County, VT: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap 3.5%Greene County, OH: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap 3.5%Champaign County, IL: rent 5.5%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 3.5%Jefferson County, NY: rent 7.2%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 3.4%Harford County, MD: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 0.2%, gap 3.4%Hamblen County, TN: rent 7.1%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 3.4%Lyon County, KS: rent 7.6%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 3.4%Dale County, AL: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 3.3%Hampshire County, MA: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 1.3%, gap 3.3%Oconee County, GA: rent 6.7%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 3.3%Tooele County, UT: rent 3.2%, workplace wages -0.1%, gap 3.3%Warren County, NJ: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap 3.3%Greene County, TN: rent 6.4%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 3.3%El Dorado County, CA: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 3.2%Ward County, ND: rent 6.4%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 3.2%San Patricio County, TX: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 3.2%LaSalle County, IL: rent 7.3%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 3.2%Hopewell city, VA: rent 6.0%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 3.1%Lamar County, MS: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 0.8%, gap 3.1%Richmond County, NY: rent 2.1%, workplace wages -1.0%, gap 3.1%Petersburg city, VA: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 3.1%Randall County, TX: rent 5.9%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 3.1%Warren County, OH: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 0.1%, gap 3.1%Trumbull County, OH: rent 6.6%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 3.0%Bronx County, NY: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 1.6%, gap 3.0%Norfolk city, VA: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 3.0%Douglas County, KS: rent 5.8%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 3.0%Walworth County, WI: rent 8.2%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap 3.0%Haywood County, NC: rent 10.1%, workplace wages 7.1%, gap 3.0%Adams County, IL: rent 5.5%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap 2.9%Saline County, AR: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 2.9%Campbell County, KY: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap 2.9%Cole County, MO: rent 9.3%, workplace wages 6.4%, gap 2.8%Black Hawk County, IA: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 0.3%, gap 2.8%Hardin County, TX: rent 7.0%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 2.8%Comanche County, OK: rent 5.8%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 2.8%Calhoun County, AL: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 2.8%Payne County, OK: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 2.8%Platte County, MO: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 2.8%Geary County, KS: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 1.6%, gap 2.8%Eddy County, NM: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 2.8%Dutchess County, NY: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 2.7%Wayne County, IN: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 2.7%Pike County, PA: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 2.7%Oktibbeha County, MS: rent 5.8%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 2.7%Cape May County, NJ: rent 5.8%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 2.7%Portage County, OH: rent 8.3%, workplace wages 5.7%, gap 2.6%Allen County, OH: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 2.6%Saratoga County, NY: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 2.6%Cheatham County, TN: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 0.5%, gap 2.6%Clinton County, PA: rent 6.6%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 2.5%Blue Earth County, MN: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 2.5%Ohio County, WV: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap 2.5%Madison County, IN: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 1.2%, gap 2.5%Saginaw County, MI: rent 7.6%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap 2.5%Madison County, KY: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 0.8%, gap 2.5%Harrisonburg city, VA: rent 8.2%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap 2.5%Leavenworth County, KS: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 2.4%Delaware County, IN: rent 6.0%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 2.4%Dyer County, TN: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 2.4%Rice County, MN: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap 2.4%Douglas County, WI: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 1.6%, gap 2.4%Chesterfield County, VA: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 0.7%, gap 2.4%Lake County, CA: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap 2.4%Washington County, VT: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 2.4%Clark County, IN: rent 1.4%, workplace wages -1.0%, gap 2.4%Newport News city, VA: rent 6.9%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 2.3%Fremont County, WY: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 0.4%, gap 2.3%Marin County, CA: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 1.6%, gap 2.3%Augusta County, VA: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 2.3%Cumberland County, PA: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 1.3%, gap 2.3%Lake County, IN: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 2.3%Franklin County, MA: rent 6.7%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 2.3%Riley County, KS: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 2.3%Niagara County, NY: rent 7.4%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap 2.2%Monterey County, CA: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 2.2%LaPorte County, IN: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 2.2%Cooke County, TX: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 2.2%Sandoval County, NM: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 1.6%, gap 2.1%Franklin County, PA: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 2.1%Wayne County, NC: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 2.1%Pasquotank County, NC: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 2.1%Grays Harbor County, WA: rent 7.6%, workplace wages 5.6%, gap 2.1%Allen County, IN: rent 6.6%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 2.1%Livingston Parish, LA: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 2.0%Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 2.0%Montgomery County, VA: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap 2.0%Wright County, MN: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 2.0%Lewis County, WA: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 2.0%Wayne County, OH: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 2.0%Kenton County, KY: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap 2.0%Jackson County, MI: rent 6.3%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 1.9%Bowie County, TX: rent 5.5%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 1.9%Kent County, RI: rent 5.9%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 1.9%Jackson County, MS: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 1.9%Kings County, NY: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 1.9%Roanoke city, VA: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 1.9%Tom Green County, TX: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 1.9%Edgecombe County, NC: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 1.8%Lincoln Parish, LA: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 1.8%DeKalb County, IL: rent 6.3%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 1.8%Ulster County, NY: rent 5.6%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 1.8%Georgetown County, SC: rent 6.9%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap 1.8%Contra Costa County, CA: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 1.2%, gap 1.8%Genesee County, MI: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 1.8%Hampton city, VA: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 1.7%Davidson County, NC: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 0.5%, gap 1.7%Routt County, CO: rent 8.5%, workplace wages 6.7%, gap 1.7%Spotsylvania County, VA: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 1.7%Lake County, IL: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap 1.7%Chambers County, TX: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap 1.7%Oneida County, NY: rent 5.9%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 1.7%Summit County, OH: rent 5.6%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap 1.7%Vermilion County, IL: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 1.7%Calloway County, KY: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 1.7%Medina County, OH: rent 5.5%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 1.7%Scott County, IA: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 1.7%Johnson County, IA: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 1.7%Lafourche Parish, LA: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap 1.6%Cook County, IL: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 1.6%Centre County, PA: rent 6.0%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 1.6%Lucas County, OH: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 1.6%Wood County, OH: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 1.6%Broome County, NY: rent 5.5%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap 1.6%Madison County, NE: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap 1.6%Navarro County, TX: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap 1.6%Greene County, MO: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap 1.6%Rogers County, OK: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap 1.6%Washington County, RI: rent 5.9%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 1.6%Delaware County, PA: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 1.5%Elmore County, ID: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap 1.5%Macomb County, MI: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap 1.5%Nassau County, NY: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 1.5%Berkeley County, SC: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 1.5%Howard County, IN: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 1.5%Warren County, IA: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 1.5%Maui County, HI: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap 1.5%Autauga County, AL: rent 5.9%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 1.4%Grand Traverse County, MI: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 1.4%Monongalia County, WV: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 1.4%Pontotoc County, OK: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap 1.4%Charles County, MD: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 1.4%Ingham County, MI: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 1.4%St. Joseph County, IN: rent 6.1%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap 1.4%Kenosha County, WI: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 1.3%Craven County, NC: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 1.3%Pope County, AR: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 1.3%Warrick County, IN: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap 1.3%Danville city, VA: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 1.3%Washington County, MD: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 1.7%, gap 1.3%Vigo County, IN: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 1.3%Wichita County, TX: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 1.3%Cuyahoga County, OH: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 1.3%Elkhart County, IN: rent 7.1%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap 1.3%Bartholomew County, IN: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 1.3%Lauderdale County, MS: rent 7.2%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap 1.3%Monroe County, WI: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 1.3%Tipton County, TN: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap 1.3%Westmoreland County, PA: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 1.3%Rockingham County, NC: rent 7.3%, workplace wages 6.1%, gap 1.3%Sumter County, SC: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap 1.3%Park County, MT: rent 6.3%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap 1.2%Henderson County, NC: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 1.2%Hennepin County, MN: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 1.2%Mahoning County, OH: rent 5.6%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 1.2%Morgan County, IN: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap 1.2%Peoria County, IL: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 1.2%Elmore County, AL: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 1.2%York County, VA: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap 1.2%Chester County, PA: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 1.2%Merrimack County, NH: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 1.2%Potter County, TX: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 1.2%Terrebonne Parish, LA: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 1.2%Fairfax city, VA: rent 0.6%, workplace wages -0.6%, gap 1.2%Washoe County, NV: rent 6.5%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap 1.2%Saline County, KS: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 1.1%Gloucester County, NJ: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 1.1%Columbia County, OR: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 1.1%Kalamazoo County, MI: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap 1.1%Hampden County, MA: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 1.1%Richland County, OH: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 1.1%Vanderburgh County, IN: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 1.1%Sullivan County, NH: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 1.1%Randolph County, NC: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 1.1%Frederick County, MD: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 1.2%, gap 1.0%Winchester city, VA: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 1.0%Dauphin County, PA: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 1.0%Sedgwick County, KS: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 1.0%East Baton Rouge Parish, LA: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap 1.0%Orange County, NY: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap 1.0%Virginia Beach city, VA: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 1.0%Cheshire County, NH: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 1.0%Curry County, NM: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 1.0%McClain County, OK: rent 6.3%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap 1.0%Tuscaloosa County, AL: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 1.0%Ocean County, NJ: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap 1.0%Liberty County, GA: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 1.0%Waukesha County, WI: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 1.0%Knox County, ME: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap 1.0%Williamson County, IL: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 0.9%Matagorda County, TX: rent 0.3%, workplace wages -0.6%, gap 0.9%Lee County, NC: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.9%Clark County, OH: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 0.9%Elko County, NV: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 0.9%Coffee County, TN: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 0.9%, gap 0.9%Teller County, CO: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 1.7%, gap 0.8%Warren County, KY: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 0.8%Alameda County, CA: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 0.8%Dodge County, WI: rent 6.4%, workplace wages 5.6%, gap 0.8%Carson City, NV: rent 5.8%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap 0.8%Cumberland County, NC: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 0.8%Whitman County, WA: rent 6.9%, workplace wages 6.1%, gap 0.8%Wicomico County, MD: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 0.8%Coffee County, AL: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.8%Androscoggin County, ME: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 0.8%Ada County, ID: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 0.7%Hinds County, MS: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap 0.7%St. Clair County, IL: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 0.7%Fayette County, PA: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 0.7%Cass County, ND: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 0.7%Grafton County, NH: rent 7.1%, workplace wages 6.4%, gap 0.7%Albany County, NY: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 0.7%Rock County, WI: rent 5.9%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap 0.7%Etowah County, AL: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 0.7%Ozaukee County, WI: rent 6.4%, workplace wages 5.7%, gap 0.7%Bullitt County, KY: rent 6.6%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap 0.7%Yakima County, WA: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 0.6%Catoosa County, GA: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap 0.6%Montgomery County, PA: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap 0.6%Lackawanna County, PA: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 0.6%Christian County, KY: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 1.3%, gap 0.6%Caddo Parish, LA: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 0.6%Sangamon County, IL: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap 0.6%Kings County, CA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 1.7%, gap 0.6%Lake County, OH: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.6%Brookings County, SD: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 0.6%Kanawha County, WV: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 0.6%Rankin County, MS: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.6%Atlantic County, NJ: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 0.6%Craighead County, AR: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 0.6%Cleveland County, OK: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 0.6%Luzerne County, PA: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 0.6%Cameron County, TX: rent 6.0%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap 0.6%Minnehaha County, SD: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 0.6%Jasper County, MO: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.5%Nassau County, FL: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 0.5%Boone County, KY: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 0.5%Tippecanoe County, IN: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap 0.5%Kerr County, TX: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap 0.5%Sonoma County, CA: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap 0.5%Portsmouth city, VA: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.5%Muscogee County, GA: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap 0.5%Honolulu County, HI: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap 0.5%Bossier Parish, LA: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 0.5%Marquette County, MI: rent 5.4%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap 0.5%Greene County, AR: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 0.5%Cumberland County, NJ: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 0.5%Campbell County, WY: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 0.4%McHenry County, IL: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.4%Loudon County, TN: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.4%McLean County, IL: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 0.4%Kitsap County, WA: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 0.4%Pottawattamie County, IA: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 0.4%Union County, NJ: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 1.7%, gap 0.4%Limestone County, AL: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap 0.4%Okaloosa County, FL: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.4%Bristol County, MA: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.4%Camden County, NJ: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap 0.4%Monroe County, MI: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 0.4%Chilton County, AL: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.4%Baldwin County, GA: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 0.4%Berks County, PA: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 0.4%Bucks County, PA: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 0.4%DuPage County, IL: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 0.4%Penobscot County, ME: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.3%Iberia Parish, LA: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 0.3%Bulloch County, GA: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 0.3%Lafayette County, MS: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap 0.3%Bryan County, OK: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 0.3%Ottawa County, MI: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 0.3%St. Louis city, MO: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap 0.3%Philadelphia County, PA: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 0.3%Bingham County, ID: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 0.3%Sussex County, NJ: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 0.3%Dickson County, TN: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 0.3%Muskingum County, OH: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap 0.3%Calhoun County, MI: rent 6.4%, workplace wages 6.2%, gap 0.3%Anchorage Municipality, AK: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.2%Burleigh County, ND: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap 0.2%San Juan County, NM: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap 0.2%Douglas County, OR: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap 0.2%St. Clair County, MI: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.2%Skagit County, WA: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap 0.2%Rockland County, NY: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.2%San Bernardino County, CA: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 0.2%Pottawatomie County, OK: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap 0.2%Whitfield County, GA: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 0.2%Northampton County, PA: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 0.2%Douglas County, NE: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap 0.2%Shawnee County, KS: rent 5.7%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap 0.2%Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK: rent 6.2%, workplace wages 6.1%, gap 0.2%Beaver County, PA: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap 0.2%Fayette County, TN: rent 5.1%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap 0.2%Will County, IL: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap 0.1%Montezuma County, CO: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap 0.1%Kosciusko County, IN: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap 0.1%Chemung County, NY: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap 0.1%Lee County, GA: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 0.5%, gap 0.1%Bastrop County, TX: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 1.0%, gap 0.1%Stearns County, MN: rent 5.0%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap 0.1%Victoria County, TX: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 0.1%Shasta County, CA: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap 0.1%Yuba County, CA: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 0.1%Hamilton County, OH: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap 0.0%Washington County, PA: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap 0.0%James City County, VA: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap 0.0%Boone County, MO: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap 0.0%Bergen County, NJ: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap 0.0%Riverside County, CA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap 0.0%Tehama County, CA: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap 0.0%Franklin County, MO: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.0%St. Louis County, MN: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -0.0%Clinton County, MI: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -0.0%Ascension Parish, LA: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap -0.0%Mesa County, CO: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.0%El Paso County, TX: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap -0.0%Baldwin County, AL: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -0.0%Taney County, MO: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -0.0%Lonoke County, AR: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap -0.0%Kane County, IL: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -0.0%Outagamie County, WI: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -0.0%Douglas County, WA: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -0.0%Cochise County, AZ: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -0.1%Harrison County, WV: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap -0.1%San Joaquin County, CA: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 1.1%, gap -0.1%Jefferson County, WI: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -0.1%Jackson County, MO: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.1%Pickens County, SC: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -0.1%Cascade County, MT: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -0.1%Cherokee County, SC: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -0.1%Laramie County, WY: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -0.1%Wakulla County, FL: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -0.1%Milwaukee County, WI: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -0.1%Clay County, MO: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -0.1%Martin County, FL: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -0.1%Aransas County, TX: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -0.1%Hoke County, NC: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap -0.1%Allegheny County, PA: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.1%Lea County, NM: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -0.1%Dubuque County, IA: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -0.1%Schenectady County, NY: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap -0.1%Lee County, AL: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -0.2%Lehigh County, PA: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -0.2%Scott County, KY: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -0.2%St. Louis County, MO: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -0.2%Vernon Parish, LA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap -0.2%Fayette County, KY: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -0.2%Yellowstone County, MT: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -0.3%York County, PA: rent 3.9%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -0.3%Raleigh County, WV: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap -0.3%Wayne County, MI: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -0.3%Sussex County, DE: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -0.3%New York County, NY: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 7.1%, gap -0.3%Faulkner County, AR: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -0.3%Jefferson County, WV: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -0.3%Ontario County, NY: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -0.3%Monroe County, NY: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -0.3%Chippewa County, WI: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.3%White County, AR: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -0.3%Albany County, WY: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap -0.3%Cumberland County, ME: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -0.3%Staunton city, VA: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -0.3%Fulton County, GA: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -0.3%Sutter County, CA: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -0.3%Christian County, MO: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap -0.4%Madison County, IL: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -0.4%Sherburne County, MN: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -0.4%Kankakee County, IL: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -0.4%Crawford County, KS: rent 5.3%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap -0.4%Pennington County, SD: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -0.4%Lauderdale County, AL: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.5%New Castle County, DE: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -0.5%Lincoln County, OR: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -0.5%Passaic County, NJ: rent 1.3%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap -0.5%Lancaster County, PA: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -0.5%Madera County, CA: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -0.5%Tangipahoa Parish, LA: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -0.5%Anoka County, MN: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -0.5%Montgomery County, AL: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -0.5%Oakland County, MI: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -0.6%Queens County, NY: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -0.6%Crawford County, AR: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap -0.6%St. Croix County, WI: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -0.6%Houston County, GA: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -0.6%Jackson County, OR: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -0.6%Santa Cruz County, CA: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.6%Mobile County, AL: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -0.6%Franklin County, WA: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -0.6%Johnson County, KS: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.6%Washington County, MN: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -0.6%Cullman County, AL: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -0.6%Henry County, GA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap -0.6%Sacramento County, CA: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap -0.6%Alamance County, NC: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -0.6%Navajo County, AZ: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -0.6%Newport County, RI: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -0.7%Columbia County, NY: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -0.7%Bonner County, ID: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -0.7%La Crosse County, WI: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -0.7%Nevada County, CA: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -0.7%Garfield County, OK: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -0.7%Woodbury County, IA: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -0.7%York County, SC: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -0.7%Tulare County, CA: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -0.7%Utah County, UT: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap -0.7%Johnston County, NC: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 1.4%, gap -0.7%Onslow County, NC: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -0.7%Wood County, WV: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -0.7%Charlottesville city, VA: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.7%Henrico County, VA: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.7%Madison County, OH: rent 4.2%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -0.7%Anne Arundel County, MD: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap -0.7%Hardin County, KY: rent -0.5%, workplace wages 0.3%, gap -0.8%Carteret County, NC: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -0.8%Burlington County, NJ: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.8%Dakota County, MN: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap -0.8%Butte County, CA: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -0.8%Fresno County, CA: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -0.8%Harrison County, MS: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -0.8%Oklahoma County, OK: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -0.8%Providence County, RI: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -0.8%Dorchester County, SC: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.8%Davis County, UT: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap -0.8%Pitt County, NC: rent 4.4%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -0.8%Barnstable County, MA: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -0.8%Livingston County, MI: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -0.8%Klamath County, OR: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -0.8%Canyon County, ID: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -0.8%Clarke County, GA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -0.9%Clermont County, OH: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -0.9%Cass County, MO: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -0.9%Lynchburg city, VA: rent 4.7%, workplace wages 5.6%, gap -0.9%Lake County, FL: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap -0.9%Washington County, AR: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap -0.9%Wood County, WI: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -0.9%Forsyth County, GA: rent 1.3%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -0.9%Daviess County, KY: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -0.9%Orange County, NC: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 1.0%, gap -0.9%Kern County, CA: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -0.9%Winnebago County, WI: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -0.9%Washington County, OR: rent -1.2%, workplace wages -0.2%, gap -0.9%Kennebec County, ME: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -1.0%Deschutes County, OR: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -1.0%Talladega County, AL: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.0%Stanislaus County, CA: rent 0.6%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap -1.0%Ramsey County, MN: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -1.0%Santa Clara County, CA: rent 6.3%, workplace wages 7.3%, gap -1.0%Lancaster County, NE: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -1.0%Sauk County, WI: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -1.0%Reno County, KS: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap -1.0%Columbia County, GA: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -1.0%Grady County, OK: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -1.0%Kaufman County, TX: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -1.0%St. Charles County, MO: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -1.0%Sarpy County, NE: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -1.0%Howard County, MD: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -1.0%Dawson County, GA: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap -1.0%Lowndes County, GA: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -1.1%Dane County, WI: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -1.1%Fairfax County, VA: rent -0.3%, workplace wages 0.8%, gap -1.1%Escambia County, FL: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -1.1%Nueces County, TX: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -1.1%Montgomery County, OH: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -1.1%Floyd County, IN: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -1.2%Washington County, UT: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -1.2%Pulaski County, AR: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -1.2%Ventura County, CA: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -1.2%Hendricks County, IN: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -1.2%Shenandoah County, VA: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -1.2%Eau Claire County, WI: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -1.2%Merced County, CA: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -1.2%Onondaga County, NY: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap -1.2%Siskiyou County, CA: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -1.2%Kent County, MI: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -1.2%Norfolk County, MA: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -1.2%Grundy County, IL: rent 1.3%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap -1.2%Santa Barbara County, CA: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -1.3%Box Elder County, UT: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -1.3%Johnson County, MO: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.3%Fredericksburg city, VA: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -1.3%Polk County, IA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -1.3%Cabarrus County, NC: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap -1.3%Benton County, OR: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -1.3%Citrus County, FL: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -1.3%Dunn County, WI: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.3%Lancaster County, SC: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -1.3%Baltimore County, MD: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -1.3%Tulsa County, OK: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -1.3%Fauquier County, VA: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.3%Wyandotte County, KS: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -1.3%Portage County, WI: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -1.3%Stark County, OH: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -1.3%Strafford County, NH: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -1.4%Camden County, GA: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -1.4%Galveston County, TX: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -1.4%Putnam County, WV: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap -1.4%Twin Falls County, ID: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.4%Rockingham County, NH: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -1.4%Wagoner County, OK: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -1.4%Humboldt County, CA: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.4%Lane County, OR: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -1.4%Guilford County, NC: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -1.5%Manassas city, VA: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -1.5%San Diego County, CA: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -1.5%Walton County, GA: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -1.5%Lee County, MS: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -1.5%Lincoln County, SD: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 6.7%, gap -1.5%Williamson County, TN: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -1.5%Cobb County, GA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -1.5%Lorain County, OH: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.5%Dodge County, NE: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap -1.5%Washtenaw County, MI: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -1.5%Lebanon County, PA: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.5%Santa Rosa County, FL: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.5%Erie County, PA: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -1.5%Richmond city, VA: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -1.5%Douglas County, GA: rent 0.3%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap -1.5%Chelan County, WA: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -1.6%Flathead County, MT: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -1.6%Bay County, MI: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -1.6%Mendocino County, CA: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -1.6%Cache County, UT: rent 4.3%, workplace wages 5.9%, gap -1.6%Hudson County, NJ: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -1.6%Lowndes County, MS: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -1.6%Mohave County, AZ: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -1.6%Worcester County, MA: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -1.6%Clay County, MN: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -1.6%Monroe County, IN: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -1.6%Union County, OH: rent -0.1%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap -1.6%Macon County, IL: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap -1.6%St. John the Baptist Parish, LA: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap -1.6%Tompkins County, NY: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -1.6%Wasco County, OR: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -1.6%Essex County, MA: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -1.7%Morris County, NJ: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap -1.7%Story County, IA: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.7%Falls Church city, VA: rent -2.9%, workplace wages -1.2%, gap -1.7%Bibb County, GA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -1.7%Lampasas County, TX: rent 7.8%, workplace wages 9.5%, gap -1.7%Kendall County, TX: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap -1.7%Erie County, NY: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -1.7%Brazoria County, TX: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -1.7%St. Lucie County, FL: rent 1.3%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -1.7%Mason County, WA: rent 4.5%, workplace wages 6.2%, gap -1.7%Cape Girardeau County, MO: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -1.8%Middlesex County, MA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.8%Richmond County, GA: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -1.8%Columbia County, FL: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -1.8%Monmouth County, NJ: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap -1.8%Washington County, TN: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -1.8%Woodford County, KY: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -1.8%Essex County, NJ: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -1.8%Harnett County, NC: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap -1.8%Madison County, AL: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -1.9%Fort Bend County, TX: rent -0.4%, workplace wages 1.5%, gap -1.9%Loudoun County, VA: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap -1.9%Orange County, CA: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -1.9%Prince George's County, MD: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -1.9%Parker County, TX: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -1.9%Forrest County, MS: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -1.9%Boone County, IN: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -1.9%Hillsborough County, NH: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -1.9%Los Angeles County, CA: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -1.9%Butler County, OH: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -1.9%Placer County, CA: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -1.9%Pender County, NC: rent 4.1%, workplace wages 6.1%, gap -1.9%Dallas County, IA: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -1.9%Liberty County, TX: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -1.9%Sheboygan County, WI: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -2.0%Ellis County, TX: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -2.0%Roosevelt County, NM: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -2.0%Hood County, TX: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -2.0%Morgan County, AL: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -2.0%York County, ME: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.0%Franklin County, OH: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.0%Mercer County, NJ: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -2.0%Clayton County, GA: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -2.0%Alachua County, FL: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -2.0%Charlotte County, FL: rent -0.0%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap -2.0%Pueblo County, CO: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.1%Prince William County, VA: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -2.1%Plymouth County, MA: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -2.1%Logan County, OK: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap -2.1%St. Tammany Parish, LA: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.1%Lexington County, SC: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -2.1%Marion County, WV: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -2.1%Madison County, TN: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -2.1%Hall County, NE: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 2.9%, gap -2.1%Berkeley County, WV: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -2.1%Albemarle County, VA: rent 0.6%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -2.2%Blount County, TN: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -2.2%Gila County, AZ: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -2.2%Lubbock County, TX: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -2.2%Grand County, CO: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -2.2%Kittitas County, WA: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -2.2%Effingham County, GA: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.2%Hancock County, IN: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -2.2%Lamoille County, VT: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -2.2%Muskegon County, MI: rent 8.2%, workplace wages 10.5%, gap -2.2%San Mateo County, CA: rent 6.8%, workplace wages 9.0%, gap -2.2%Summit County, CO: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -2.2%Newton County, GA: rent 4.6%, workplace wages 6.8%, gap -2.2%Wilson County, TN: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -2.2%Brunswick County, NC: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap -2.2%Lafayette Parish, LA: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap -2.2%Shelby County, AL: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.2%DeKalb County, GA: rent 2.6%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -2.2%Brown County, WI: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -2.3%Napa County, CA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -2.3%Missoula County, MT: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -2.3%Johnson County, IN: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.3%Spartanburg County, SC: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -2.3%Hunt County, TX: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -2.3%Carroll County, MD: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -2.3%Montgomery County, MD: rent -0.3%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap -2.3%Suffolk County, MA: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap -2.3%Buchanan County, MO: rent 3.7%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -2.3%Franklin County, KY: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -2.3%Jefferson County, TX: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap -2.3%Catawba County, NC: rent 3.5%, workplace wages 5.9%, gap -2.4%Solano County, CA: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -2.4%Hidalgo County, TX: rent 0.0%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -2.4%Linn County, OR: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.4%King County, WA: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -2.4%Olmsted County, MN: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -2.4%Clallam County, WA: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -2.4%Rockingham County, VA: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.4%St. Johns County, FL: rent 1.3%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -2.4%Rutherford County, TN: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -2.4%Jefferson County, KY: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -2.4%Richland County, SC: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.5%Middlesex County, NJ: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.5%Iredell County, NC: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -2.5%Anderson County, SC: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -2.5%Hall County, GA: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -2.5%Tarrant County, TX: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -2.5%Warren County, VA: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -2.5%Sumter County, FL: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -2.5%Cowlitz County, WA: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.5%Walla Walla County, WA: rent 3.4%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -2.6%Benton County, WA: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -2.6%Bonneville County, ID: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.6%Coweta County, GA: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -2.6%Eaton County, MI: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -2.6%Vance County, NC: rent -0.5%, workplace wages 2.1%, gap -2.6%Polk County, FL: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -2.6%Kootenai County, ID: rent 3.2%, workplace wages 5.9%, gap -2.6%Burnet County, TX: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -2.7%Wasatch County, UT: rent 3.8%, workplace wages 6.4%, gap -2.7%Canadian County, OK: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -2.7%Natrona County, WY: rent 0.6%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -2.7%Adair County, MO: rent -0.7%, workplace wages 2.0%, gap -2.7%Rapides Parish, LA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.7%Sumner County, TN: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -2.7%Hanover County, VA: rent 5.2%, workplace wages 7.9%, gap -2.7%Marshall County, AL: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -2.7%Otero County, NM: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.7%Doña Ana County, NM: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -2.7%Fremont County, CO: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -2.7%Sullivan County, TN: rent 7.0%, workplace wages 9.7%, gap -2.7%Greenville County, SC: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -2.8%Brazos County, TX: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -2.8%Butler County, PA: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 3.5%, gap -2.8%Seminole County, FL: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -2.8%Cecil County, MD: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -2.8%Yuma County, AZ: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -2.8%Shelby County, TN: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.8%Fayette County, GA: rent -0.4%, workplace wages 2.4%, gap -2.8%Cherokee County, GA: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -2.8%Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -2.8%Gwinnett County, GA: rent -0.3%, workplace wages 2.6%, gap -2.8%Midland County, TX: rent -3.8%, workplace wages -0.9%, gap -2.9%Bernalillo County, NM: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -2.9%Pima County, AZ: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -2.9%Forsyth County, NC: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -2.9%Pierce County, WA: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap -2.9%Orange County, TX: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -2.9%Brevard County, FL: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -3.0%Clark County, WA: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -3.0%Miami County, OH: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -3.0%Osceola County, FL: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -3.0%Jefferson County, MO: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -3.0%Nacogdoches County, TX: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -3.0%Smith County, TX: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -3.0%Kershaw County, SC: rent 0.3%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -3.0%Collier County, FL: rent 0.2%, workplace wages 3.2%, gap -3.0%Iron County, UT: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -3.0%Yolo County, CA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -3.0%Lincoln County, NC: rent -1.3%, workplace wages 1.8%, gap -3.0%Spokane County, WA: rent 2.1%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -3.1%Salt Lake County, UT: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -3.1%Silver Bow County, MT: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -3.1%Charleston County, SC: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap -3.1%Madison County, ID: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -3.1%Lewis and Clark County, MT: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -3.1%Broward County, FL: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -3.1%Troup County, GA: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -3.1%Clatsop County, OR: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 6.1%, gap -3.1%Racine County, WI: rent 3.1%, workplace wages 6.2%, gap -3.1%Bay County, FL: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -3.1%Aiken County, SC: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -3.1%Stark County, ND: rent -1.0%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -3.1%Dallas County, TX: rent 0.6%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -3.1%Licking County, OH: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap -3.1%Orleans Parish, LA: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -3.2%Somerset County, NJ: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 6.2%, gap -3.2%Monroe County, FL: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -3.2%Volusia County, FL: rent 0.6%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -3.3%Johnson County, TX: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -3.3%Knox County, TN: rent 0.2%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -3.3%New Hanover County, NC: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 6.1%, gap -3.3%Kent County, DE: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -3.3%Thurston County, WA: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap -3.3%Polk County, OR: rent 0.6%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -3.3%Scott County, MN: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 6.3%, gap -3.3%Long County, GA: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -3.3%Valencia County, NM: rent 0.2%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -3.4%Salem city, VA: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -3.4%La Plata County, CO: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -3.4%Webb County, TX: rent -0.7%, workplace wages 2.7%, gap -3.4%Baltimore city, MD: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 5.9%, gap -3.4%Hamilton County, TN: rent 1.6%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -3.4%Horry County, SC: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -3.4%Allegany County, MD: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -3.4%Multnomah County, OR: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -3.4%Leon County, FL: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -3.4%Barrow County, GA: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -3.4%Robertson County, TN: rent -0.4%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -3.5%Coconino County, AZ: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -3.5%Yavapai County, AZ: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -3.5%Harris County, TX: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -3.5%Santa Fe County, NM: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -3.5%Gregg County, TX: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -3.5%Robeson County, NC: rent -0.7%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -3.5%Maricopa County, AZ: rent -0.1%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -3.5%Walker County, TX: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -3.5%Adams County, PA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -3.6%Adams County, CO: rent -1.4%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -3.6%Flagler County, FL: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -3.6%Clark County, NV: rent 0.2%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -3.6%Beaufort County, SC: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -3.6%Alexandria city, VA: rent -1.3%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap -3.7%Bedford County, VA: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -3.7%Paulding County, GA: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap -3.7%Stutsman County, ND: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -3.7%Marion County, IN: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 5.9%, gap -3.7%Garfield County, CO: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -3.7%Jackson County, GA: rent 2.8%, workplace wages 6.5%, gap -3.7%Guadalupe County, TX: rent -0.7%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -3.7%Mecklenburg County, NC: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -3.7%Jefferson County, AL: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -3.7%Hernando County, FL: rent -0.9%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -3.7%Moore County, NC: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -3.7%Glynn County, GA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -3.8%Gaston County, NC: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -3.8%Snohomish County, WA: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 5.5%, gap -3.8%Russell County, AL: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -3.8%Chaffee County, CO: rent -0.4%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -3.8%Oconee County, SC: rent -0.0%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -3.8%Chittenden County, VT: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -3.8%Latah County, ID: rent -1.6%, workplace wages 2.2%, gap -3.8%Yamhill County, OR: rent 0.3%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -3.8%Williams County, ND: rent -3.3%, workplace wages 0.6%, gap -3.9%Floyd County, GA: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -3.9%McLennan County, TX: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -3.9%San Luis Obispo County, CA: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -3.9%Clear Creek County, CO: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -3.9%St. Mary's County, MD: rent -1.4%, workplace wages 2.5%, gap -3.9%Palm Beach County, FL: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 6.3%, gap -3.9%Orange County, FL: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -3.9%Coryell County, TX: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -3.9%Waller County, TX: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -4.0%El Paso County, CO: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -4.0%Goochland County, VA: rent 4.9%, workplace wages 8.9%, gap -4.0%Henry County, IN: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -4.0%Boulder County, CO: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap -4.0%Bradley County, TN: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -4.0%Williamson County, TX: rent -1.3%, workplace wages 2.8%, gap -4.1%Dougherty County, GA: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -4.1%Marion County, FL: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -4.1%Fairfield County, OH: rent 1.7%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap -4.1%Beltrami County, MN: rent 2.3%, workplace wages 6.4%, gap -4.1%McMinn County, TN: rent 1.3%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -4.1%Duval County, FL: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 5.2%, gap -4.1%Montgomery County, TX: rent -0.3%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -4.1%Highlands County, FL: rent 0.7%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -4.1%Stanly County, NC: rent 2.4%, workplace wages 6.6%, gap -4.2%Florence County, SC: rent 1.5%, workplace wages 5.7%, gap -4.2%Marion County, IA: rent -0.1%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -4.2%DeSoto County, MS: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -4.2%Union County, NC: rent 2.2%, workplace wages 6.4%, gap -4.2%Davidson County, TN: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 4.0%, gap -4.2%Bannock County, ID: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -4.2%Weber County, UT: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 4.1%, gap -4.2%Marshall County, IA: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -4.3%Buncombe County, NC: rent 0.6%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -4.3%Uintah County, UT: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 7.9%, gap -4.3%Pasco County, FL: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -4.3%Talbot County, MD: rent -0.0%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -4.4%Laurens County, SC: rent 1.4%, workplace wages 5.8%, gap -4.5%Jasper County, SC: rent -2.2%, workplace wages 2.3%, gap -4.5%Houston County, AL: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -4.6%Clackamas County, OR: rent 0.2%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -4.6%Denton County, TX: rent -1.1%, workplace wages 3.6%, gap -4.7%Weld County, CO: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -4.7%Porter County, IN: rent 2.7%, workplace wages 7.4%, gap -4.7%Umatilla County, OR: rent 2.5%, workplace wages 7.3%, gap -4.7%Sarasota County, FL: rent -1.0%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -4.8%Marion County, OR: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -4.8%Pinal County, AZ: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 5.6%, gap -4.8%Rowan County, NC: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -4.9%Hillsborough County, FL: rent -1.2%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -4.9%Comal County, TX: rent -1.8%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -5.0%Island County, WA: rent 4.8%, workplace wages 9.8%, gap -5.0%Miami-Dade County, FL: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -5.0%Bexar County, TX: rent -2.0%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -5.0%Rockdale County, GA: rent -1.9%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -5.1%Rockwall County, TX: rent -0.2%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -5.1%Chatham County, NC: rent 3.6%, workplace wages 8.7%, gap -5.1%Spalding County, GA: rent -1.4%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -5.1%Walton County, FL: rent 0.4%, workplace wages 5.6%, gap -5.2%Washington County, TX: rent -0.6%, workplace wages 4.6%, gap -5.2%Lee County, FL: rent -1.9%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -5.2%Walker County, GA: rent -1.5%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -5.2%Durham County, NC: rent 0.1%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -5.2%Putnam County, TN: rent -1.3%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -5.2%Montgomery County, TN: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 6.2%, gap -5.3%Ector County, TX: rent -4.5%, workplace wages 0.8%, gap -5.3%Erath County, TX: rent -0.5%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -5.3%Nelson County, KY: rent -2.3%, workplace wages 3.0%, gap -5.3%Bell County, TX: rent -1.0%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -5.4%Anderson County, TN: rent -1.5%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -5.4%Carroll County, GA: rent 1.1%, workplace wages 6.5%, gap -5.4%Wake County, NC: rent 0.2%, workplace wages 5.6%, gap -5.4%Whatcom County, WA: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 6.5%, gap -5.4%Jefferson Parish, LA: rent -1.7%, workplace wages 3.8%, gap -5.5%Berkshire County, MA: rent 2.9%, workplace wages 8.4%, gap -5.5%Bartow County, GA: rent 0.9%, workplace wages 6.4%, gap -5.6%Gallatin County, MT: rent 1.0%, workplace wages 6.6%, gap -5.6%Delaware County, OH: rent -0.5%, workplace wages 5.0%, gap -5.6%Pinellas County, FL: rent -0.8%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -5.7%Nash County, NC: rent -3.8%, workplace wages 1.9%, gap -5.7%Douglas County, CO: rent -1.2%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -5.7%Gordon County, GA: rent -1.6%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -5.8%District of Columbia, DC: rent -1.1%, workplace wages 4.8%, gap -5.8%Hays County, TX: rent -2.5%, workplace wages 3.4%, gap -6.0%Arapahoe County, CO: rent -2.3%, workplace wages 3.7%, gap -6.0%Chatham County, GA: rent -1.6%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -6.0%Broomfield County, CO: rent -0.9%, workplace wages 5.1%, gap -6.1%Collin County, TX: rent -1.7%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -6.1%Denver County, CO: rent -1.4%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -6.1%Roane County, TN: rent 0.8%, workplace wages 7.0%, gap -6.2%Transylvania County, NC: rent -1.9%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -6.2%Josephine County, OR: rent -1.6%, workplace wages 4.7%, gap -6.3%Sweetwater County, WY: rent -3.4%, workplace wages 3.1%, gap -6.5%Bristol County, RI: rent 4.0%, workplace wages 10.6%, gap -6.6%Manatee County, FL: rent -2.2%, workplace wages 4.4%, gap -6.6%Nye County, NV: rent 0.5%, workplace wages 7.2%, gap -6.7%Wise County, TX: rent -2.3%, workplace wages 4.5%, gap -6.8%Grant County, WA: rent -2.7%, workplace wages 4.3%, gap -6.9%Washington County, OK: rent -3.1%, workplace wages 3.9%, gap -6.9%Travis County, TX: rent -2.0%, workplace wages 4.9%, gap -6.9%Manassas Park city, VA: rent -1.7%, workplace wages 5.4%, gap -7.1%Arlington County, VA: rent -0.5%, workplace wages 6.6%, gap -7.1%Pettis County, MO: rent -1.9%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -7.2%Jefferson County, CO: rent -1.4%, workplace wages 6.0%, gap -7.3%Indian River County, FL: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 9.2%, gap -7.4%Steuben County, NY: rent -0.4%, workplace wages 7.0%, gap -7.4%Larimer County, CO: rent 1.2%, workplace wages 8.6%, gap -7.4%Harrison County, TX: rent -0.7%, workplace wages 7.1%, gap -7.8%Bryan County, GA: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 9.9%, gap -7.9%Walker County, AL: rent -4.9%, workplace wages 3.3%, gap -8.2%Maury County, TN: rent -1.1%, workplace wages 7.6%, gap -8.7%Benton County, AR: rent 1.9%, workplace wages 11.0%, gap -9.1%Grayson County, TX: rent -5.0%, workplace wages 4.2%, gap -9.2%St. Clair County, AL: rent 2.0%, workplace wages 11.4%, gap -9.4%Henderson County, TX: rent -2.3%, workplace wages 7.3%, gap -9.5%Clay County, FL: rent 1.8%, workplace wages 12.1%, gap -10.3%Caldwell County, TX: rent -2.3%, workplace wages 7.9%, gap -10.3%Carver County, MN: rent 3.0%, workplace wages 13.4%, gap -10.4%Val Verde County, TX: rent -7.4%, workplace wages 5.3%, gap -12.7%Campbell County, VA: rent 3.3%, workplace wages 30.7%, gap -27.4%Taylor CountyStephenson CountyCrook CountyIndiana CountyOuachita ParishQCEW average-weekly-wage change →Zillow rent change →COMPLETE COUNTY SET1,013counties · no imputationRent up, wages down18Other rent-ahead gaps423Wages keep pace572READ WITH CONTEXTBurden = renter householdsVacancy = all housing units
Dot size represents population. QCEW wages are workplace-based averages; ACS burden and total-housing vacancy remain separate context in the table and download.
Decision table

The first 24 rows, with a path to the underlying market

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Largest gaps between Zillow county rent change and QCEW workplace wage change
RankCountyRent YoYWage YoYGapRenter burdenTotal vacancyJobs YoYOpen
1Taylor County, TXZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202541.7%4.3%37.5%51.6%11.7%0.9%County evidence
2Stephenson County, ILZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202536.9%2.0%34.9%43.3%9.3%0.3%County evidence
3Crook County, ORZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 20251.3%-25.1%26.4%56.6%8.6%-1.7%County evidence
4Indiana County, PAZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202525.1%3.6%21.5%49.1%13.7%0.9%County evidence
5Ouachita Parish, LAZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202520.1%3.8%16.3%58.4%13.6%0.5%County evidence
6Winona County, MNZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202518.6%2.9%15.7%50.9%7.3%-0.4%County evidence
7Calcasieu Parish, LAZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202517.6%2.2%15.4%52.3%18.4%0.7%County evidence
8Ashland County, OHZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202517.1%3.2%13.9%42.5%8.2%-1.6%County evidence
9St. Lawrence County, NYZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202516.8%3.2%13.5%50.5%19.8%-0.2%County evidence
10Muskogee County, OKZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202516.1%2.7%13.4%48.7%12.3%-1.2%County evidence
11Summit County, UTZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202516.9%3.6%13.3%36.3%40.8%2.1%County evidence
12Harvey County, KSZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202514.1%1.3%12.8%37.7%6.5%-0.2%County evidence
13Oswego County, NYZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202515.5%3.5%12.0%50.8%13.9%1.0%County evidence
14Kauai County, HIZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202517.2%5.5%11.7%52.0%22.4%1.4%County evidence
15Chautauqua County, NYZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202515.0%3.4%11.6%49.5%19.7%-0.7%County evidence
16West Baton Rouge Parish, LAZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 20259.4%-1.9%11.4%39.1%9.0%0.5%County evidence
17Orangeburg County, SCZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 20250.9%-10.0%10.9%54.4%20.3%-2.6%County evidence
18Rensselaer County, NYZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 20255.2%-5.7%10.9%47.5%10.5%-0.4%County evidence
19Brown County, SDZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202514.5%3.9%10.6%45.8%10.0%-1.1%County evidence
20Belknap County, NHZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202511.3%0.7%10.5%49.8%32.5%0.2%County evidence
21Hancock County, OHZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 20259.2%-1.0%10.1%36.7%6.8%-0.7%County evidence
22Hawaii County, HIZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202516.6%6.7%9.9%51.6%18.4%0.1%County evidence
23Worcester County, MDZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202512.3%2.8%9.4%55.3%57.6%-0.1%County evidence
24Athens County, OHZillow 2026-06 · QCEW 202511.0%1.8%9.3%57.7%13.1%1.0%County evidence

The visible table is intentionally limited for reading. The CSV contains every row that passes the printed inclusion rule.

Reproduce the screen

Inclusion first, interpretation second.

Include every current Census county with direct Zillow year-over-year rent change, BLS QCEW average-weekly-wage and covered-employment change, and Census ACS renter-burden and total-housing-vacancy shares. Rank by Zillow rent change minus QCEW wage change, highest first.

Methodology version: v4

Method

  1. Rent-wage gap subtracts annual QCEW average-weekly-wage change from current Zillow county asking-rent change; the two source periods remain visible.
  2. Renter burden is the ACS share of renter households with computed gross rent at or above 30 percent of household income; vacancy is the ACS share of all housing units vacant.
  3. Rows are classified from the two change signs and their gap. Employment, burden and vacancy remain counter-signals and are never averaged into a score.

Counter-signals

  • QCEW wages are averages for covered jobs located in the county, not the incomes of renter households who live there.
  • Renter burden is a level while the Zillow and QCEW measures are changes; a high gap does not prove that affordability deteriorated by the same amount.
  • Total housing vacancy includes seasonal, for-sale and other vacant units, so it is not a rental vacancy rate.

Limitations

  • Zillow, QCEW and ACS releases cover different periods; this is a current joined screen rather than a synchronized causal study.
  • Average weekly wage can move because the mix of covered jobs changed, even when individual workers did not receive the published change.
  • County-wide measures can hide large differences among cities, neighborhoods, property types and rent bands.
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Source vintages

Every input release used by this study

Release and retrieval dates stay visible so a reader can tell whether two measures describe the same moment.

bls qcew countyBLS QCEW — county employment and wagesannual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · retrieved 2026-07-31census county factsCensus ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stockACS 2024 5-year · retrieved 2026-07-30zillow countyZillow ZHVI and ZORI — county values and rentscounty ZHVI/ZORI 2026-06 · retrieved 2026-07-26