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CITY RANKINGS
Average Broke Score by City
Higher score = more financially stretched. Based on rent burden, income, and cost of living across 1069 metros.
1Lauderhill
53
2Kissimmee
52
3Tamarac
52
4Camden
51
5Deerfield Beach
51
6Fountainebleau
51
7Hialeah
51
8Lakewood
51
9New Brunswick
51
10North Miami
51
11Doral
50
12Lawrence
50
13Margate
50
14Miami Gardens
50
15Miami
50
16Newark
50
17Paterson
50
18Perth Amboy
50
19Poinciana
50
20Sunrise
50
21Boynton Beach
49
22Clearlake
49
23Coconut Creek
49
24Detroit
49
25El Cajon
49
26El Monte
49
27Gary
49
28Hartford
49
29Hemet
49
30Homestead
49
31Kendale Lakes
49
32Miami Beach
49
33Pine Hills
49
34Trenton
49
35Bridgeport
48
36Country Club
48
37Daytona Beach
48
38Glendale
48
39Huntington Park
48
40Largo
48
41National City
48
42Palm Coast
48
43Paramount
48
44Passaic
48
45Plantation
48
46Pompano Beach
48
47Punta Gorda
48
48San Marcos
48
49The Hammocks
48
50West Palm Beach
48
51Westminster
48
52Aguadilla
47
53Allentown
47
54Anaheim
47
55Antioch
47
56Baldwin Park
47
57Bradenton
47
58Camarillo
47
59Cape Coral
47
60Carson City
47
61Cathedral City
47
62Clearwater
47
63Colton
47
64Davis
47
65Delray Beach
47
66Florence-Graham
47
67Fort Myers
47
68Four Corners
47
69Hawthorne
47
70Hollywood
47
71Inglewood
47
72La Mesa
47
73Lehigh Acres
47
74Los Angeles
47
75Lynwood
47
76Mayagüez
47
77Menifee
47
78Montebello
47
79Monterey Park
47
80Moreno Valley
47
81Ocala
47
82Oceanside
47
83Ontario
47
84Orlando
47
85Palm Harbor
47
86Pembroke Pines
47
87Pinellas Park
47
88Pontiac
47
89Revere
47
90Rosemead
47
91Sanford
47
92Stonecrest
47
93Sunrise Manor
47
94Tamiami
47
95Town 'n' Country
47
96Vallejo
47
97Vista
47
98Watsonville
47
99West New York
47
100Alhambra
46
101Arecibo
46
102Athens-Clarke County unified government
46
103Baltimore
46
104Bellflower
46
105Boca Raton
46
106Boston
46
107Brandon
46
108Burbank
46
109Cambridge
46
110Chico
46
111Chino Hills
46
112Citrus Heights
46
113College Station
46
114Compton
46
115Costa Mesa
46
116Danbury
46
117Davie
46
118Diamond Bar
46
119Downey
46
120Dundalk
46
121East Orange
46
122Elizabeth
46
123Escondido
46
124Fayetteville
46
125Flagstaff
46
126Fort Lauderdale
46
127Fountain Valley
46
128Gainesville
46
129Galveston
46
130Garden Grove
46
131Gardena
46
132Gulfport
46
133Hesperia
46
134Irvine
46
135Kendall
46
136Lancaster
46
137Lynn
46
138Malden
46
139Melbourne
46
140Merced
46
141Miramar
46
142Modesto
46
143New Orleans
46
144New York
46
145North Charleston
46
146Novato
46
147Palm Bay
46
148Palm Desert
46
149Paradise
46
150Perris
46
151Petaluma
46
152Philadelphia
46
153Pittsburg
46
154Pomona
46
155Ponce
46
156Port Arthur
46
157Port Charlotte
46
158San Bernardino
46
159San Leandro
46
160Santa Ana
46
161Santa Barbara
46
162Santa Maria
46
163Sarasota
46
164Spring Valley
46
165Tampa
46
166Tustin
46
167Union City
46
168Victorville
46
169Waterbury
46
170Wellington
46
171West Covina
46
172Westchester
46
173Apopka
45
174Apple Valley
45
175Arden-Arcade
45
176Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government
45
177Aurora
45
178Avondale
45
179Bryan
45
180Buffalo
45
181Canton
45
182Chino
45
183Chula Vista
45
184Concord
45
185Coral Springs
45
186Dallas
45
187Daly City
45
188Dearborn Heights
45
189Deltona
45
190East Honolulu
45
191East Los Angeles
45
192Elkhart
45
193Eugene
45
194Everett
45
195Fairfield
45
196Federal Way
45
197Fresno
45
198Fullerton
45
199Garland
45
200Grants Pass
45
201Gresham
45
202Guayama
45
203Hacienda Heights
45
204Hammond
45
205Harrisburg
45
206Hayward
45
207Houston
45
208Huntington Beach
45
209Ithaca
45
210Kalamazoo
45
211Kent
45
212La Habra
45
213Lacey
45
214Lakeland
45
215Lakewood
45
216Lakewood
45
217Las Vegas
45
218Long Beach
45
219Loveland
45
220Lowell
45
221Macon-Bibb County
45
222Manteca
45
223Maricopa
45
224Marietta
45
225Medford
45
226Murrieta
45
227Napa
45
228New Britain
45
229North Las Vegas
45
230North Port
45
231Norwalk
45
232Oak Harbor
45
233Oxnard
45
234Palatka
45
235Palm Beach Gardens
45
236Palmdale
45
237Pasadena
45
238Pico Rivera
45
239Placentia
45
240Plainfield
45
241Port Orange
45
242Port St. Lucie
45
243Portsmouth
45
244Quincy
45
245Rancho Cucamonga
45
246Richmond
45
247Riverside
45
248Sacramento
45
249Salinas
45
250San Buenaventura (Ventura)
45
251San Diego
45
252San Jacinto
45
253San Marcos
45
254San Mateo
45
255San Rafael
45
256Santa Clarita
45
257Santa Cruz
45
258Santa Monica
45
259Santa Rosa
45
260Santee
45
261Sebring
45
262Shreveport
45
263Simi Valley
45
264South Gate
45
265South San Francisco
45
266St. Petersburg
45
267Stamford
45
268Surprise
45
269Tallahassee
45
270Tempe
45
271Vacaville
45
272Vancouver
45
273Wilmington
45
274Yonkers
45
275Youngstown
45
276Aberdeen
44
277Albany
44
278Aliso Viejo
44
279Aloha
44
280Anderson
44
281Arlington
44
282Atlanta
44
283Bayonne
44
284Baytown
44
285Bend
44
286Berkeley
44
287Bethlehem
44
288Bonita Springs
44
289Bossier City
44
290Boulder
44
291Brockton
44
292Brookline
44
293Buena Park
44
294Burien
44
295Carlsbad
44
296Carmichael
44
297Casa Grande
44
298Champaign
44
299Charlotte
44
300Coeur d'Alene
44
301Colorado Springs
44
302Columbus
44
303Corona
44
304Corpus Christi
44
305Corvallis
44
306Covina
44
307Dayton
44
308Dearborn
44
309Denver
44
310Dover
44
311Eagle Pass
44
312Eastvale
44
313Enterprise
44
314Euless
44
315Fall River
44
316Florissant
44
317Fort Collins
44
318Framingham
44
319Gallup
44
320Gastonia
44
321Glendale
44
322Glendora
44
323Greensboro
44
324Hammond
44
325Hampton
44
326Hempstead
44
327Henderson
44
328Highland
44
329Hinesville
44
330Irving
44
331Jacksonville
44
332Jacksonville
44
333Jersey City
44
334Jupiter
44
335Kapaa
44
336Killeen
44
337LaGrange
44
338Lafayette
44
339Laguna Niguel
44
340Lake Elsinore
44
341Lake Forest
44
342Lake Havasu City
44
343Lakewood
44
344Lincoln
44
345Longmont
44
346Madera
44
347Manchester
44
348Marion
44
349Memphis
44
350Mesa
44
351Mesquite
44
352Milwaukee
44
353Mishawaka
44
354Mission Viejo
44
355Missouri City
44
356Mount Vernon
44
357Murrells Inlet
44
358Nacogdoches
44
359Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government
44
360New Bedford
44
361Newport Beach
44
362Newport News
44
363Norfolk
44
364North Little Rock
44
365Norwalk
44
366Oakland
44
367Olympia
44
368Orange
44
369Peabody
44
370Pharr
44
371Phoenix
44
372Porterville
44
373Portland
44
374Providence
44
375Rancho Cordova
44
376Redding
44
377Redlands
44
378Redwood City
44
379Reno
44
380Renton
44
381Rexburg
44
382Rialto
44
383Richardson
44
384Rifle
44
385Riverview
44
386Rock Hill
44
387Salisbury
44
388San Antonio
44
389San Tan Valley
44
390Savannah
44
391Schenectady
44
392Scranton
44
393Silver Spring
44
394Somerville
44
395South Bend
44
396South Fulton
44
397Southfield
44
398Sparks
44
399Spring Hill
44
400Spring
44
401St. Cloud
44
402St. George
44
403Stockton
44
404Sumter
44
405Tacoma
44
406Temecula
44
407The Villages
44
408Thousand Oaks
44
409Torrance
44
410Tracy
44
411Troy
44
412Tulare
44
413Turlock
44
414Ukiah
44
415Union City
44
416Upland
44
417Urban Honolulu
44
418Visalia
44
419Walnut Creek
44
420Waltham
44
421West Haven
44
422Westminster
44
423Weston
44
424Wheaton
44
425Whittier
44
426Wilmington
44
427Winter Haven
44
428Abilene
43
429Alafaya
43
430Alameda
43
431Alamogordo
43
432Alexandria
43
433Arcadia
43
434Asheville
43
435Aspen Hill
43
436Athens
43
437Auburn
43
438Auburn
43
439Austin
43
440Bakersfield
43
441Barnstable Town
43
442Beaumont
43
443Beaverton
43
444Beckley
43
445Bellingham
43
446Boise City
43
447Bozeman
43
448Brentwood
43
449Brownsville
43
450Buckeye
43
451Burleson
43
452Burlington
43
453Burnsville
43
454Carson
43
455Casas Adobes
43
456Castro Valley
43
457Chandler
43
458Charleston
43
459Chicago
43
460Clarksville
43
461Clovis
43
462Columbia
43
463Conroe
43
464DeSoto
43
465Delano
43
466Denton
43
467Durham
43
468East Hartford
43
469East Stroudsburg
43
470El Centro
43
471El Paso
43
472Elk Grove
43
473Encinitas
43
474Evanston
43
475Florence
43
476Fontana
43
477Fort Worth
43
478Frederick
43
479Gainesville
43
480Gaithersburg
43
481Georgetown
43
482Germantown
43
483Glen Burnie
43
484Goldsboro
43
485Goodyear
43
486Grand Prairie
43
487Grand Rapids
43
488Greenville
43
489Greenwood
43
490Hamilton
43
491Hattiesburg
43
492Haverhill
43
493Hillsboro
43
494Homosassa Springs
43
495Horizon West
43
496Huntsville
43
497Independence
43
498Indianapolis city
43
499Indio
43
500Jackson
43
501Jurupa Valley
43
502Kalispell
43
503Kansas City
43
504Kenner
43
505Kingston
43
506Kyle
43
507La Crosse
43
508Lansing
43
509Laredo
43
510Laurel
43
511Levittown
43
512Lewisville
43
513Little Rock
43
514Lodi
43
515Lorain
43
516Lubbock
43
517Lufkin
43
518Lumberton
43
519Marysville
43
520Medford
43
521Meriden
43
522Meridian
43
523Middletown
43
524Midland
43
525Midwest City
43
526Milpitas
43
527Missoula
43
528Mobile
43
529Monticello
43
530Muncie
43
531Murfreesboro
43
532Nampa
43
533Nashua
43
534New Bern
43
535New Braunfels
43
536New Haven
43
537New Iberia
43
538New Rochelle
43
539Pasadena
43
540Peoria
43
541Portland
43
542Provo
43
543Pueblo
43
544Racine
43
545Raleigh
43
546Redondo Beach
43
547Richmond
43
548Rocklin
43
549Rockville
43
550Roseburg
43
551Roseville
43
552Round Rock
43
553Salem
43
554Salt Lake City
43
555San Clemente
43
556San Jose
43
557Sandy Springs
43
558Sanford
43
559Santa Fe
43
560Schaumburg
43
561Scottsdale
43
562Sevierville
43
563Smyrna
43
564Smyrna
43
565South Hill
43
566South Whittier
43
567Southaven
43
568Spokane Valley
43
569Springfield
43
570Stillwater
43
571Summerville
43
572Taylor
43
573Temple
43
574Texas City
43
575Thornton
43
576Toms River
43
577Towson
43
578Tucson
43
579Utica
43
580Valdosta
43
581Vineland
43
582Virginia Beach
43
583Waco
43
584Walla Walla
43
585Warren
43
586Washington
43
587Wesley Chapel
43
588Westland
43
589Weymouth Town
43
590White Plains
43
591Winston-Salem
43
592Wylie
43
593Yorba Linda
43
594Yuba City
43
595Yucaipa
43
596Albany
42
597Albany
42
598Albuquerque
42
599Alexandria
42
600Ann Arbor
42
601Apple Valley
42
602Arlington
42
603Aurora
42
604Bartlett
42
605Baton Rouge
42
606Birmingham
42
607Blaine
42
608Bloomington
42
609Bloomington
42
610Bolingbrook
42
611Broomfield
42
612Caldwell
42
613Carrollton
42
614Carson
42
615Centennial
42
616Centralia
42
617Chapel Hill
42
618Charlottesville
42
619Chattanooga
42
620Chesapeake
42
621Chicopee
42
622Cicero
42
623Clifton
42
624Clovis
42
625Columbus
42
626Columbus
42
627Concord
42
628Conway
42
629Coon Rapids
42
630Corbin
42
631Dale City
42
632Des Moines
42
633Dunwoody
42
634Edinburg
42
635Elyria
42
636Fayetteville
42
637Flint
42
638Folsom
42
639Franklin
42
640Fremont
42
641Gilbert
42
642Gilroy
42
643Glens Falls
42
644Granbury
42
645Grand Junction
42
646Grapevine
42
647Great Falls
42
648Greenville
42
649Hanford
42
650Harlingen
42
651Harrisonburg
42
652Hendersonville
42
653High Point
42
654Hoffman Estates
42
655Hot Springs
42
656Jackson
42
657Johnson City
42
658Kannapolis
42
659Kennewick
42
660Kentwood
42
661Kingsport
42
662Kirkland
42
663Knoxville
42
664Lafayette
42
665Lake City
42
666Lancaster
42
667Las Cruces
42
668Lawton
42
669Lebanon
42
670Lexington-Fayette urban county
42
671Little Elm
42
672Livermore
42
673Logan
42
674Longview
42
675Louisville/Jefferson County metro government
42
676Lynchburg
42
677Madison
42
678McAllen
42
679Meridian
42
680Milford city
42
681Minneapolis
42
682Monroe
42
683Montgomery
42
684Moore
42
685Mooresville
42
686Morehead City
42
687Mount Pleasant
42
688Mount Pleasant
42
689Mountain View
42
690Norman
42
691North Richland Hills
42
692Odessa
42
693Ogden
42
694Opelousas
42
695Orem
42
696Oxford
42
697Pawtucket
42
698Pensacola
42
699Pflugerville
42
700Pine Bluff
42
701Plano
42
702Pleasanton
42
703Port Angeles
42
704Queen Creek
42
705Rio Rancho
42
706Roanoke Rapids
42
707Roanoke
42
708Rocky Mount
42
709Rome
42
710Rowlett
42
711San Angelo
42
712San Francisco
42
713Santa Clara
42
714Searcy
42
715Seattle
42
716Shoreline
42
717Show Low
42
718Spartanburg
42
719Spokane
42
720Spring Hill
42
721Springfield
42
722St. Paul
42
723Statesboro
42
724Sterling Heights
42
725Suffolk
42
726Sunnyvale
42
727Taylorsville
42
728Texarkana
42
729Thomasville
42
730Tigard
42
731Traverse City
42
732Tulsa
42
733Tupelo
42
734Tuscaloosa
42
735Tyler
42
736Victoria
42
737Waldorf
42
738Warner Robins
42
739Waukegan
42
740West Sacramento
42
741West Valley City
42
742Winchester
42
743Woodland
42
744Worcester
42
745Yuma
42
746Akron
41
747Amarillo
41
748Anderson Creek
41
749Arvada
41
750Atascocita
41
751Bangor
41
752Battle Creek
41
753Bay City
41
754Bellevue
41
755Berwyn
41
756Billings
41
757Binghamton
41
758Bluefield
41
759Bowie
41
760Bowling Green
41
761Bristol
41
762Brookhaven
41
763Brooklyn Park
41
764Cedar City
41
765Centreville
41
766Chambersburg
41
767Cheektowaga
41
768Cheyenne
41
769Chillicothe
41
770Cincinnati
41
771Clarksburg
41
772Cleveland
41
773Columbia
41
774Commerce City
41
775Cookeville
41
776Council Bluffs
41
777Cranston
41
778Cullman
41
779Cupertino
41
780Dalton
41
781Danville
41
782Danville
41
783Decatur
41
784Des Plaines
41
785Dothan
41
786Dublin
41
787Eagan
41
788Eau Claire
41
789El Dorado Hills
41
790Elizabethtown
41
791Elmira
41
792Evansville
41
793Farmington
41
794Forest City
41
795Fort Smith
41
796Fort Wayne
41
797Frankfort
41
798Greeley
41
799Greenfield
41
800Greenwood
41
801Heber
41
802Herriman
41
803Highlands Ranch
41
804Hoboken
41
805Huntsville
41
806Idaho Falls
41
807Iowa City
41
808Jackson
41
809Jefferson
41
810Jeffersonville
41
811Jonesboro
41
812Joplin
41
813Kansas City
41
814Kenosha
41
815Klamath Falls
41
816Lake Charles
41
817Lakewood
41
818Lawrence
41
819Layton
41
820Levittown
41
821Lewiston
41
822Lincoln
41
823Louisville/Jefferson County
41
824Manhattan
41
825Mansfield
41
826Marana
41
827McKinney
41
828Metairie
41
829Methuen Town
41
830Millcreek
41
831Minnetonka
41
832Minot
41
833Mission
41
834Moses Lake
41
835Muskogee
41
836Newark
41
837Normal
41
838Novi
41
839Oak Lawn
41
840Oklahoma City
41
841Orangeburg
41
842Oshkosh
41
843Palatine
41
844Palo Alto
41
845Parker
41
846Parma
41
847Pasco
41
848Pearland
41
849Pikeville
41
850Plattsburgh
41
851Pocatello
41
852Rapid City
41
853Reading
41
854Reston
41
855Richland
41
856Richmond
41
857Rochester
41
858Rochester
41
859Saginaw
41
860San Ramon
41
861Sandy
41
862Seneca
41
863Severn
41
864Shawnee
41
865Shelton
41
866Skokie
41
867Springdale
41
868Springfield
41
869St. Clair Shores
41
870State College
41
871Syracuse
41
872Taunton
41
873Terre Haute
41
874Tinley Park
41
875Twin Falls
41
876Warwick
41
877Waterloo
41
878West Jordan
41
879Wichita Falls
41
880Williamsport
41
881Wyoming
41
882Yakima
41
883Adrian
40
884Albemarle
40
885Allen
40
886Altoona
40
887Ames
40
888Anchorage
40
889Appleton
40
890Arlington Heights
40
891Athens
40
892Auburn
40
893Baraboo
40
894Beaumont
40
895Bel Air South
40
896Bellevue
40
897Blue Springs
40
898Broken Arrow
40
899Cape Girardeau
40
900Casper
40
901Castle Rock
40
902Cedar Park
40
903Charleston
40
904Cleveland
40
905Columbia
40
906Columbus
40
907Concord
40
908Corning
40
909Crossville
40
910Cuyahoga Falls
40
911Davenport
40
912Draper
40
913DuBois
40
914Duluth
40
915Eden Prairie
40
916Edina
40
917Elgin
40
918Enid
40
919Erie
40
920Farmington Hills
40
921Farmington
40
922Flower Mound
40
923Fort Payne
40
924Gadsden
40
925Gettysburg
40
926Grand Forks
40
927Grand Island
40
928Greeneville
40
929Hermitage
40
930Hobbs
40
931Holland
40
932Huntersville
40
933Irondequoit
40
934Janesville
40
935Johns Creek
40
936Joliet
40
937Kankakee
40
938Keene
40
939Kettering
40
940Kokomo
40
941League City
40
942Leander
40
943Lehi
40
944Lenexa
40
945Lexington Park
40
946Livonia
40
947Mankato
40
948Maple Grove
40
949Marinette
40
950Marquette
40
951McLean
40
952Meadville
40
953Midland
40
954Monroe
40
955Morgantown
40
956Morristown
40
957Mount Airy
40
958Mount Prospect
40
959North Wilkesboro
40
960Oak Park
40
961Omaha
40
962Orland Park
40
963Overland Park
40
964Peoria
40
965Pittsburgh
40
966Pittsfield
40
967Redmond
40
968Rochester Hills
40
969Rockford
40
970Rogers
40
971Roswell
40
972Royal Oak
40
973Russellville
40
974Seaford
40
975Sheboygan
40
976Sioux Falls
40
977Somerset
40
978South Jordan
40
979Springfield
40
980St. Charles
40
981St. Cloud
40
982St. Joseph
40
983St. Louis
40
984St. Peters
40
985Sugar Land
40
986Sunbury
40
987Toledo
40
988Tonawanda Town
40
989Topeka
40
990Torrington
40
991Waukesha
40
992West Allis
40
993West Des Moines
40
994West Hartford
40
995Wheaton
40
996Wheeling
40
997Wichita
40
998Wilson
40
999Woodbury
40
1000Wooster
40
1001Zanesville
40
1002Albertville
39
1003Alpharetta
39
1004Ankeny
39
1005Apex
39
1006Beaver Dam
39
1007Bethesda
39
1008Bloomington
39
1009Brainerd
39
1010Brigham City
39
1011Carmel
39
1012Cary
39
1013Cedar Rapids
39
1014Cumberland
39
1015Decatur
39
1016Dubuque
39
1017Edmond
39
1018Ellicott City
39
1019Fargo
39
1020Fond du Lac
39
1021Frisco
39
1022Green Bay
39
1023Hoover
39
1024Indiana
39
1025Jefferson City
39
1026Laconia
39
1027Lakeville
39
1028Lee's Summit
39
1029Lima
39
1030Manitowoc
39
1031Mansfield
39
1032Naperville
39
1033Newton
39
1034Niles
39
1035Noblesville
39
1036O'Fallon
39
1037Olean
39
1038Owensboro
39
1039Paducah
39
1040Plymouth
39
1041Portsmouth
39
1042Pottsville
39
1043Quincy
39
1044Salem
39
1045Sammamish
39
1046Sandusky
39
1047Sioux City
39
1048Springfield
39
1049The Woodlands
39
1050Troy
39
1051Wake Forest
39
1052Warsaw
39
1053Wausau
39
1054Westfield
39
1055Bentonville
38
1056Bismarck
38
1057Catalina Foothills
38
1058Collierville
38
1059Findlay
38
1060Fishers
38
1061Helena
38
1062Johnstown
38
1063Madison
38
1064Olathe
38
1065Ottawa
38
1066Owosso
38
1067Putnam
38
1068Shawnee
38
1069Somerset
38
Baseline from 2024 Census ACS income data and BEA cost-of-living indices. Rankings will shift to reflect real user data as submissions grow.