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

Baseline from 2024 Census ACS income data and BEA cost-of-living indices. Rankings will shift to reflect real user data as submissions grow.

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