Affordability
Renter Housing Cost Burden
Hawaiʻi current rank: #47 of 50 states (2024)
Compares Hawaiʻi’s rank history on this metric with Florida.
At the 30%+ threshold, Hawaiʻi has ranked #46 to #49 every year from 2005 through 2024. At the 50%+ severe level, rankings are slightly more volatile (#38 to #48) because the smaller denominator amplifies survey noise, but the structural position remains among the worst five states. The driver is supply: far fewer rental units built than household formation requires, compounded by short-term rental conversions.