States With the Highest Housing Costs

Hawaii ranked first with 31.8% of households spending > 30% on housing.
Hawaii is also the most expensive state to buy a home, attributed to limited land for development.
Other states with high percentages of homeowners with housing cost burdens:

California: 29.7%
New Jersey: 28.5%
New York: 26.4%
Connecticut: 26.2%
Massachusetts: 25.5%
Florida: 24.9%
Oregon: 24.4%
States with the lowest percentages of cost-burdened homeowners:

West Virginia: 14.3%
Indiana: 15%