Maine median gross rents increased over 15% between 2022 and 2023.Sean Pavone/ShutterstockNearly half of renter households spent over 30% of income on housing in 2023.Maine, New Mexico, and Utah saw the largest gross rent increases between 2022 and 2023.Median housing costs for renters rose to $1,406, with Hawaii and Washington, DC, as high as $1,800.Renters are increasingly cost-burdened, and heightened housing costs, particularly in the Mountain region, aren't helping.New data from the Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey, released Thursday, reveals nearly half of renter households spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2023.