<p>This study aims to compare differences in housing cost burden between transgender and cisgender populations in the USA using data from the Household Pulse Survey. To assess the housing cost burden, I construct a variable that reflects the range within which the cost burden—defined as the ratio of rent to income—falls for each observation. I conceptualize “gendered rent premia” as the increased rent burden faced by transgender individuals relative to cisgender men. On average, households headed by transgender men experience a 7.9% higher rent burden, while households led by individuals who do not identify as either women or men face a 9.5% higher rent burden. These gendered rent premia are observed across both residents and non-residents of the 15 most populous metropolitan statistical areas and within households consisting of one or two adults. Additionally, transgender women’s households also experience rent premia in households with either one or two adults. The analysis further reveals that gendered rent premia exhibit racial variation, highlighting significant disparities in rent burdens across different racial groups within the transgender population.</p>