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Housing Cost Burden by Income Group

Renter households spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs and utilities are cost burdened; those spending more than half of their income are severely cost burdened.

Affordable and Available Homes per 100 Renter Households

All Gap Data for Illinois

Illinois Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (Metro) St. Louis, MO-IL (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 442,902 318,565 86,487
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 149,135 88,984 34,240
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -293,767 -229,581 -52,247
At or below 50% AMI -250,235 -218,637 -29,019
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 34 28 40
At or below 50% AMI 64 57 81
At or below 80% AMI 94 91 102
At or below 100% AMI 99 97 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 88 89 89
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 76 79 64
51% to 80% AMI 39 44 30
81 to 100% AMI 17 21 10
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75 77 72
ELI to 50% AMI 26 29 16
51% to 80% AMI 6 7 3
81 to 100% AMI 2 2 3

AMI = Area Median Income.
Source: American Community Survey (ACS) and ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). For more information on the estimates’ margin of error, please contact [email protected].