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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 Massachusetts

Massachusetts Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (Metro) Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 325,216 224,665 77,694
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 141,963 102,586 31,898
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -183,253 -122,079 -45,796
At or below 50% AMI -205,874 -148,650 -43,258
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 44 46 41
At or below 50% AMI 57 56 62
At or below 80% AMI 88 88 94
At or below 100% AMI 96 96 100
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 80 78 82
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 75 79 71
51% to 80% AMI 55 56 45
81 to 100% AMI 28 32 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 63 63 66
ELI to 50% AMI 37 40 29
51% to 80% AMI 10 10 6
81 to 100% AMI 4 4 2

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].