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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 Maryland

Maryland Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (Metro) Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (Metro) Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 196,936 96,394 217,535 198,922
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 68,261 37,591 72,130 51,404
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -128,675 -58,803 -145,405 -147,518
At or below 50% AMI -139,658 -72,927 -152,890 -154,502
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 35 39 33 26
At or below 50% AMI 59 56 56 53
At or below 80% AMI 98 93 92 98
At or below 100% AMI 103 101 101 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 88 87 87 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 80 79 83 80
51% to 80% AMI 45 50 50 44
81 to 100% AMI 19 21 21 19
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 77 76 73 80
ELI to 50% AMI 29 33 42 28
51% to 80% AMI 6 6 8 5
81 to 100% AMI 2 3 2 1

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].