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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 Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (Metro) Pittsburgh, PA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 425,212 217,535 88,076
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 171,790 72,130 45,952
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -253,422 -145,405 -42,124
At or below 50% AMI -239,122 -152,890 -23,211
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 40 33 52
At or below 50% AMI 65 56 83
At or below 80% AMI 95 92 102
At or below 100% AMI 101 101 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85 87 82
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 76 83 64
51% to 80% AMI 42 50 31
81 to 100% AMI 17 21 9
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71 73 67
ELI to 50% AMI 32 42 17
51% to 80% AMI 6 8 5
81 to 100% AMI 2 2 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].