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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 Washington

Washington Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (Metro) Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 238,086 79,370 135,155
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 71,174 18,483 37,377
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -166,912 -60,887 -97,778
At or below 50% AMI -221,599 -90,622 -131,034
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 30 23 28
At or below 50% AMI 45 35 42
At or below 80% AMI 90 88 92
At or below 100% AMI 101 100 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 88 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 83 89 85
51% to 80% AMI 61 61 62
81 to 100% AMI 25 25 25
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 77 79 79
ELI to 50% AMI 39 47 38
51% to 80% AMI 7 6 6
81 to 100% AMI 2 1 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].