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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 298,909 213,113 71,913
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 138,366 99,339 35,141
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -160,543 -113,774 -36,772
At or below 50% AMI -194,189 -136,787 -45,833
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 46 47 49
At or below 50% AMI 58 58 59
At or below 80% AMI 87 86 89
At or below 100% AMI 97 97 98
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 80 79 75
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 76 75 76
51% to 80% AMI 54 55 52
81 to 100% AMI 31 34 29
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 64 64 59
ELI to 50% AMI 39 40 36
51% to 80% AMI 10 10 12
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].