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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 New Jersey

New Jersey New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (Metro) Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 298,318 953,319 223,219
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 101,208 334,740 73,893
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -197,110 -618,579 -149,326
At or below 50% AMI -281,225 -770,210 -168,332
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 34 35 33
At or below 50% AMI 43 47 53
At or below 80% AMI 82 79 93
At or below 100% AMI 95 93 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85 85 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 85 80 81
51% to 80% AMI 58 55 45
81 to 100% AMI 32 32 21
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 72 73 77
ELI to 50% AMI 42 43 38
51% to 80% AMI 10 13 6
81 to 100% AMI 3 5 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].