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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 434,197 223,219 86,635
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 171,444 73,893 41,541
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -262,753 -149,326 -45,094
At or below 50% AMI -250,490 -168,332 -25,665
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 39 33 48
At or below 50% AMI 64 53 81
At or below 80% AMI 96 93 104
At or below 100% AMI 102 102 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 86 85
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73 81 61
51% to 80% AMI 40 45 30
81 to 100% AMI 15 21 11
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 72 77 69
ELI to 50% AMI 29 38 18
51% to 80% AMI 6 6 6
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].