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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 California

CaliforniaLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (Metro)Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (Metro)Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CASan Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CASan Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CASan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 1,308,328 490,524 99,377 85,002 102,268 186,875 62,873
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 309,818 98,368 20,293 22,702 19,375 62,786 18,780
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -998,510 -392,156 -79,084 -62,300 -82,893 -124,089 -44,093
At or below 50% AMI -1,450,924 -627,606 -113,707 -80,954 -132,524 -155,017 -54,630
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 24 20 20 27 19 34 30
At or below 50% AMI 32 24 33 40 24 46 46
At or below 80% AMI 66 53 65 81 61 82 90
At or below 100% AMI 85 76 84 96 85 95 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 89 90 88 87 91 85 85
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 85 88 85 84 90 78 75
51% to 80% AMI 64 70 65 59 73 57 48
81 to 100% AMI 39 45 44 27 44 30 29
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 78 82 81 77 83 69 69
ELI to 50% AMI 51 59 52 44 64 42 31
51% to 80% AMI 16 23 18 7 19 10 7
81 to 100% AMI 5 8 4 1 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].