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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 Colorado

ColoradoDenver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 168,752 92,667
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 43,763 21,152
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -124,989 -71,515
At or below 50% AMI -164,529 -100,832
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 26 23
At or below 50% AMI 44 38
At or below 80% AMI 91 92
At or below 100% AMI 102 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 89
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 81 85
51% to 80% AMI 52 53
81 to 100% AMI 21 22
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 78 81
ELI to 50% AMI 38 38
51% to 80% AMI 6 4
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].