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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 160,597 83,806
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 46,219 23,512
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -114,378 -60,294
At or below 50% AMI -142,624 -82,754
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 29 28
At or below 50% AMI 49 45
At or below 80% AMI 93 92
At or below 100% AMI 102 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 82 85
51% to 80% AMI 53 54
81 to 100% AMI 23 22
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74 73
ELI to 50% AMI 36 38
51% to 80% AMI 7 7
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].