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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 164,750 89,303
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 44,968 23,849
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -119,782 -65,454
At or below 50% AMI -165,053 -93,256
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 27 27
At or below 50% AMI 44 41
At or below 80% AMI 91 92
At or below 100% AMI 101 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 88 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 83 85
51% to 80% AMI 59 60
81 to 100% AMI 22 17
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 76 75
ELI to 50% AMI 43 43
51% to 80% AMI 8 5
81 to 100% AMI 2 3

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].