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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 District of Columbia

District of ColumbiaWashington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 54,624 203,560
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 21,634 54,615
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -32,990 -148,945
At or below 50% AMI -26,624 -167,417
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 40 27
At or below 50% AMI 65 49
At or below 80% AMI 94 99
At or below 100% AMI 102 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 83 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 71 81
51% to 80% AMI 48 42
81 to 100% AMI 24 15
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 73 78
ELI to 50% AMI 21 29
51% to 80% AMI 7 4
81 to 100% AMI 0 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].