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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 49,639 186,491
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 22,582 57,266
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -27,057 -129,225
At or below 50% AMI -21,824 -151,864
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 45 31
At or below 50% AMI 69 51
At or below 80% AMI 96 98
At or below 100% AMI 103 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 80 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 71 81
51% to 80% AMI 47 46
81 to 100% AMI 26 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 65 73
ELI to 50% AMI 27 30
51% to 80% AMI 8 4
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].