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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 Columbia Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 59,600 211,995
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 22,069 62,158
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -37,531 -149,837
At or below 50% AMI -28,608 -162,018
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 37 29
At or below 50% AMI 64 52
At or below 80% AMI 96 96
At or below 100% AMI 105 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 71 80
51% to 80% AMI 47 47
81 to 100% AMI 30 20
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74 77
ELI to 50% AMI 27 31
51% to 80% AMI 7 5
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].