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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 54,788 198,922
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 17,359 51,404
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -37,429 -147,518
At or below 50% AMI -31,975 -154,502
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 32 26
At or below 50% AMI 59 53
At or below 80% AMI 95 98
At or below 100% AMI 102 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 65 80
51% to 80% AMI 39 44
81 to 100% AMI 32 19
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 80 80
ELI to 50% AMI 25 28
51% to 80% AMI 4 5
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].