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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 50,011 195,725
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 16,637 51,290
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -33,374 -144,435
At or below 50% AMI -28,765 -156,133
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 33 26
At or below 50% AMI 62 53
At or below 80% AMI 95 96
At or below 100% AMI 104 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 83 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 67 77
51% to 80% AMI 45 43
81 to 100% AMI 28 17
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75 77
ELI to 50% AMI 26 27
51% to 80% AMI 6 4
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].