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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 Illinois

Illinois Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (Metro) St. Louis, MO-IL (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 439,933 325,072 95,159
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 150,317 100,627 30,563
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -289,616 -224,445 -64,596
At or below 50% AMI -257,432 -226,128 -31,230
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 34 31 32
At or below 50% AMI 63 56 80
At or below 80% AMI 94 91 102
At or below 100% AMI 99 97 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 88 89
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 76 81 60
51% to 80% AMI 40 46 28
81 to 100% AMI 19 23 8
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74 76 74
ELI to 50% AMI 29 34 18
51% to 80% AMI 7 7 3
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].