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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

IllinoisChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (Metro)St. Louis, MO-IL (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 443,746 326,210 91,662
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 150,392 91,542 34,324
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -293,354 -234,668 -57,338
At or below 50% AMI -247,767 -227,215 -29,132
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 34 28 37
At or below 50% AMI 65 58 81
At or below 80% AMI 98 96 102
At or below 100% AMI 102 102 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 88 84
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 74 78 66
51% to 80% AMI 35 40 23
81 to 100% AMI 13 15 7
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 73 76 70
ELI to 50% AMI 26 31 16
51% to 80% AMI 5 6 2
81 to 100% AMI 2 2 3

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].