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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 452,786 329,616 94,722
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 163,869 101,041 34,588
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -288,917 -228,575 -60,134
At or below 50% AMI -238,828 -211,737 -32,224
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 36 31 37
At or below 50% AMI 68 61 80
At or below 80% AMI 99 97 104
At or below 100% AMI 103 102 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 87 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 74 77 70
51% to 80% AMI 35 39 26
81 to 100% AMI 14 17 8
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71 73 71
ELI to 50% AMI 24 27 17
51% to 80% AMI 5 6 3
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].