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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-WI (Metro) St. Louis, MO-IL (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 451,737 338,626 99,009
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 162,318 99,386 35,025
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -289,419 -239,240 -63,984
At or below 50% AMI -240,572 -230,890 -31,506
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 36 29 35
At or below 50% AMI 67 58 80
At or below 80% AMI 96 93 100
At or below 100% AMI 100 98 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 87 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 76 80 66
51% to 80% AMI 35 41 27
81 to 100% AMI 17 20 6
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74 77 71
ELI to 50% AMI 28 31 17
51% to 80% AMI 6 7 4
81 to 100% AMI 3 3 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].