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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 Kentucky

Kentucky Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (Metro) Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 166,739 83,901 43,798
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 78,503 34,391 13,580
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -88,236 -49,510 -30,218
At or below 50% AMI -70,513 -32,868 -20,647
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 47 41 31
At or below 50% AMI 72 76 70
At or below 80% AMI 100 98 99
At or below 100% AMI 103 101 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 84 87 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 70 68 77
51% to 80% AMI 33 28 39
81 to 100% AMI 10 10 11
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 66 72 72
ELI to 50% AMI 22 22 20
51% to 80% AMI 3 5 4
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].