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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

KentuckyCincinnati, OH-KY-IN (Metro)Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 165,116 87,879 42,698
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 75,741 33,464 14,900
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -89,375 -54,415 -27,798
At or below 50% AMI -69,399 -25,736 -26,821
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 46 38 35
At or below 50% AMI 72 82 63
At or below 80% AMI 102 101 102
At or below 100% AMI 104 102 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 83 83 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 68 66 77
51% to 80% AMI 32 27 37
81 to 100% AMI 6 6 4
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 67 66 70
ELI to 50% AMI 16 15 18
51% to 80% AMI 2 3 2
81 to 100% AMI 0 1 0

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].