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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 170,779 81,297 43,471
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 92,220 33,180 18,083
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -78,559 -48,117 -25,388
At or below 50% AMI -60,212 -21,859 -15,304
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 54 41 42
At or below 50% AMI 76 84 78
At or below 80% AMI 104 103 106
At or below 100% AMI 105 104 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 82 85 81
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 66 68 71
51% to 80% AMI 32 22 35
81 to 100% AMI 8 5 7
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 63 66 64
ELI to 50% AMI 20 17 20
51% to 80% AMI 3 2 3
81 to 100% AMI 1 2 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].