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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 Louisiana

LouisianaNew Orleans-Metairie, LA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 187,331 54,869
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 73,863 14,782
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -113,468 -40,087
At or below 50% AMI -115,629 -47,431
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 39 27
At or below 50% AMI 57 41
At or below 80% AMI 97 92
At or below 100% AMI 105 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 90
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 74 81
51% to 80% AMI 49 58
81 to 100% AMI 24 23
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71 80
ELI to 50% AMI 31 37
51% to 80% AMI 6 8
81 to 100% AMI 1 1

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].