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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 191,769 51,262
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 85,987 15,861
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -105,782 -35,401
At or below 50% AMI -108,906 -46,689
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 45 31
At or below 50% AMI 60 43
At or below 80% AMI 102 95
At or below 100% AMI 108 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 89
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 75 83
51% to 80% AMI 47 58
81 to 100% AMI 18 23
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 68 76
ELI to 50% AMI 33 42
51% to 80% AMI 7 9
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].