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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 183,322 50,599
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 75,356 14,743
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -107,966 -35,856
At or below 50% AMI -114,500 -44,558
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 41 29
At or below 50% AMI 57 43
At or below 80% AMI 96 93
At or below 100% AMI 104 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 70 81
51% to 80% AMI 48 55
81 to 100% AMI 22 22
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71 77
ELI to 50% AMI 32 42
51% to 80% AMI 9 11
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].