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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 Massachusetts

Massachusetts Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (Metro) Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 316,201 218,478 77,798
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 145,391 101,067 38,089
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -170,810 -117,411 -39,709
At or below 50% AMI -203,509 -147,169 -40,786
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 46 46 49
At or below 50% AMI 58 56 66
At or below 80% AMI 88 87 96
At or below 100% AMI 97 97 100
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 80 79 73
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 76 77 71
51% to 80% AMI 53 56 39
81 to 100% AMI 26 30 9
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 64 64 59
ELI to 50% AMI 36 36 29
51% to 80% AMI 10 9 4
81 to 100% AMI 2 3 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].