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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 Maryland

MarylandBaltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (Metro)Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (Metro)Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 207,554 97,805 228,669 203,560
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 61,469 30,588 65,738 54,615
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -146,085 -67,217 -162,931 -148,945
At or below 50% AMI -149,564 -70,480 -153,794 -167,417
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 30 31 29 27
At or below 50% AMI 56 56 58 49
At or below 80% AMI 98 96 96 99
At or below 100% AMI 103 102 101 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 87 87 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 80 82 76 81
51% to 80% AMI 41 48 42 42
81 to 100% AMI 12 15 11 15
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75 74 74 78
ELI to 50% AMI 29 33 31 29
51% to 80% AMI 4 6 6 4
81 to 100% AMI 1 1 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].