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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 Maine

Maine
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 44,256
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 21,758
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -22,498
At or below 50% AMI -22,319
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 49
At or below 50% AMI 68
At or below 80% AMI 98
At or below 100% AMI 101
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 72
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 64
51% to 80% AMI 43
81 to 100% AMI 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 52
ELI to 50% AMI 26
51% to 80% AMI 4
81 to 100% AMI 8

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].