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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 40,537
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 21,042
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -19,495
At or below 50% AMI -23,256
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 52
At or below 50% AMI 67
At or below 80% AMI 93
At or below 100% AMI 100
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 76
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 66
51% to 80% AMI 50
81 to 100% AMI 16
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 57
ELI to 50% AMI 35
51% to 80% AMI 7
81 to 100% AMI 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].