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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 North Carolina

North CarolinaCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (Metro)Raleigh, NC (Metro)Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 347,827 67,015 35,904 53,986
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 152,166 21,885 11,085 18,497
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -195,661 -45,130 -24,819 -35,489
At or below 50% AMI -187,134 -42,620 -19,299 -42,672
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 44 33 31 34
At or below 50% AMI 67 64 71 54
At or below 80% AMI 103 103 110 98
At or below 100% AMI 107 107 110 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 89 89 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 75 77 77 84
51% to 80% AMI 43 45 36 58
81 to 100% AMI 16 20 8 24
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 69 74 72 74
ELI to 50% AMI 28 30 19 41
51% to 80% AMI 5 5 2 6
81 to 100% AMI 1 2 1 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].