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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 Rhode Island

Rhode Island Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 50,063 71,913
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 26,841 35,141
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -23,222 -36,772
At or below 50% AMI -29,980 -45,833
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 54 49
At or below 50% AMI 60 59
At or below 80% AMI 88 89
At or below 100% AMI 98 98
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70 75
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73 76
51% to 80% AMI 52 52
81 to 100% AMI 31 29
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 55 59
ELI to 50% AMI 39 36
51% to 80% AMI 13 12
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].