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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 IslandProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 49,032 75,211
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 24,982 37,365
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -24,050 -37,846
At or below 50% AMI -20,741 -30,329
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 51 50
At or below 50% AMI 74 75
At or below 80% AMI 100 99
At or below 100% AMI 104 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75 77
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 72 71
51% to 80% AMI 37 36
81 to 100% AMI 12 13
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 57 58
ELI to 50% AMI 27 25
51% to 80% AMI 4 4
81 to 100% AMI 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].