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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 46,341 77,694
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 21,662 31,898
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -24,679 -45,796
At or below 50% AMI -26,263 -43,258
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 47 41
At or below 50% AMI 62 62
At or below 80% AMI 95 94
At or below 100% AMI 101 100
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 78 82
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 69 71
51% to 80% AMI 46 45
81 to 100% AMI 19 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 64 66
ELI to 50% AMI 29 29
51% to 80% AMI 6 6
81 to 100% AMI 3 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].