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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 51,596 80,416
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 27,547 38,588
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -24,049 -41,828
At or below 50% AMI -23,704 -37,010
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 53 48
At or below 50% AMI 70 70
At or below 80% AMI 96 96
At or below 100% AMI 103 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75 77
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 66 68
51% to 80% AMI 38 34
81 to 100% AMI 16 11
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 60 61
ELI to 50% AMI 23 22
51% to 80% AMI 6 4
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].