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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 South Carolina

South Carolina Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 150,598 70,498
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 62,405 24,733
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -88,193 -45,765
At or below 50% AMI -84,098 -58,064
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 41 35
At or below 50% AMI 65 55
At or below 80% AMI 96 95
At or below 100% AMI 104 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 72 79
51% to 80% AMI 47 54
81 to 100% AMI 23 20
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 73 75
ELI to 50% AMI 33 39
51% to 80% AMI 9 7
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].