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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 CarolinaCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 157,352 72,828
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 66,019 23,433
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -91,333 -49,395
At or below 50% AMI -90,539 -44,000
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 42 32
At or below 50% AMI 62 64
At or below 80% AMI 100 101
At or below 100% AMI 106 108
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 89
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 74 78
51% to 80% AMI 45 51
81 to 100% AMI 16 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74 78
ELI to 50% AMI 30 32
51% to 80% AMI 5 7
81 to 100% AMI 0 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].