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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 159,862 67,015
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 74,291 21,885
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -85,571 -45,130
At or below 50% AMI -84,192 -42,620
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 46 33
At or below 50% AMI 66 64
At or below 80% AMI 102 103
At or below 100% AMI 106 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 89
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73 77
51% to 80% AMI 48 45
81 to 100% AMI 19 20
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71 74
ELI to 50% AMI 30 30
51% to 80% AMI 7 5
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].