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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 Tennessee

TennesseeMemphis, TN-MS-AR (Metro)Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 233,311 52,196 59,853
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 106,209 15,784 21,663
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -127,102 -36,412 -38,190
At or below 50% AMI -118,370 -35,858 -38,745
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 46 30 36
At or below 50% AMI 67 54 62
At or below 80% AMI 101 101 97
At or below 100% AMI 105 107 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 84 93 84
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73 84 74
51% to 80% AMI 43 54 46
81 to 100% AMI 15 20 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 67 80 68
ELI to 50% AMI 28 39 30
51% to 80% AMI 5 6 6
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].