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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

Tennessee Memphis, TN-MS-AR (Metro) Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 217,445 48,224 60,551
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 88,102 13,273 20,162
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -129,343 -34,951 -40,389
At or below 50% AMI -131,946 -39,452 -46,461
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 41 28 33
At or below 50% AMI 63 46 56
At or below 80% AMI 96 88 96
At or below 100% AMI 103 99 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 83 91 81
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73 88 75
51% to 80% AMI 46 55 50
81 to 100% AMI 18 20 23
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 69 82 70
ELI to 50% AMI 29 50 34
51% to 80% AMI 8 10 10
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].