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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 Texas

TexasAustin-Round Rock, TX (Metro)Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (Metro)Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (Metro)San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 867,042 67,054 197,003 214,057 71,963
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 252,555 14,797 38,785 40,602 22,650
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -614,487 -52,257 -158,218 -173,455 -49,313
At or below 50% AMI -687,674 -61,869 -185,864 -195,301 -62,830
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 29 22 20 19 31
At or below 50% AMI 51 49 49 47 46
At or below 80% AMI 100 102 99 101 98
At or below 100% AMI 107 106 107 108 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 89 92 93 92 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 82 84 85 84 83
51% to 80% AMI 48 47 49 47 51
81 to 100% AMI 20 16 21 21 22
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74 81 80 79 70
ELI to 50% AMI 32 34 32 34 36
51% to 80% AMI 6 4 6 5 6
81 to 100% AMI 2 1 1 2 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].