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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 Virginia

VirginiaRichmond, VA (Metro)Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC (Metro)Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 254,821 45,643 57,700 203,560
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 80,634 12,407 14,389 54,615
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -174,187 -33,236 -43,311 -148,945
At or below 50% AMI -192,239 -31,809 -57,328 -167,417
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 32 27 25 27
At or below 50% AMI 55 59 43 49
At or below 80% AMI 99 99 93 99
At or below 100% AMI 104 103 102 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 88 89 90 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 78 83 83 81
51% to 80% AMI 45 45 57 42
81 to 100% AMI 15 15 20 15
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 78 80 81 78
ELI to 50% AMI 33 35 39 29
51% to 80% AMI 4 3 7 4
81 to 100% AMI 1 0 1 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].