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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 244,216 40,520 53,986 186,491
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 90,801 13,041 18,497 57,266
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -153,415 -27,479 -35,489 -129,225
At or below 50% AMI -164,574 -23,320 -42,672 -151,864
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 37 32 34 31
At or below 50% AMI 60 66 54 51
At or below 80% AMI 100 103 98 98
At or below 100% AMI 105 105 106 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 86 86 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 79 79 84 81
51% to 80% AMI 46 44 58 46
81 to 100% AMI 18 13 24 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 72 75 74 73
ELI to 50% AMI 31 27 41 30
51% to 80% AMI 5 4 6 4
81 to 100% AMI 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].