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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

Virginia Richmond, VA (Metro) Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (Metro) Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 247,466 41,569 56,385 211,995
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 87,701 13,265 14,748 62,158
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -159,765 -28,304 -41,637 -149,837
At or below 50% AMI -199,256 -39,031 -55,832 -162,018
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 35 32 26 29
At or below 50% AMI 52 47 42 52
At or below 80% AMI 93 94 89 96
At or below 100% AMI 102 105 103 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 85 90 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 78 83 87 80
51% to 80% AMI 53 63 65 47
81 to 100% AMI 24 20 41 20
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 77 78 82 77
ELI to 50% AMI 38 51 49 31
51% to 80% AMI 5 4 7 5
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].