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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-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 263,914 48,937 57,818 195,725
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 80,071 11,773 15,286 51,290
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -183,843 -37,164 -42,532 -144,435
At or below 50% AMI -197,937 -30,226 -54,300 -156,133
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 30 24 26 26
At or below 50% AMI 54 60 43 53
At or below 80% AMI 95 96 89 96
At or below 100% AMI 101 101 101 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 88 90 89 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 78 86 85 77
51% to 80% AMI 46 45 62 43
81 to 100% AMI 19 11 26 17
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 76 77 80 77
ELI to 50% AMI 34 39 48 27
51% to 80% AMI 6 6 8 4
81 to 100% AMI 1 2 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].