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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 Washington

Washington Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (Metro) Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 253,846 89,291 143,354
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 71,154 16,672 37,820
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -182,692 -72,619 -105,534
At or below 50% AMI -240,042 -94,921 -143,307
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 28 19 26
At or below 50% AMI 44 35 43
At or below 80% AMI 91 92 91
At or below 100% AMI 101 102 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 87 92 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 84 87 86
51% to 80% AMI 55 61 57
81 to 100% AMI 27 23 26
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 77 84 79
ELI to 50% AMI 39 41 38
51% to 80% AMI 6 8 6
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].