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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

WashingtonPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (Metro)Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 229,612 76,323 123,692
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 71,387 18,418 37,383
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -158,225 -57,905 -86,309
At or below 50% AMI -197,787 -77,931 -115,679
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 31 24 30
At or below 50% AMI 51 43 47
At or below 80% AMI 91 89 89
At or below 100% AMI 99 98 98
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85 86 84
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 81 82 83
51% to 80% AMI 49 54 52
81 to 100% AMI 20 22 22
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70 77 71
ELI to 50% AMI 34 37 36
51% to 80% AMI 7 6 7
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].