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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 242,726 87,400 136,362
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 67,905 19,183 34,175
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -174,821 -68,217 -102,187
At or below 50% AMI -220,225 -89,475 -135,833
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 28 22 25
At or below 50% AMI 46 38 41
At or below 80% AMI 92 88 92
At or below 100% AMI 100 99 101
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 88 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 80 86 82
51% to 80% AMI 50 55 52
81 to 100% AMI 18 15 16
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75 79 78
ELI to 50% AMI 32 43 35
51% to 80% AMI 6 7 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].