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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 Wisconsin

WisconsinChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (Metro)Milwaukee-Waukesha, WIMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 195,642 326,210 64,749 112,185
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 68,916 91,542 18,329 40,694
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -126,726 -234,668 -46,420 -71,491
At or below 50% AMI -60,219 -227,215 -23,671 -63,113
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 35 28 28 36
At or below 50% AMI 81 58 78 67
At or below 80% AMI 101 96 100 103
At or below 100% AMI 103 102 103 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 88 86 81
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 68 78 73 77
51% to 80% AMI 25 40 27 28
81 to 100% AMI 7 15 10 7
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 69 76 72 65
ELI to 50% AMI 17 31 24 23
51% to 80% AMI 3 6 4 3
81 to 100% AMI 1 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].