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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-West Allis, WI (Metro)Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 187,087 329,616 69,500 113,256
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 63,384 101,041 17,746 42,303
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -123,703 -228,575 -51,754 -70,953
At or below 50% AMI -71,930 -211,737 -30,770 -57,245
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 34 31 26 37
At or below 50% AMI 79 61 74 70
At or below 80% AMI 101 97 100 99
At or below 100% AMI 103 102 102 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 88 87 90 81
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73 77 76 73
51% to 80% AMI 26 39 30 30
81 to 100% AMI 6 17 8 8
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 69 73 74 65
ELI to 50% AMI 20 27 21 20
51% to 80% AMI 3 6 4 4
81 to 100% AMI 1 1 3 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].