West Virginia

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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 West Virginia

West Virginia Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 54,816 211,995
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 30,029 62,158
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -24,787 -149,837
At or below 50% AMI -20,728 -162,018
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 55 29
At or below 50% AMI 76 52
At or below 80% AMI 103 96
At or below 100% AMI 105 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 81 88
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 63 80
51% to 80% AMI 28 47
81 to 100% AMI 8 20
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 65 77
ELI to 50% AMI 16 31
51% to 80% AMI 3 5
81 to 100% AMI 1 2

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].