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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 VirginiaWashington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 64,690 186,491
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 39,148 57,266
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -25,542 -129,225
At or below 50% AMI -21,498 -151,864
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 61 31
At or below 50% AMI 77 51
At or below 80% AMI 106 98
At or below 100% AMI 108 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 82 86
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 63 81
51% to 80% AMI 35 46
81 to 100% AMI 12 18
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 64 73
ELI to 50% AMI 19 30
51% to 80% AMI 3 4
81 to 100% AMI 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].