District of Columbia

National Low Income Housing Coalition

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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 District of Columbia

District of Columbia Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 46,428 186,194
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 23,058 59,379
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -23,370 -126,815
At or below 50% AMI -19,209 -147,023
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 50 32
At or below 50% AMI 72 52
At or below 80% AMI 96 99
At or below 100% AMI 105 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 77% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 69% 81%
51% to 80% AMI 51% 44%
81 to 100% AMI 22% 16%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 62% 73%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 22% 28%
51% to 80% AMI 4% 3%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 0%
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].