District of Columbia

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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 50,710 170,478
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 20,272 49,871
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -30,438 -120,607
At or below 50% AMI -25,733 -149,254
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 40 29
At or below 50% AMI 65 49
At or below 80% AMI 92 98
At or below 100% AMI 101 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 80% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 68% 79%
51% to 80% AMI 47% 47%
81 to 100% AMI 24% 19%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 67% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 25% 31%
51% to 80% AMI 8% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 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 aaurand@nlihc.org.