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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 Illinois

Illinois Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI St. Louis, MO-IL
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 442,175 318,016 99,237
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 174,086 108,690 41,045
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -268,089 -209,326 -58,192
At or below 50% AMI -198,750 -179,363 -21,548
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 39 34 41
At or below 50% AMI 73 68 87
At or below 80% AMI 100 98 104
At or below 100% AMI 103 102 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 86% 86%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 71% 74% 64%
51% to 80% AMI 30% 32% 22%
81 to 100% AMI 12% 14% 5%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 68% 71% 65%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 20% 22% 13%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 5% 2%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 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].