Louisiana

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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 Louisiana

Louisiana New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 201,016 54,316
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 98,231 18,696
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -102,785 -35,620
At or below 50% AMI -94,972 -41,291
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 49 34
At or below 50% AMI 65 47
At or below 80% AMI 103 98
At or below 100% AMI 108 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 84% 89%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 70% 79%
51% to 80% AMI 44% 48%
81 to 100% AMI 15% 18%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 66% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 28% 39%
51% to 80% AMI 7% 7%
81 to 100% AMI 2% 4%
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].