Massachusetts

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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 Massachusetts

Massachusetts Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 298,370 206,418 71,821
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 142,342 100,283 36,258
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -156,028 -106,135 -35,563
At or below 50% AMI -182,558 -132,573 -30,005
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 48 49 50
At or below 50% AMI 61 58 75
At or below 80% AMI 91 89 102
At or below 100% AMI 99 98 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 77% 76% 75%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 72% 74% 70%
51% to 80% AMI 44% 46% 36%
81 to 100% AMI 18% 21% 17%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 60% 60% 59%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 29% 31% 24%
51% to 80% AMI 6% 6% 3%
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].