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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 Maryland

Maryland Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 178,481 93,387 266,955 170,478
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 59,671 35,390 91,591 49,871
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -118,810 -57,997 -175,364 -120,607
At or below 50% AMI -137,602 -61,914 -131,138 -149,254
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 33 38 34 29
At or below 50% AMI 57 62 67 49
At or below 80% AMI 100 99 99 98
At or below 100% AMI 106 106 103 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86% 83% 88% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 80% 80% 79% 79%
51% to 80% AMI 41% 39% 34% 47%
81 to 100% AMI 14% 16% 16% 19%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 72% 70% 78% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 29% 31% 27% 31%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 6% 4% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 0% 0% 2% 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.