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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 193,672 98,867 223,063 186,500
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 65,811 40,028 65,303 51,477
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -127,861 -58,839 -157,760 -135,023
At or below 50% AMI -132,506 -54,611 -147,574 -161,728
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 34 40 29 28
At or below 50% AMI 58 64 59 49
At or below 80% AMI 103 104 98 98
At or below 100% AMI 107 109 102 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 84% 81% 86% 88%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 77% 77% 78% 81%
51% to 80% AMI 43% 46% 42% 44%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 20% 18% 18%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 73% 70% 75% 76%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 26% 30% 33% 27%
51% to 80% AMI 4% 5% 5% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 1% 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 [email protected].