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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 193,819 98,093 223,582 186,194
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 62,026 34,327 66,602 59,379
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -131,793 -63,766 -156,980 -126,815
At or below 50% AMI -133,539 -55,591 -146,428 -147,023
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 32 35 30 32
At or below 50% AMI 59 65 59 52
At or below 80% AMI 102 102 97 99
At or below 100% AMI 106 106 102 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86% 84% 87% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 79% 78% 79% 81%
51% to 80% AMI 39% 41% 41% 44%
81 to 100% AMI 13% 15% 13% 16%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74% 73% 75% 73%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 26% 28% 28% 28%
51% to 80% AMI 3% 3% 5% 3%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 1% 1% 0%
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].