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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 Mississippi

Mississippi Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 114,065 48,054
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 72,615 15,928
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -41,450 -32,126
At or below 50% AMI -39,719 -33,823
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 64 33
At or below 50% AMI 74 53
At or below 80% AMI 109 104
At or below 100% AMI 112 109
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 81% 92%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 66% 87%
51% to 80% AMI 43% 52%
81 to 100% AMI 14% 16%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 61% 77%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 29% 38%
51% to 80% AMI 3% 7%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 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.