Mississippi

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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 111,549 49,639
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 68,597 16,920
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -42,952 -32,719
At or below 50% AMI -44,691 -33,749
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 61 34
At or below 50% AMI 70 56
At or below 80% AMI 107 105
At or below 100% AMI 111 109
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 82% 93%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 65% 87%
51% to 80% AMI 43% 53%
81 to 100% AMI 13% 15%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 63% 79%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 31% 43%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 7%
81 to 100% AMI 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].