North Carolina

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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 North Carolina

North Carolina Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Raleigh, NC Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 347,275 67,121 43,823 50,311
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 156,365 25,198 14,978 17,623
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -190,910 -41,923 -28,845 -32,688
At or below 50% AMI -182,643 -36,800 -23,077 -35,750
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 45 38 34 35
At or below 50% AMI 67 69 70 60
At or below 80% AMI 103 106 111 99
At or below 100% AMI 107 110 112 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 87% 84% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73% 76% 75% 82%
51% to 80% AMI 41% 44% 31% 54%
81 to 100% AMI 14% 14% 7% 22%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 66% 67% 68% 72%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 25% 25% 18% 36%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 4% 1% 6%
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].