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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 347,105 68,681 31,218 59,357
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 150,874 22,197 8,153 23,438
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -196,231 -46,484 -23,065 -35,919
At or below 50% AMI -181,718 -45,290 -17,559 -37,480
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 43 32 26 39
At or below 50% AMI 67 62 70 60
At or below 80% AMI 103 103 108 103
At or below 100% AMI 107 107 109 109
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 89% 88% 83%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 72% 72% 77% 82%
51% to 80% AMI 43% 44% 34% 58%
81 to 100% AMI 14% 16% 3% 24%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70% 74% 71% 66%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 26% 25% 21% 37%
51% to 80% AMI 6% 5% 1% 7%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 0% 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 aaurand@nlihc.org.