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 330,144 60,675 31,814 58,172
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 141,278 20,130 10,017 21,082
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -188,866 -40,545 -21,797 -37,090
At or below 50% AMI -191,310 -45,867 -20,523 -42,283
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 43 33 31 36
At or below 50% AMI 65 61 68 56
At or below 80% AMI 103 103 111 97
At or below 100% AMI 107 109 111 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86% 87% 88% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 77% 82% 79% 82%
51% to 80% AMI 43% 42% 41% 58%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 19% 10% 23%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70% 71% 75% 71%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 29% 32% 19% 41%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 4% 3% 4%
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].