New Jersey

National Low Income Housing Coalition

New Jersey

View State Map

Select State:

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 New Jersey

New Jersey New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 301,776 942,054 223,582
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 96,491 334,716 66,602
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -205,285 -607,338 -156,980
At or below 50% AMI -265,191 -771,855 -146,428
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 32 36 30
At or below 50% AMI 47 47 59
At or below 80% AMI 91 83 97
At or below 100% AMI 99 95 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 85% 87%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 81% 78% 79%
51% to 80% AMI 46% 50% 41%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 27% 13%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71% 71% 75%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 35% 39% 28%
51% to 80% AMI 6% 8% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 2% 4% 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].