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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 New York

New York Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Rochester, NY
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 954,802 49,803 933,449 43,113
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 349,489 19,924 329,613 12,754
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -605,313 -29,879 -603,836 -30,359
At or below 50% AMI -696,791 -17,304 -809,788 -26,606
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 37 40 35 30
At or below 50% AMI 53 79 45 63
At or below 80% AMI 84 100 80 101
At or below 100% AMI 96 102 95 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 87% 85% 90%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 77% 69% 81% 73%
51% to 80% AMI 50% 31% 57% 39%
81 to 100% AMI 24% 5% 27% 13%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70% 68% 71% 76%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 38% 23% 42% 30%
51% to 80% AMI 9% 3% 10% 7%
81 to 100% AMI 4% 2% 4% 5%
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.