Rhode Island

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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 Rhode Island

Rhode Island Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 45,103 71,821
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 23,425 36,258
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -21,678 -35,563
At or below 50% AMI -19,684 -30,005
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 52 50
At or below 50% AMI 74 75
At or below 80% AMI 102 102
At or below 100% AMI 107 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 72% 75%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 72% 70%
51% to 80% AMI 39% 36%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 17%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 56% 59%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 26% 24%
51% to 80% AMI 3% 3%
81 to 100% AMI 0% 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 [email protected].