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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 Tennessee

Tennessee Memphis, TN-MS-AR Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 235,102 48,054 58,892
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 108,357 15,928 18,187
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -126,745 -32,126 -40,705
At or below 50% AMI -115,406 -33,823 -37,561
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 46 33 31
At or below 50% AMI 68 53 63
At or below 80% AMI 102 104 99
At or below 100% AMI 106 109 103
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 83% 92% 84%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 72% 87% 69%
51% to 80% AMI 40% 52% 39%
81 to 100% AMI 14% 16% 14%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 65% 77% 70%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 25% 38% 26%
51% to 80% AMI 4% 7% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 2% 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.