Tennessee

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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 238,039 58,265 59,765
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 111,442 19,791 24,098
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -126,597 -38,474 -35,667
At or below 50% AMI -119,876 -35,551 -37,158
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 47 34 40
At or below 50% AMI 66 57 63
At or below 80% AMI 102 103 97
At or below 100% AMI 107 109 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 84% 94% 81%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73% 78% 74%
51% to 80% AMI 45% 58% 49%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 25% 21%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 66% 78% 66%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 27% 34% 31%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 7% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 3% 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].