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 217,516 49,639 53,428
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 101,344 16,920 18,545
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -116,172 -32,719 -34,883
At or below 50% AMI -109,923 -33,749 -35,011
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 47 34 35
At or below 50% AMI 68 56 62
At or below 80% AMI 103 105 103
At or below 100% AMI 107 109 110
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 83% 93% 83%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73% 87% 73%
51% to 80% AMI 38% 53% 41%
81 to 100% AMI 14% 15% 15%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 66% 79% 68%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 28% 43% 27%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 7% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 2% 0%
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].