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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 Texas

Texas Austin-Round Rock, TX Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 838,414 68,662 189,490 210,912 62,793
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 244,220 16,067 40,464 40,079 19,038
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -594,194 -52,595 -149,026 -170,833 -43,755
At or below 50% AMI -699,747 -69,833 -190,268 -203,904 -57,508
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 29 23 21 19 30
At or below 50% AMI 51 44 47 46 47
At or below 80% AMI 101 101 101 100 98
At or below 100% AMI 108 107 111 108 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 89% 90% 92% 92% 88%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 81% 84% 85% 84% 82%
51% to 80% AMI 47% 46% 51% 46% 51%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 13% 20% 18% 17%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74% 79% 81% 79% 73%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 32% 35% 33% 35% 30%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 4% 6% 3% 6%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 0% 1% 2% 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].