Washington

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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 Washington

Washington Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 229,295 77,868 129,594
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 71,834 16,565 39,073
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -157,461 -61,303 -90,521
At or below 50% AMI -198,122 -80,675 -118,846
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 31 21 30
At or below 50% AMI 50 39 47
At or below 80% AMI 94 90 92
At or below 100% AMI 100 99 100
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 82% 88% 81%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 79% 80% 82%
51% to 80% AMI 47% 54% 50%
81 to 100% AMI 19% 19% 21%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 68% 79% 68%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 32% 36% 37%
51% to 80% AMI 6% 7% 6%
81 to 100% AMI 2% 2% 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].