West Virginia

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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 West Virginia

West Virginia Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 63,376 186,500
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 39,079 51,477
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -24,297 -135,023
At or below 50% AMI -24,257 -161,728
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 62 28
At or below 50% AMI 74 49
At or below 80% AMI 105 98
At or below 100% AMI 108 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 81% 88%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 60% 81%
51% to 80% AMI 34% 44%
81 to 100% AMI 11% 18%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 65% 76%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 22% 27%
51% to 80% AMI 3% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 0% 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].