West Virginia

National Low Income Housing Coalition

West Virginia

View State Map

Select State:

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 68,285 170,478
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 41,871 49,871
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -26,414 -120,607
At or below 50% AMI -21,578 -149,254
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 61 29
At or below 50% AMI 77 49
At or below 80% AMI 108 98
At or below 100% AMI 110 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 81% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 58% 79%
51% to 80% AMI 30% 47%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 19%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 62% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 19% 31%
51% to 80% AMI 2% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 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 aaurand@nlihc.org.