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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 California

California Fresno, CA Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA San Diego-Carlsbad, CA San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 1,302,810 39,558 470,765 109,188 86,114 104,362 186,857 61,264
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 304,197 10,044 93,648 19,328 17,114 19,423 60,693 20,990
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -998,613 -29,514 -377,117 -89,860 -69,000 -84,939 -126,164 -40,274
At or below 50% AMI -1,453,223 -36,454 -606,109 -118,935 -83,327 -141,236 -147,693 -54,340
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 23 25 20 18 20 19 32 34
At or below 50% AMI 32 37 24 34 38 25 47 46
At or below 80% AMI 68 77 56 72 86 64 79 80
At or below 100% AMI 86 91 77 89 99 87 92 94
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 89% 91% 90% 92% 89% 91% 82% 90%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 85% 82% 88% 87% 87% 89% 78% 76%
51% to 80% AMI 65% 62% 69% 70% 61% 71% 53% 56%
81 to 100% AMI 38% 31% 45% 36% 27% 44% 26% 34%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 77% 68% 81% 79% 81% 84% 67% 69%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 48% 37% 55% 46% 41% 55% 37% 37%
51% to 80% AMI 17% 18% 21% 18% 8% 21% 11% 9%
81 to 100% AMI 5% 3% 8% 2% 1% 6% 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 [email protected].