Kentucky

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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 Kentucky

Kentucky Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 157,889 81,091 42,002
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 82,949 31,410 15,608
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -74,940 -49,681 -26,394
At or below 50% AMI -65,491 -25,251 -20,335
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 53 39 37
At or below 50% AMI 72 82 69
At or below 80% AMI 104 104 105
At or below 100% AMI 106 103 107
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 84% 88% 86%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 68% 66% 76%
51% to 80% AMI 32% 23% 34%
81 to 100% AMI 9% 9% 6%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 66% 70% 67%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 23% 15% 28%
51% to 80% AMI 3% 2% 2%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 5% 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].