Massachusetts

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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 Massachusetts

Massachusetts Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 306,657 219,462 72,032
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 147,079 103,242 38,553
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -159,578 -116,220 -33,479
At or below 50% AMI -174,072 -129,478 -29,349
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 48 47 54
At or below 50% AMI 62 60 74
At or below 80% AMI 91 88 101
At or below 100% AMI 97 96 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 76% 76% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 71% 71% 72%
51% to 80% AMI 44% 48% 35%
81 to 100% AMI 20% 22% 16%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 58% 59% 57%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 32% 33% 25%
51% to 80% AMI 8% 9% 3%
81 to 100% AMI 2% 2% 3%
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].