Mississippi

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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 Mississippi

Mississippi Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 117,920 58,265
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 65,407 19,791
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -52,513 -38,474
At or below 50% AMI -52,626 -35,551
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 55 34
At or below 50% AMI 67 57
At or below 80% AMI 106 103
At or below 100% AMI 110 109
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 94%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 66% 78%
51% to 80% AMI 45% 58%
81 to 100% AMI 12% 25%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 67% 78%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 25% 34%
51% to 80% AMI 7% 7%
81 to 100% AMI 0% 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].