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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 New Jersey

New Jersey New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 301,079 950,673 223,063
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 87,439 321,001 65,303
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -213,640 -629,672 -157,760
At or below 50% AMI -275,931 -825,207 -147,574
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 29 34 29
At or below 50% AMI 44 44 59
At or below 80% AMI 89 79 98
At or below 100% AMI 98 93 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86% 85% 86%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 81% 79% 78%
51% to 80% AMI 52% 55% 42%
81 to 100% AMI 21% 28% 18%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 74% 71% 75%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 39% 43% 33%
51% to 80% AMI 7% 11% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 2% 3% 2%
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].