Rhode Island

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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 Rhode Island

Rhode Island Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 47,968 72,032
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 24,666 38,553
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -23,302 -33,479
At or below 50% AMI -20,816 -29,349
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 51 54
At or below 50% AMI 71 74
At or below 80% AMI 101 101
At or below 100% AMI 106 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 77% 72%
51% to 80% AMI 35% 35%
81 to 100% AMI 16% 16%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 55% 57%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 28% 25%
51% to 80% AMI 3% 3%
81 to 100% AMI 3% 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].