South Carolina

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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 South Carolina

South Carolina Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 156,193 60,675
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 74,129 20,130
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -82,064 -40,545
At or below 50% AMI -78,907 -45,867
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 47 33
At or below 50% AMI 67 61
At or below 80% AMI 104 103
At or below 100% AMI 108 109
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 87%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 70% 82%
51% to 80% AMI 48% 42%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 19%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70% 71%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 33% 32%
51% to 80% AMI 7% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 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].