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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 Texas

Texas Austin-Round Rock, TX Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 866,765 70,246 192,744 208,678 79,164
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 255,584 9,952 40,814 39,928 29,776
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -611,181 -60,294 -151,930 -168,750 -49,388
At or below 50% AMI -718,650 -73,625 -193,639 -208,590 -63,059
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 29 14 21 19 38
At or below 50% AMI 49 42 46 41 49
At or below 80% AMI 100 101 100 101 97
At or below 100% AMI 108 107 108 110 106
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 89% 95% 92% 92% 82%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 83% 84% 85% 85% 83%
51% to 80% AMI 48% 50% 48% 47% 47%
81 to 100% AMI 20% 17% 22% 19% 21%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 73% 85% 80% 79% 67%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 33% 31% 32% 35% 41%
51% to 80% AMI 6% 5% 7% 6% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 0% 1% 2% 0%
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].