Washington

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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 Washington

Washington Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 221,795 74,204 118,744
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 68,535 20,215 35,244
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -153,260 -53,989 -83,500
At or below 50% AMI -195,249 -73,973 -115,658
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 31 27 30
At or below 50% AMI 50 47 45
At or below 80% AMI 90 92 87
At or below 100% AMI 99 100 98
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 84% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 80% 82% 85%
51% to 80% AMI 50% 53% 53%
81 to 100% AMI 17% 19% 20%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 72% 74% 72%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 36% 36% 41%
51% to 80% AMI 8% 5% 8%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 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].