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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 California

California Fresno, CA Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA San Diego-Carlsbad, CA San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 1,271,125 43,597 468,594 106,673 76,381 98,645 187,458 57,375
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 308,458 9,768 95,851 22,769 16,487 21,741 66,214 16,825
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -962,667 -33,829 -372,743 -83,904 -59,894 -76,904 -121,244 -40,550
At or below 50% AMI -1,392,136 -36,418 -585,202 -118,153 -85,867 -129,576 -148,620 -54,148
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 24 22 20 21 22 22 35 29
At or below 50% AMI 34 41 26 35 36 28 49 44
At or below 80% AMI 69 83 57 71 85 64 81 83
At or below 100% AMI 87 95 78 90 98 88 93 100
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 89% 90% 90% 89% 91% 90% 84% 89%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 84% 86% 87% 86% 84% 90% 73% 75%
51% to 80% AMI 62% 57% 67% 62% 55% 71% 52% 58%
81 to 100% AMI 37% 31% 45% 38% 23% 41% 29% 25%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 76% 73% 80% 78% 81% 81% 66% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 47% 36% 54% 48% 41% 58% 33% 40%
51% to 80% AMI 17% 12% 22% 17% 8% 21% 11% 9%
81 to 100% AMI 4% 7% 7% 2% 1% 4% 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].