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 156,607 67,121
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 69,238 25,198
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -87,369 -41,923
At or below 50% AMI -79,756 -36,800
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 44 38
At or below 50% AMI 67 69
At or below 80% AMI 105 106
At or below 100% AMI 108 110
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86% 87%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 72% 76%
51% to 80% AMI 41% 44%
81 to 100% AMI 15% 14%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 70% 67%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 26% 25%
51% to 80% AMI 5% 4%
81 to 100% AMI 3% 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].