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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 Maryland

MarylandBaltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (Metro)Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (Metro)Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 197,310 97,275 232,250 195,725
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 63,118 32,034 79,014 51,290
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -134,192 -65,241 -153,236 -144,435
At or below 50% AMI -138,118 -68,527 -142,974 -156,133
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 32 33 34 26
At or below 50% AMI 59 57 61 53
At or below 80% AMI 97 94 93 96
At or below 100% AMI 101 100 101 102
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 86 84 87 87
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 79 78 80 77
51% to 80% AMI 43 50 48 43
81 to 100% AMI 13 16 17 17
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 73 73 74 77
ELI to 50% AMI 28 33 31 27
51% to 80% AMI 5 9 6 4
81 to 100% AMI 1 1 2 2

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].