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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 Maine

Maine
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 36,378
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 18,606
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -17,772
At or below 50% AMI -19,647
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 51
At or below 50% AMI 68
At or below 80% AMI 97
At or below 100% AMI 99
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 69
51% to 80% AMI 41
81 to 100% AMI 17
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 63
ELI to 50% AMI 28
51% to 80% AMI 3
81 to 100% AMI 3

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].