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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

WashingtonPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (Metro)Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 237,903 76,074 136,519
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 65,922 19,102 35,380
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -171,981 -56,972 -101,139
At or below 50% AMI -236,596 -80,971 -143,381
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 28 25 26
At or below 50% AMI 43 39 39
At or below 80% AMI 91 91 90
At or below 100% AMI 99 100 99
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85 86 85
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 82 86 85
51% to 80% AMI 56 61 60
81 to 100% AMI 23 24 23
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 75 77 76
ELI to 50% AMI 39 44 42
51% to 80% AMI 6 7 6
81 to 100% AMI 2 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].