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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 Rhode Island

Rhode IslandProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA (Metro)
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 49,468 77,798
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 25,414 38,089
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -24,054 -39,709
At or below 50% AMI -26,351 -40,786
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 51 49
At or below 50% AMI 65 66
At or below 80% AMI 96 96
At or below 100% AMI 100 100
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 69 73
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 73 71
51% to 80% AMI 40 39
81 to 100% AMI 8 9
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 56 59
ELI to 50% AMI 29 29
51% to 80% AMI 4 4
81 to 100% AMI 0 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].