Number of housing cost burdened households in the U.S. among renters 2003-2021
In 2021, there were approximately 21.6 million housing cost burdened households among renters in the United States. A household is considered to be moderately burdened when the housing costs exceed 30 percent of the family income. Severely burdened households, on the other hand, spend more than 50 percent of their income on rent.
