Number of cost burdened households among renters in the U.S. 2021, by income
In 2021, there were approximately 21.6 million housing cost burdened renter households in the United States, with close to 12 million being severely burdened. About six million households with an annual income below 15,000 U.S. dollars were severely burdened. A household is considered to be moderately cost burdened when the housing costs exceed 30 percent of the family income. Severely burdened households, on the other hand, spend over 50 percent of their income on rent.
