Summary

share of renter households
share of low-income households
share of cost-burdened renter households

Renter population data

Renters vs homeowners
Households by tenure
Households
% share
Renter households
Homeowner households
Total households
Low-income renter households
Renter households by income group
Households
% share
Extremely low-income
≤30% AMI
Very low-income
>30-50% AMI
Low-income
>50-80% AMI
All low-income households
≤80% AMI
Cost-burdened renter households
Share of income spent on housing
Households
% share
Moderately cost-burdened
Severely cost-burdened
All cost-burdened households
Households are cost-burdened when they spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs (rent plus utilities). Those spending more than 50% are severely cost-burdened.

Affordable housing shortage

Rent and income (2024)
Rent & income
Amount ($)
Median household income
Median renter household income
Median monthly rent
Rent as share of renter income
Income needed to afford median rent
Affordable housing stock
Supply, demand & shortage
Units
Supply (current stock)
Demand (total units needed)
Shortage
total shortage
supply/demand ratio
Availability of affordable rental units per 100 households

Finance institutions

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

637 S Clinton Avenue

Trenton, NJ 08611-1811

QAP document (Qualified Allocation Plan)

QAP
New Jersey
The QAP is a document that states, and a few local agencies, must develop in order to distribute federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs), which can be awarded only to a building that fits the QAP’s priorities and criteria. Each QAP must spell out a housing finance agency’s (HFA’s) priorities and specify the criteria it will use to select projects competing for tax credits. The priorities must be appropriate to local conditions.
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County statistics for ELI & VLI renters

S&D ratio = Supply & Demand Ratio
List of counties
Rental population
ELI & VLI (<50% AMI)
Rent-burdened
Affordable housing
Name
Households
% share
Households
% share
Households
% share
Shortage of units
S&D ratio
Atlantic County (Atlantic City area)
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Bergen County (New York area)
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Burlington County (Philadelphia area)
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Camden County (Philadelphia area)
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Cape May County (Atlantic City area)
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Cumberland County (Vineland area)
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Essex County (New York area)
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Gloucester County (Philadelphia area)
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Hudson County (New York area)
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Hunterdon County (New York area)
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Mercer County (Trenton area)
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Middlesex County (New York area)
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Monmouth County (New York area)
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Morris County (New York area)
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Ocean County (New York area)
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Passaic County (New York area)
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Salem County (Philadelphia area)
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Somerset County (New York area)
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Sussex County (New York area)
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Union County (New York area)
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Warren County (Allentown area)
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