Table 4: Cost of Rental Housing for Low-Income Families, RI, 1996
	1996 Average Rent	1996 Low-Income	% Income Needed for rent	1996 Poverty Level	% Income Needed for Rent
City/Town	2-Bedroom	Renter Income	Low-Income renter	Family of Three	Poverty Leve; Family of Three
Barrington	$810	$18,335	53	$12,980	75
Bristol	$569	$18,335	37	$12,980	53
Burrillville	$790	$18,335	52	$12,980	73
Central Falls	$475	$18,335	31	$12,980	44
Charlestown	$615	$18,335	40	$12,980	57
Coventry	$621	$18,335	41	$12,980	57
Cranston	$596	$18,335	39	$12,980	55
Cumberland	$626	$18,335	41	$12,980	58
East Greenwich	$631	$18,335	41	$12,980	58
East Providence	$569	$18,335	37	$12,980	53
Exeter	NA	$18,335	NA	$12,980	NA
Foster	NA	$18,335	NA	$12,980	NA
Glocester	NA	$18,335	NA	$12,980	NA
Hopkinton	$648	$18,335	42	$12,980	60
Jamestown	$715	$18,335	47	$12,980	66
Johnston	$592	$18,335	39	$12,980	55
Lincoln	$540	$18,335	35	$12,980	50
Little Compton	$732	$18,335	48	$12,980	68
Middletown	$654	$18,335	43	$12,980	60
Narragansett	$760	$18,335	50	$12,980	70
New Shoreham	NA	$18,335	NA	$12,980	NA
Newport	$680	$18,335	45	$12,980	63
North Kingstown	$638	$18,335	42	$12,980	59
North Providence	$584	$18,335	38	$12,980	54
North Smithfield	$620	$18,335	41	$12,980	57
Pawtucket	$503	$18,335	33	$12,980	47
Portsmouth	$705	$18,335	46	$12,980	65
Providence	$554	$18,335	36	$12,980	51
Richmond	$648	$18,335	42	$12,980	60
Scituate	$745	$18,335	49	$12,980	69
Smithfield	$701	$18,335	46	$12,980	65
South Kingstown	$635	$18,335	42	$12,980	59
Tiverton	$715	$18,335	47	$12,980	66
Warren	$559	$18,335	37	$12,980	52
Warwick	$674	$18,335	44	$12,980	62
West Greenwich	NA	$18,335	NA	$12,980	NA
West Warwick	$607	$18,335	40	$12,980	56
Westerly	$637	$18,335	42	$12,980	59
Woonsocket	$495	$18,335	32	$12,980	46
Rhode Island	$590	$18,335	39	$12,980	55
Core Cities	$554	$18,335	NA	$12,980	NA
Remainder of State	$618	$18,335	NA	$12,980	NA
Source: Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation, January 1996. A low-income renter is defined as 30% below 1996 median renter income. Rent burdens over 30% are considered unaffordable. Average rents are based on a sample of 1,177 units available in Rhode Island during 1996. Rents include the HUD allowance for heat, if heat was not included inthe advertised rent.
* Core Cities are Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket

Last Update: 4/18/97 by JDC