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Map and income ladder for Central Oakland
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The table lists the same tracts as the map, with every value as text.
Income ladder: households here vs. the rent they can afford
Household size for the rent column
Median rent here: $1,614 a month
Income band (family of 3)Rent they can afford (bar) vs. the median rent here (line)Households here
Under 30% AMI$0–$30Kup to $745/moCan't afford the median rent here1,2101,010 cost-burdened
30–50% AMI$30K–$50Kup to $1,242/moCan't afford the median rent here410380 cost-burdened
50–80% AMI$50K–$80Kup to $1,987/mo31030 cost-burdened
80–100% AMI$80K–$99Kup to $2,483/mo8010 cost-burdened
Over 100% AMIover $99Kcan afford the median rent90
Household counts: HUD CHAS 2016-2020 (per HUD eGIS item metadata), all households (owners and renters), rounded. Rents: HUD FY2026 Income Limits, Pittsburgh HMFA; median rent: Census ACS 5-year 2020–2024.
About 9 in 10 renters in Central Oakland pay more than they can afford.
2 census tracts · Census ACS 5-year 2020–2024 · HUD CHAS 2016-2020 · HUD FY2026 income limits
Renters paying 30%+ of income
86% of renter households
Median household income
$23K, about 21% of the area median
Households under 50% of area median
1,620 households
Rental homes priced for them
about 630 at those rents
The gap
Roughly 990 more homes are needed for households here earning under half the area median, and 71% of renters already pay more than half their income on rent.
Context
✓Qualified Census Tract: tax-credit projects here can claim a 130% basis boost.
⌂4 tax-credit (LIHTC) properties in or within half a mile of Central Oakland, with about 213 income-restricted homes, including Bates Hill (15 income-restricted homes, 1987), Oakland Affordable Living (49 income-restricted homes, 2018), Oak Hill Ic (93 income-restricted homes, 2002). HUD LIHTC database, placed in service through 2019; newer projects are not in it.
%About 79% of people here live below the federal poverty line.
$A family of 3 at 60% of the area median earns up to about $59,640 a year; an affordable rent is about $1,491 a month including utilities.
Race and ethnicity are not used anywhere in this seat's calculations. Census income, rent and burden figures describe the area for context only and never feed a parcel's Ease Score.
