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Table A-4: Income Categories as a Percentage of AMI
<br />Table A-5 shows the 2021 income limits for these income categories in Alameda County. The
<br />above moderate category includes all households earning above the upper limit of the moderate -
<br />income category.
<br />Table A-5: Alameda County 2021 Annual Income Limits by Household Size
<br />NumberHousehold:
<br />Extremely Low
<br />0.30%
<br />Very Low
<br />30-50%
<br />Low
<br />50-80%
<br />Moderate
<br />80-120%
<br />Above Moderate
<br />>120%
<br />Source: Department of Housing and Community Development, 2021
<br />Table A-5 shows the 2021 income limits for these income categories in Alameda County. The
<br />above moderate category includes all households earning above the upper limit of the moderate -
<br />income category.
<br />Table A-5: Alameda County 2021 Annual Income Limits by Household Size
<br />NumberHousehold:
<br />Alameda
<br />County
<br />Area Median Income:
<br />$125,600
<br />Extremely Low
<br />28,800
<br />32,900
<br />37,000
<br />41,100
<br />44,400
<br />47,700
<br />51,000
<br />54,300
<br />Very Low Income
<br />47,950
<br />54,800
<br />61,650
<br />68,500
<br />74,000
<br />79,500
<br />84,950
<br />90,450
<br />Low Income
<br />76,750
<br />87,700
<br />98,650
<br />109,600
<br />118,400
<br />127,150
<br />135,950
<br />144,700
<br />Median Income
<br />87,900
<br />100,500
<br />113,050
<br />125,600
<br />135,650
<br />145,700
<br />155,750
<br />165,800
<br />Moderate Income
<br />105,500
<br />120,550
<br />135,650
<br />150,700
<br />162,750
<br />174,800
<br />186,850
<br />198,900
<br />Source: Department of Housing and Community Development, 2021
<br />Despite the economic and job growth experienced throughout the region since 1990, the income
<br />gap has continued to widen. California is one of the most economically unequal states in the
<br />nation, and the Bay Area has the highest income inequality between high- and low-income
<br />households in the state.
<br />In Pleasanton, 74.1 percent of households make more than 100 percent of AMI compared to 7.6
<br />percent making less than 30 percent of AMI, which is considered extremely low-income (see
<br />Figure A-16). Regionally, more than half of all households make more than 100 percent AMI,
<br />while 15 percent make less than 30 percent AMI. Of Pleasanton's total households, 19.5 percent
<br />are lower income (earning 80 percent of AMI or less), while around 38.5 percent of households in
<br />the county and Bay Area are lower income. Many households with multiple wage earners -
<br />reflecting those such as food service workers, full-time students, teachers, farmworkers and
<br />healthcare professionals - can fall into lower AMI categories due to relatively stagnant wages in
<br />many industries.
<br />A-20 I City of Pleasanton Housing Needs Assessment
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