The research on the mismatch of job-housing originated from the concern of the vulnerable groups abroad. Although there are many concerns about the vulnerable groups including women and affordable housing residents in the current domestic research, there are few studies focusing on the balance of job-housing in low-income communities. The job-housing balance of low-income communities is affected by different social development stages and built-up environment. There are great differences between countries and regions. The research paradigm, methods and conclusions are often not fully universal. In China, the situation is especially special. The process of urbanization is so fast that the economic development among regions is unbalanced. The spatial distribution of low- income communities and the situation of job-housing are complex. Therefore, this paper attempts to analyze the three types of low-income residential communities by Cite Space literature measurement analysis , and traditional literature review are combined to present the progress of current domestic and foreign research on this topic. Through the comparative review of domestic and foreign literature, this paper analyzes the current job-housing balance research object and method of low-income community and the controversy in the conclusion, so as to provide theoretical support and direction for the development of related research in China. First of all, through the keyword overview analysis to clarify the differences between Chinese and foreign research target groups, it’s found that in foreign research, the research target groups have relatively clear social characteristics, and most of them focus on vulnerable groups. In contrast, domestic research groups need to be further refined. The lack of focus on the target groups ignores that the employment accessibility of different groups may vary greatly, and it will ignore the research on the job-housing relationship of vulnerable employment groups. Secondly, this paper studies the characteristics of low-income communities, especially the job- housing characteristics in foreign countries, so that we can clarify the differences of job-housing characteristics problems in different regions and their influencing mechanisms. At the same time, this paper discusses the development and the community characteristics of low-income communities in China’s special national conditions by means of classification and definition, and further discusses their job-housing characteristics. Finally, on the basis of the comparison between Chinese and foreign studies, this paper summarizes the focus issues and disputes in the current research of job housing mismatch. It is found that the built-up environment differences and individual attribute differences of low-income communities, as the key factors affecting the balance of job- housing in low-income communities, are lack of research, which partly leads to the lack of relevant planning and governance policies. Therefore, it is an important direction to focus on the research on the mismatch of occupation and residence space, which focuses on the differences between the built environment and socio-economic characteristics of low-income groups.