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Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability
This series reports changes in housing affordability for families and individuals (both owners and renters) at different price levels, chances of affordability by demographic characteristic, and reasons why people cannot afford a home.
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Housing Affordability Data TablesStats displayed in columns and rows with title, ID, notes, sources and release date. Many tables are in downloadable XLS, CVS and PDF file formats.
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Housing Affordability PublicationsOfficial publications released by the U.S. Census Bureau have a report number and often list the lead author(s).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Housing AffordabilityBrowse and explore FAQs on census.gov by topic or group. Click on Submit Request to reach our support team. We will find the answer for you soon. Thank you.
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PublicationWho Can Afford to Buy a House in 2002?In 2002, about 56 percent (+/–0.7) of American families could afford to purchase a modestly priced home or condominium in the state where they lived.
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PublicationHousing Costs of Homeowners: 2000This report, using Census 2000 data, examines mortgage status and selected monthly owner costs for specified owner-occupied housing units.
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PublicationHousing Costs of Renters: 2000This report, using Census 2000 data, examines gross rent and gross rent as a percentage of household income in 1999 for specified renter-occupied housing units.
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TableWho Can Afford to Buy a House in 2002?: Detailed TablesThese tables are from Housing Affordability 2002.
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TableWho Can Afford to Buy a House in 1993?: Detailed TablesThese tables are from Housing Affordability 1993.
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TableWho Could Afford to Buy a Home in 2009?: Detailed TablesThese tables are from Housing Affordability 2009.
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Press ReleaseCelebrate the American Housing Survey’s 50th AnniversaryToday the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. HUD released new housing data from the 2023 AHS, marking half a century of housing insights.
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Press ReleaseNearly Half of Renter Households Are Cost-BurdenedOver 21 million renter households spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs in 2023.
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Press ReleaseCarga excesiva de costos en mitad de los hogares que alquilan viviendaCerca de la mitad de los hogares que alquilan una vivienda tienen una carga excesiva de costos; los porcentajes varían según la raza
Other Subtopics Within 'Housing'
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Housing PatternsData on residential housing pattern measures, includes dissimilarity, isolation, absolute centralization and spatial proximity indexes.
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Housing VacanciesHousing vacancy data from the Decennial Census and American Community Survey (ACS) are available on American FactFinder.
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New Housing (Construction)Construction covers national and regional data on the number of new housing units authorized by building permits.
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Rental HousingHousing inventory estimates and characteristics of renter occupied housing units are available for all levels all geography down to the Census tract level.
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Residential FinancingMortgage data includes: financial characteristics of housing units with and without a mortgage, mortgage status by age of householder, and more.
Page Last Revised - October 22, 2024
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