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Percent of households with severe housing cost burden (>=50% of household income)
Current Value
9.3%
Definition
Percentage of households that spend 50% or more of their household income on housing.
Comparison
Story Behind the Curve
This indicator reports the percentage of the households where housing costs are 50% or more total household income. This indicator provides information on the cost of monthly housing expenses for owners and renters. The information offers a measure of housing affordability and excessive shelter costs. The data also serve to aid in the development of housing programs to meet the needs of people at different economic levels.
| Report Area | Total Households | Cost Burdened Households (Housing Costs Exceed 50% of Income) | Percentage of Cost Burdened Households (Over 50% of Income) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Nebraska Rural Health Network | 11,742 | 1,080 | 9.20% |
| Cedar County, NE | 3,506 | 173 | 4.93% |
| Dixon County, NE | 2,352 | 196 | 8.33% |
| Thurston County, NE | 2,176 | 196 | 9.01% |
| Wayne County, NE | 3,708 | 515 | 13.89% |
| Nebraska | 759,176 | 75,980 | 10.01% |
| United States | 120,756,048 | 16,893,492 | 13.99% |
Note: This indicator is compared to the state average.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey. 2015-19.
Severely Cost Burdened Households by Tenure
This data shows the number of households that spend more than 50% of the household income on housing costs. In the report area, there were 173 severely cost burdened households according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2014-2019 5-year estimates. The data for this indicator is only reported for households where household housing costs and income earned was identified in the American Community Survey.
| Report Area | Cost Burdened Households | Cost Burdened Rental Households | Cost Burdened Owner Occupied Households (With Mortgage) |
Cost Burdened Owner Occupied Households (With No Mortgage) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar County, NE | 173 | 64 | 59 | 50 |
| Dixon County, NE | 196 | 76 | 57 | 63 |
| Thurston County, NE | 196 | 133 | 23 | 40 |
| Wayne County, NE | 515 | 405 | 70 | 40 |
| Nebraska | 75,980 | 45,798 | 20,884 | 9,298 |
| United States | 16,893,492 | 9,968,218 | 5,234,969 | 1,690,305 |
Severely Cost Burdened Households
(Percentage of Cost Burdened Households)
This data shows the percentage of severely cost burdened households that each tenure type represented. Rental households that spent more than 50% of the household income on rental costs represented 36.99% of all of the severely cost burdened households in the report area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2011-2019 5-year estimates. The data for this indicator is only reported for households where tenure, household housing costs, and income earned was identified in the American Community Survey.
| Report Area | Cost Burdened Households | Percentage Rental Households | Percentage Owner Occupied Households (With Mortgage) |
Percentage Owner Occupied Households (With No Mortgage) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar County, NE | 173 | 36.99% | 34.10% | 28.90% |
| Dixon County, NE | 196 | 38.78% | 29.08% | 32.14% |
| Thurston County, NE | 196 | 67.86% | 11.73% | 20.41% |
| Wayne County, NE | 515 | 78.64% | 13.59% | 7.77% |
| Nebraska | 75,980 | 60.28% | 27.49% | 12.24% |
| United States | 16,893,492 | 59.01% | 30.99% | 10.01% |
Severely Cost Burdened Households
(Percentage of Tenure)
This data shows the percentage of each tenure type that represented severely cost burdened households. Severely cost burdened rental households (those that spent more than 50% of the household income on rental costs) represented 9.38% of all of the rental households in the report area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2011-2019 5-year estimates. The data for this indicator is only reported for households where tenure, household housing costs, and income earned was identified in the American Community Survey.
| Report Area | Rental Households | Percentage of Rental Households that are Cost Burdened | Owner Occupied Households (With Mortgage) |
Percentage of Owner Occupied Households w/ Mortgages that are Cost Burdened | Owner Occupied Households (No Mortgage) |
Percentage of Owner Occupied Households w/o Mortgages that are Cost Burdened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar County, NE | 682 | 9.38% | 1,224 | 4.82% | 1,600 | 3.13% |
| Dixon County, NE | 505 | 15.05% | 805 | 7.08% | 1,042 | 6.05% |
| Thurston County, NE | 852 | 15.61% | 479 | 4.80% | 845 | 4.73% |
| Wayne County, NE | 1,330 | 30.45% | 1,254 | 5.58% | 1,124 | 3.56% |
| Nebraska | 257,497 | 17.79% | 303,569 | 6.88% | 198,110 | 4.69% |
| United States | 43,481,667 | 22.93% | 48,416,627 | 10.81% | 28,857,754 | 5.86% |
The map belows shows the number of households in each census tract with 50% plus housing burden.
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