Percent of households spending 30% or more of income on housing

Data is collected from the American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates. Data table: Financial Characteristics. For further information about the American Community Survey (ACS) please see the Source tab. 

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the Census Bureau changed the 2020 American Survey System (ACS) release schedule to only release a limited number of data tables containing experimental estimates for the nation, states, and the District of Columbia.

There are many external contributing factors affecting the projection to confidently determine an exact numerical target, therefore staff has elected to set the target to decrease.

The data for this indicator is obtained from the American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.  The American Community Survey (ACS) is administered by the United States Census Bureau. It is an ongoing survey that provides data annually. This information is used by communities, state governments, and federal programs to make decisions. The 1-Year Estimate data provides 12 months of collected data from areas with populations over 65,000 and represents the most current data available.

There is an approximately one-year delay of the availability of ACS data; as such, data reported is for the prior year (for example, 2023 reported results represent 2022 ACS data).