PolicyMap » Cost-Burden http://www.policymap.com/blog Good data. Smart decisions. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:47:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Top 10: Counties with Highest Percent of Cost Burdened Renters in 2000 http://www.policymap.com/blog/2010/01/top-10-counties-with-highest-percent-of-cost-burdened-renters-in-2000/ http://www.policymap.com/blog/2010/01/top-10-counties-with-highest-percent-of-cost-burdened-renters-in-2000/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:17:10 +0000 Bernie Langer http://www.policymap.com/blog/?p=3225 Continue reading →]]> The Census Bureau defines cost burdened renters as households for whom gross rent is 30% or more of household income. Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities (electricity, gas, water and sewer) and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.) if these are paid by the renter (or paid for the renter by someone else). Gross rent is intended to eliminate differentials that result from varying practices with respect to the inclusion of utilities and fuels as part of the rental payment. Percentage calculations were suppressed in cases where the denominator of the calculation was less than 10 of the unit that is being described (e.g., households, people, householders, etc). Such areas are represented as having “Insufficient Data” in the map. Denominators for percentage calculations were created by summing all of the component data items in a particular dataset.

Percent of all renters who are cost burdened in 2000

County, State Percent of all renters who are cost burdened
Brazos County, TX 56.07%
San Juan County, CO 54.55%
Whitman County, WA 53.11%
Monroe County, IN 53%
Kittitas County, WA 52.5%
Lexington City County, VA 52%
Athens County, OH 51.76%
Latah County, ID 51.46%
Albany County, WY 51.28%
Humboldt County, CA 50.62%

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