Housing Stock – Net Change

Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019-23. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. The ACS has an annual sample size of about 3.5 million addresses, with survey information collected nearly every day of…

Housing Units – Single-Unit Housing

This indicator reports the percentage of the total population living in single-unit housing structures. Detached single-family homes, and attached homes (row houses) are considered single-unit housing structures. Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019-23. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social,…

Housing Stock – Mortgage Lending Profile

Lending institutions must report all loans for home purchases, home improvements, and mortgage refinancing based on the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) of 1975. This indicator displays information derived from the 2022 HMDA one year national loan-level data files. Source Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, 2022.Additional data analysis by CARES. Source…

Housing Stock – Age

This indicator reports, for a given geographic area, the median year in which all housing units (vacant and occupied) were first constructed. The year the structure was built provides information on the age of housing units. These data help identify new housing construction and measures the disappearance of old housing from the inventory, when used…

Housing Stock – Modern Housing

This indicator reports the total number and percentage of housing units built after 1999. Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019-23. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. The ACS has an annual sample…

Housing Stock – Older Housing

This indicator reports the total number and percentage of housing units built before 1960. Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019-23. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. The ACS has an annual sample…

Housing Costs – Renter Costs

Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities (electricity, gas, and 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 provides information on the monthly housing cost expenses for renters. When…

Housing Quality – Overcrowding

This indicator reports data on overcrowded housing from the latest 5-year American Community Survey. The Census Bureau has no official definition of crowded units, but this report considers units with more than one occupant per room to be crowded. Source US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019-23. Source Description The American Community Survey (ACS) is…