Excessive Housing Cost Burden

The Excessive Housing Cost Burden indicator reflects the proportion of households, renters and homeowners combined, that pay more than 35 percent of their gross income for housing. The higher the proportion of neighborhood residents paying excessive housing costs, the higher the negative impact on community health. Excessive Housing Cost Burden is calculated using data from American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates.

High housing costs often force families to choose between heating, eating, and filling prescriptions. Low-income people struggling to pay high housing costs are less likely to have a usual source of medical care and are more likely to postpone medical treatment and end up in the emergency room. Lack of affordable housing is associated with emotional, behavioral and academic problems among children, and with increased risk of teen pregnancy, early drug use, and depression during adolescence. These impacts can have long-term health consequence. Excessive Housing Cost Burden is in the Housing Domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 17.5% 4
Audubon Park 28.6% 45
Bancroft 30.5% 52
Beltrami 44.3% 72
Bottineau 34.3% 57
Bryant 38.9% 65
Bryn - Mawr 18.0% 6
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 23.3% 24
Camden Industrial 0.0% 1
Cedar - Isles - Dean 25.4% 32
Cedar Riverside 52.3% 84
Central 38.1% 64
Cleveland 28.0% 42
Columbia Park 31.5% 55
Como 45.5% 76
Cooper 18.3% 7
Corcoran 27.5% 37
Diamond Lake 24.1% 26
Downtown East 23.2% 22
Downtown West 27.6% 39
East Calhoun (ECCO) 25.0% 30
East Harriet 22.6% 20
East Isles 28.3% 43
East Phillips 46.9% 79
Elliot Park 38.9% 65
Ericsson 23.2% 22
Field 20.9% 15
Folwell 48.8% 80
Fulton 19.4% 9
Hale 18.7% 8
Harrison 50.5% 83
Hawthorne 53.8% 85
Hiawatha 21.5% 18
Holland 45.4% 75
Howe 25.5% 34
Humboldt Industrial Area 0.0% 1
Jordan 49.0% 81
Keewaydin 23.0% 21
Kenny 16.5% 3
Kenwood 25.4% 32
King Field 19.7% 12
Lind - Bohanon 30.5% 52
Linden Hills 21.0% 17
Logan Park 31.6% 56
Longfellow 28.3% 43
Loring Park 30.0% 49
Lowry Hill 29.5% 46
Lowry Hill East 27.3% 36
Lyndale 35.9% 62
Lynnhurst 19.5% 10
Marcy Holmes 57.1% 87
Marshall Terrace 35.7% 61
McKinley 44.1% 71
Mid - City Industrial 45.5% 76
Midtown Phillips 27.5% 37
Minnehaha 30.0% 49
Morris Park 24.5% 27
Near - North 46.0% 78
Nicollet Island - East Bank 29.9% 48
North Loop 19.5% 10
Northeast Park 44.3% 72
Northrop 22.1% 19
Page 17.8% 5
Phillips West 42.6% 69
Powderhorn Park 35.2% 60
Prospect Park - East River Road 44.9% 74
Regina 24.7% 28
Seward 31.0% 54
Sheridan 27.9% 41
Shingle Creek 34.3% 57
St. Anthony East 27.7% 40
St. Anthony West 29.5% 46
Standish 23.9% 25
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 41.9% 68
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 49.5% 82
Tangletown 19.9% 13
University of Minnesota 56.1% 86
Ventura Village 40.4% 67
Victory 25.0% 30
Waite Park 24.7% 28
Webber - Camden 34.4% 59
Wenonah 26.4% 35
West Calhoun 20.0% 14
Whittier 36.6% 63
Willard - Hay 43.8% 70
Windom 20.9% 15
Windom Park 30.1% 51

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