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

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