Household Transportation Costs

The Household Transportation Costs indicator is the average percentage of income a household spends on transportation. Lower percentages are better than higher percentages. Data are from the Location Affordability Index (LAI) on HUD’s Location Affordability Portal.

Household transportation costs affect individual health and community health. Households that spend more money on transportation often face greater economic stresses and tend to be in areas with few alternatives to driving. Low-income families often pay high transportation costs. High costs can leave less money for food, health care and other necessities. High transportation costs are usually related to car ownership. Car ownership adds to pollution, and therefore negatively affects air quality. The Household Transportation Costs indicator is in the Transportation Services domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 18.8% 69
Audubon Park 18.1% 52
Bancroft 18.1% 52
Beltrami 16.8% 42
Bottineau 17.2% 45
Bryant 18.3% 60
Bryn - Mawr 19.3% 80
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 14.4% 14
Camden Industrial 0.0% 1
Cedar - Isles - Dean 16.5% 38
Cedar Riverside 13.0% 6
Central 16.7% 40
Cleveland 18.9% 70
Columbia Park 19.8% 87
Como 16.6% 39
Cooper 18.1% 52
Corcoran 16.8% 42
Diamond Lake 19.5% 82
Downtown East 15.4% 23
Downtown West 13.7% 10
East Calhoun (ECCO) 16.1% 33
East Harriet 17.9% 50
East Isles 14.7% 17
East Phillips 15.9% 29
Elliot Park 12.7% 5
Ericsson 19.1% 76
Field 18.9% 70
Folwell 18.3% 60
Fulton 19.0% 75
Hale 19.1% 76
Harrison 16.0% 30
Hawthorne 17.0% 44
Hiawatha 18.2% 56
Holland 16.2% 34
Howe 18.2% 56
Humboldt Industrial Area 0.0% 1
Jordan 17.9% 50
Keewaydin 19.2% 79
Kenny 19.5% 82
Kenwood 19.7% 85
King Field 17.6% 48
Lind - Bohanon 19.1% 76
Linden Hills 18.1% 52
Logan Park 16.0% 30
Longfellow 16.7% 40
Loring Park 12.1% 3
Lowry Hill 15.4% 23
Lowry Hill East 13.5% 7
Lyndale 14.4% 14
Lynnhurst 19.5% 82
Marcy Holmes 13.7% 10
Marshall Terrace 17.3% 46
McKinley 18.6% 66
Mid - City Industrial 17.3% 46
Midtown Phillips 15.2% 20
Minnehaha 18.3% 60
Morris Park 18.9% 70
Near - North 16.2% 34
Nicollet Island - East Bank 14.7% 17
North Loop 14.5% 16
Northeast Park 18.9% 70
Northrop 18.6% 66
Page 19.7% 85
Phillips West 13.9% 12
Powderhorn Park 16.2% 34
Prospect Park - East River Road 15.3% 22
Regina 18.5% 65
Seward 15.2% 20
Sheridan 15.6% 27
Shingle Creek 15.5% 25
St. Anthony East 15.1% 19
St. Anthony West 16.0% 30
Standish 18.4% 63
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 12.4% 4
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 14.0% 13
Tangletown 18.4% 63
University of Minnesota 15.8% 28
Ventura Village 13.6% 9
Victory 19.4% 81
Waite Park 18.9% 70
Webber - Camden 18.2% 56
Wenonah 18.6% 66
West Calhoun 15.5% 25
Whittier 13.5% 7
Willard - Hay 18.2% 56
Windom 17.6% 48
Windom Park 16.4% 37

Key Citations:
1. Ewing R, Cervero R. Travel and the built environment: a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Planning Association. 2010; 76:3(2010):265-294.