High housing cost burden by owner/renter households and county in Maine
Why This Indicator Matters
In Maine, for 2016-2020, 26.1% of owners and 45.7% of renters paid more than 30% of their income for rent. This is slightly lower than 32.5% of owners and 51.9% of renters for the non-overlapping period of 2011-2015. For the most recent period, the rural counties of Piscataquis, Washington and Oxford had the highest percentage of households paying over 30% of their income towards rent, at 38.8%, 36.6% and 35.7% respectively. The counties with the lowest housing burden, all between 30.5% and 31.3% were Franklin, Hancock and Kennebec Counties.
High housing cost burden by owner/renter households and county
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Definitions: High housing cost burden by owner/ renter households is the percent of households paying more than 30 percent of monthly household pretax income on housing. The numerator is the number of households who are paying more than 30% of their income and the denominator is all households for whom the percent of income spent on housing could be determined according to the US Census American Community Survey, Table DP04, 5-year estimates. The year 2020 represents data for 2016-2020. All households not just households with children under age 18 are included.
Data Source: US Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table DP04.
Footnotes:
2020 represents data for the years 2016-2020 and 2015 is a non-overlapping interval of the years 2011-2015.
New indicator April 2022.