In 2021, there were approximately 41 million housing cost burdened households in the United States. A household is considered to be moderately cost burdened when the housing costs exceed 30 percent of the family income. Severely burdened households, on the other hand, spend over 50 percent of their income on housing.
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Joint Center for Housing Studies. (June 16, 2023). Number of housing cost burdened households in the United States from 2003 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/455736/housing-cost-burdneed-households-number-usa/
Joint Center for Housing Studies. "Number of housing cost burdened households in the United States from 2003 to 2021 (in millions)." Chart. June 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/455736/housing-cost-burdneed-households-number-usa/
Joint Center for Housing Studies. (2023). Number of housing cost burdened households in the United States from 2003 to 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/455736/housing-cost-burdneed-households-number-usa/
Joint Center for Housing Studies. "Number of Housing Cost Burdened Households in The United States from 2003 to 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/455736/housing-cost-burdneed-households-number-usa/
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Number of housing cost burdened households in the United States from 2003 to 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/455736/housing-cost-burdneed-households-number-usa/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Number of housing cost burdened households in the United States from 2003 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph], Joint Center for Housing Studies, June 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/455736/housing-cost-burdneed-households-number-usa/