Corrected: Oregon Legislature: In Every Republican House and Senate District Renters Were More Likely than Home Owners to Have Children Less than Age Six.

Correction: 
In text below I corrected percentage of Democratic held districts where renter HH were more likely than home owners to have child below age of 18 to read 54%, instead my original 72%; data in linked tables remains accurate.
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I recently posted (HERE) that in Oregon renters were 56% more likely than home owners to have children below the age of 6. 

That got me thinking, I wonder if there were any differences between state legislative districts held by Republicans and Democrats?  

Well, it turns out that there were differences, but they weren't what most people (including me) likely expected....

Children Under Age Six
In EVERY Republican Held District Renters Were More Likely than Home Owners to Have a Child Less than Age Six

It turns out that in EVERY Republican legislative district (44 out of 44) it was more likely that renter households had children less than age 6 when compared to home owners.  

For Democratic held districts, renters were more likely that home owner households to have a child less than age six 72% of the time (33 out of 46 districts). 

Combined, in 77 of the 90 legislative districts (86%) it was more likely that renter households would include a child less than age 6 vs home owner households.  

All Children Less than 18

When looking at all children under 18, for Republican held districts renters were more likely than home owners to have a child less than eighteen 86% of the time ( 38 of 44). 

However in Democratic held districts, renters were more likely than home owners to have a child only 54% of the time ( 25 out of 46 districts). 

Combined, in 63 of the 90 districts (70%) it was more likely that renter households would include a child less than 18 vs. home owner households. 

TABLES
The table I constructed HERE provides a summary for each chamber and for the combined chambers, as well as a break out by party.

The legal sized PDF table I constructed HERE has the relevant percentages for each Oregon legislative district. The table is sorted by numerical order of Senate and House seats and includes the member name and party.

The bookmark HERE will take you to the Census 2010 data table for Oregon Legislative Districts (HCT 11) that I used to do my calculations. 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Draft Comparison: 2010 vs 2000 Oregon Homeownership Rates/Gaps--Some Progress But Not for African Americans/ Native Hawiian/ Pac Islanders.

After an alert reader provided a link to a Salem Statesman Journal story HERE about an increase in the Oregon Hispanic home ownership rate, I decided to do a quick comparison between 2010 and 2000 Census Oregon home ownership rates.

I am hopeful that someone else will check data from Census to confirm my calculations, but for now my DRAFT comparison is HERE in a two page PDF table. 

The table shows that in Oregon :

1. Overall home ownership rates decreased by 3.2%. 
2. White non Hispanic HO rates decreased by 2.6%
3. African American HO rates decreased significantly by 12.1% [In a decade my calculations are that Oregon added only a net increase of 813 African American homeowners].
4. Native Hawaiian and Pac Islander HO rates also decreased by 4.5%
5. American Indian and Alaska Native HO rates decreased by 1.6%
6. Asian HO rates increased significantly by 11.8%
7. Hispanic HO rates also increased significantly by 8.9%.
8. Except for Asians, minority HO gaps in 2010 remain high, and those gaps actually increased for both African Americans and for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. 
9. Finally, as I have noted previously Oregon add 10,000 more rental households than owner occupied households in the last decade. (97,000 vs 87,000). Moreover, the rate of growth of rental households was double the rate of growth of home owner households (20% vs. 10%).

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Census 2010 Oregon: Compare Home Ownership Rates, Including Minority HO Rates and Gaps, for 1,200+ Geographies Down to Census Tract Level.

Using new Census 2010 data for Oregon that just became available today I have created a new Excel workbook HERE. The one worksheet in the file allows you to EASILY compare side by side home ownership and rental household related data for up to three areas that you will choose from a pull down list of more than 1,200 available Oregon geographies. 

Geographies include counties, cities/places, and census tracts ; you will be able to compare these areas on 33 separate household [NOT population] tenure dimensions including:

1. Counts of total households by race and ethnicity,
2. Counts of home owners by race and ethnicity,
3. Counts of renters by race and ethnicity,
4. Home ownership rates by race and ethnicity, and
5. Gaps in minority home ownership rates compared to  White, non Hispanic home ownership rates. (I define "Gaps" as the % increase in minority home ownership rate necessary to reach the White, non Hispanic home ownership rate. If a minority HO rate is 20% and the White non Hispanic HO rate is 40% there is a 100% minority HO rate gap--I.E. The minority HO rate would have to double to reach the White non Hispanic HO rate).

As a default the Excel file opens to a side by side comparison of data for : 

• The State of Oregon
• Multnomah County
• City of Portland

To change those areas simply choose from pull down lists that appear in the columns to the right of the three "Select Geo Area" columns. The workbook then automatically looks up the data for the geo areas you have selected. 

Once you choose your 3 geographies, you can print the results in a two page document: a PDF sample using the three default selections [State of Oregon, Multnomah County, and City of Portland] is HERE.

Downloading Tip-This workbook was created in Excel 2007 format. Some users report they cannot direct view Excel files in this format from within their browser and that Excel files they save end up with a compressed .zip file extension. My suggestion is to RIGHT CLICK and save the file to your PC. Then navigate to the file you downloaded and look at its file extension. IF it appears as .ZIP extension, change the .ZIP extension to an Excel 2007 extension (.xlsx), and THEN open the file with Excel 2007/2010. 

Notes: 

1. Worksheet has been password protected to prevent inadvertent data entry--you will ONLY be able to select the three geo areas from the pull down lists; all other values are then calculated automatically. 
2. A #DIV/0! error in the results means one of values in formula was "0", preventing a valid result from the formula.  Most often for this worksheet this could occur if there are no minority households, renter households, or minority home owners in the chosen geography. 
3. This was a complex worksheet to put together, if you discover any unusual or apparently inconsistent or incorrect data, please DO send me an email or add a comment below.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Draft Census 2010 Oregon HO Rate Data by Race, Ethnicity Does NOT Look Good.

I have taken a first look at the Census 2010 homeownership data for Oregon and it does not look good. 

With caveat that this is a DRAFT, my quick state level analysis is HERE.  Draft indicates:

1. An African American home ownership rate of 32.9%
2. A Hispanic home ownership rate of 40.2%. 
3. I don't have data readily available, but both African American and Hispanic home ownership rates appear to be significant declines from Oregon 2000 rates.
4. To reach the White, non Hispanic home ownership rate the Oregon African American home ownership rate would have to increase by 98.1%, and the Hispanic Home ownership rate would have to increase by 62%. [This is shown as "Gap"[s] in the bottom rows of the table].

If you see any errors, please send me an email or add a comment below 

Time permitting I will review this draft, make any corrections, and later publish similar data for all Oregon counties, places, and census tracts. 

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Oregon Homeownership and Tenure and State Rankings and Changes 2007-2006.

I have put together a summary of changes in Oregon homeownership rates and tenure using 2006 and 2007 American Community Survey data.

The PDF file HERE includes an Oregon summary and a detailed listing of HO rates for all states, including minority home ownership rates and ranks.

Summary of Rank Changes 07-06:

1. Oregon's overall HO rate ranked 44th. with no change from 2006.
2. African American HO rate ranking improved slightly from 39th. to 37th.
3. American Indian/Alaskan Native HO rate ranking improved slightly from 44th. to 43th.
4. Asian ranking declined from 10th to 13th.
5. Hawaiian Islander/Pac Island HO rate ranking improved from 20th. to 10th.--(I suspect this is an error as the count of renters decreased substantially).
   
6. White, NOT Hispanic HO rate ranking improved slightly from 47th. to 46th.
7. Hispanic HO rate ranking improved slightly from 36th. to 34th.
8. Oregon's Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pac Islander HO rates are the only Oregon HO rates that exceed the US average (and I think the Native Hawaiian/ Pac Islander rate is suspect).
   

NON Married Couple Households Are Majority of Oregon Households: Of This Majority, More than Half are Renters.

I have posted the title above as the first posting on a new Oregon Housing Data Blog that I have created that will highlight new (or a new take on existing) Oregon housing data.

I will try to remember to post headlines from that blog here in the future. (However to insure that you see postings on the Oregon Housing Data blog, I would suggest that you subscribe separately. Easy to use boxes for doing so are at the top right of the blog at www.oregonhousingdata.blogspot.com ).