2007 ACS : Rent Burdened Oregon HH's Decreased, New State and County Data Available.

This morning the American Community Survey (ACS) housing data was released.

Here's my quick analysis of Oregon Renter Burdened Househols for 2007 (I had previously blogged about 2006 Oregon renter affordability HERE).

2007 Quick Analysis (with 2006 figures in parenthesis):

• 24.2% of Oregon renter households (118,659) spent 50% or more of their income for rent and utilities (2006: 24.8%/119,794)
• 48% of Oregon renter households (234,843) spent 30% or more of their income for rent and utilities. (2006: 49.7%/239,954).
• 1,135 fewer Oregon households paid 50% or more of their income for rent and utilities in 2007 than in 2006.
• 5,111 fewer Oregon households paid 30% of their income for rent and utilities in 2007 than in 2006.

HERE is a PDF file with the data used for my analysis; note that county level data for the ACS is only available for counties with population of 65,000+.