Percentage of income used for housing

Maps displaying the percentage of their income people use for housing. It is shocking how many people use more than 30% of their income for housing.

I’m in the middle of creating a series of maps to be used for a more detailed story about affordable housing in San Diego. I will post the intermediate results here and will update these posts with more information while I investigate more and find interesting stories.

30% or more of household income for housing

I will need to look at trends here and compare with older data and maybe other cities to find out if this is specific to San Diego or America. I’m surprised by the number of 16 tracts where > 70% of the people use 30% of their income for housing.

Highest number of people spending > 30% of their income for housing

The highest percentage people spending more than 30 % of their income for housing live in Census Tract 95.11. Here are more details about it.

Census Tract 95.11, San Diego, CA

This tract has the highest percentage of people spending more than 30% of their income for housing.
Unbelievable 82 %

A few facts about this tract:

Neighborhood: Tierrasanta
Population: 4,324
Median Age: 14.9 (about two-fifths of the figure in San Diego)
Per capita income: 13,907 (about two-fifths of the amount in San Diego)
100% renters
68% Single-unit structures
23.7% veterans (more than double the rate in San Diego)

> 30% OF INCOME FOR HOUSING	20-29% OF INCOME FOR HOUSING	< 20% OF INCOME FOR HOUSING
81.2%	13.6%	3.6%

Lowest number of people spending > 30% of their income for housing

The lowest percentage of people spending more than 30 % of their income for housing live in Census Tract 63. Here are more details about it.

Census Tract 63, San Diego, CA

Comparing the two tracts to find interesting patterns.