Affordable Housing measures how much of a household's income is spent on housing. Generally, housing is considered affordable when households pay less than 30% of income on rent or mortgage costs.
How is it scored?
Data was scored at the county level and based on the percentage of households that spend less than 30% of their income on rent or mortgage costs. This percentage was linearly scaled from 50% to 100%. Regions with less than 50% of households spending less than 30% of income on housing received a 0. County scores were population-weighted to calculate watershed scores. Watershed scores were population-weighted to calculate an overall score for southeast Michigan.
Data source: US Census Bureau; American Community Survey, ACS 2021 (1-Year Estimate; ACS Survey Data).