Definition

Percent of households spending 30 percent or more of household income on housing costs

Data Source

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates, Various Years, Table B25106 "Tenure by Housing Costs as a Percentage of Household Income in the Past 12 Months" Universe: Occupied Housing Units

Technical

Notes

1 Kids Count Data Center. Selected KIDS COUNT Indicators for State in Hawaii. Accessed October 2018: https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/customreports/13/7288,7246,43,5043,7244,5062,7247,7188,5116,5119,7245,7248,5425,7249,7243,7253,7250,106,5203,6795,7259

2Mimura, Y. (2008). Housing Cost Burden, Poverty Status, and Economic Hardship among Low-income Families. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 29(1), 152–165.
[Households with a housing cost burden](/~/media/4006/Households with a housing cost burden 2025 CI Table.pdf).

Last Updated

2025-03