Fact of the Week: High Rates of Housing Cost-Burdened Households Headed by Older Adults, Especially Among Renters

Share of Housing Cost-Burdened Households by Tenure and Age Group in 2017

Source: JCHS tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.  Housing cost-burdened households spend more than 30% of their incomes on housing and utilities.