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Burdened households are those households who pay 30 percent or more of their household income on housing (such as rent or mortgage expenses).

This is calculated as the sum of households with a mortgage spending 30.0-34.9% of their income on selected monthly owner costs, households with a mortgage spending 35.0% or more of their income on selected monthly owner costs, households without a mortgage spending 30.0-34.9% of their income on selected monthly owner costs, households without a mortgage spending 35.0% or more of their income on selected monthly owner costs, households that rent spending 30.0-34.9% of their income on gross rent, and households that rent spending 35.0% or more of their income on gross rent (ACS 5-year variables DP04_0114E, DP04_0115E, DP04_0123E, DP04_0124E, DP04_0141E, and DP04_0142E respectively from table DP04) divided by the sum of the total number of households with a mortgage, the total number of households without a mortgage, and the total number of households that rent (ACS 5-year variables DP04_0110E, DP04_0117E, and DP04_0136E respectively from table DP04). Note that the calculation excludes households where selected monthly owner costs or gross rent cannot be calculated.

Selected monthly owner costs are the sum of payments for mortgages, deeds of trust, contracts to purchase, or similar debts on the property (including payments for the first mortgage, second mortgages, home equity loans, and other junior mortgages); real estate taxes; fire, hazard, and flood insurance on the property; utilities (electricity, gas, and water and sewer); and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.). It also includes, where appropriate, the monthly condominium fee for condominiums and mobile home costs (installment loan payments, personal property taxes, site rent, registration fees, and license fees).

Gross rent provides information on the monthly housing cost expenses for renters. Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities (electricity, gas, and water and sewer) and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.) if these are paid by the renter (or paid for the renter by someone else). Gross rent is intended to eliminate differentials that result from varying practices with respect to the inclusion of utilities and fuels as part of the rental payment. The estimated costs of water and sewer, and fuels are reported on a 12-month basis but are converted to monthly figures for the tabulations.

Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010-2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011-2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf


   

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Percent
Name Period Value Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Aleutians East Borough, AK
2023 18.59873 19.42149 19.42149
Anchorage Borough/Municipality, AK
2023 32.14431 32.45188 32.45188
Bristol Bay Borough, AK
2023 11.06195 10.21277 10.21277
Denali Borough, AK
2023 21.75649 18.48249 18.48249
Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
2023 30.80177 29.74475 29.74475
Haines Borough, AK
2023 26.41084 26.08696 26.08696
Juneau City and Borough, AK
2023 28.45844 26.99899 26.99899
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
2023 27.44927 26.25118 26.25118
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
2023 33.70848 33.33333 33.33333
Kodiak Island Borough, AK
2023 33.91996 30.09307 30.09307
Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK
2023 18.82353 12.16730 12.16730
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
2023 30.50616 30.77384 30.77384
North Slope Borough, AK
2023 18.86420 18.52621 18.52621
Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
2023 15.80882 18.55799 18.55799
Petersburg Census Area, AK
2023 23.70311 23.79788 23.79788
Sitka City and Borough, AK
2023 29.80072 31.11245 31.11245
Skagway Municipality, AK
2023 23.41920 18.88298 18.88298
Wrangell City and Borough, AK
2023 20.00000 20.40134 20.40134
Yakutat City and Borough, AK
2023 7.60870 6.96517 6.96517
Aleutians West Census Area, AK
2023 35.72519 33.87889 33.87889
Bethel Census Area, AK
2023 18.94637 20.13161 20.13161
Dillingham Census Area, AK
2023 22.70948 22.21344 22.21344
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK
2023 18.88112 17.76650 17.76650
Nome Census Area, AK
2023 23.10757 24.79175 24.79175
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK
2023 19.49602 17.58972 17.58972
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
2023 22.40644 20.80000 20.80000
Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK
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Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK
2023 15.92165 17.92453 17.92453
   

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