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Housing
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Debunking housing myth
Relative costs here moderate, not high, compared to other cities, Census finds
First-time home buyers suffering sticker shock might be skeptical, but new Census 2000 data released this week call into question the widely held assumption that Massachusetts residents have to dig deeper to pay for housing than people in other parts of the country.
-By Scott Bernard Nelson and Bill Dedman, Boston Globe, 06/06/02
The following information about housing in Massachusetts, New England and the United States comes from the Census. Rankings done by the Boston Globe:
- US cities and towns
- The 2000 census (1999)
- Counties in the US ranked by the percentage of homeowners
paying more than 35 percent of their gross household income for mortgage
and other ownership costs. HTML | Excel
- Map showing the percentage of homeowners who reported spending 35% or more of household income on housing, JPG
- Cost of home ownership, as a percentage of
income, by county. HTML | Excel
- Cost of home ownership, as a percentage of
income, by town. HTML | Excel
- 50 largest metro areas by median monthly mortgage
payment HTML | Excel
- Share of
renters paying 35 percent or more of their income for rent, by city HTML | Excel
- Ranking of cities by actual rents, in
inflation-adjusted dollars HTML | Excel
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