Median Monthly Housing Costs for Selected Groups in the Columbus MSA: 1991

Median monthly housing costs for householders in the Columbus MSA represented 20% of their incomes in 1991, according to the American Housing Survey. Renters spent considerably more of their monthly income (24%) than did owners (18%) on housing. 34% of renters spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs, compared to only 16% of owners. Even more contrasting, 9.4% of renters spent in excess of 70% of their incomes on housing, compared to only 3.4% of owners. The only other group exceeding the Columbus MSA median (20% of income) was blacks (22%).

Prior to 1984, the American Housing Survey used the standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) used in the 1970 census, which consisted only of Franklin, Pickaway and Delaware counties. The Columbus metropolitan statistical area (MSA) from 1984 to 1991 was defined as Franklin, Fairfield, Pickaway, Union, Licking, Madison and Delaware Counties.

Monthly housing costs include, if applicable: mortgages, contract rent, installment loans or contracts, real estate taxes, property insurance, homeowners association fees, cooperative or condominium fee, mobile home park fee, land rent, utilities and fuels, and garbage and trash collection.

Median Monthly Housing Costs for Selected Groups in the Columbus MSA: 1991

                 MSA                                        Below
Housing Costs    AVE   Owners  Renters    Black  Elderly  Poverty


lt  $100       8,200    2,900    5,300    3,400    2,700    5,000
$100-199      59,600   50,600    9,000    7,500   32,500   10,700
$200-249      32,500   26,400    6,100    2,300   13,100    4,700
$250-299      33,800   19,500   14,200    3,900    9,500    4,800
$300-349      33,400   14,200   19,200    3,600    6,300    5,500
$350-399      36,200   10,600   25,600    4,800    4,100    5,400
$400-449      36,500   13,100   23,500    4,700    3,900    4,300
$450-499      33,800   10,000   23,800    5,000    2,700    3,000
$500-599      60,500   24,300   36,200    4,600    5,500    3,600
$600-699      37,500   21,900   15,600    4,200    2,100      800
$700-799      32,400   26,600    5,800    1,800      900      700
$800-999      36,000   32,800    3,200    2,000      900      600
$1,000-1,249  21,900   21,200      700      900    1,300      800
$1,250-1,499   9,000    8,500      500      200      100      200
$1,500+        9,900    9,900      ---      200      400      ---
No cash rent   9,800      ---    9,800    1,900    1,200    5,000
No Mortgage
  Reported    33,800   33,800      ---    2,600    2,500    1,600 
    
Median          $451     $495     $432     $390     $230     $298
(Excludes No
  Cash Rent)

Source: American Housing Survey for the Columbus MSA, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Bureau of the Census

Median Monthly Housing Costs as a Percentage of Income for Owners and Renters in the Columbus MSA: 1991

% of Income           Owners    %         Renters   %


less than 30%       243,800   83.9      123,000   66.0
30%+                 46,700   16.1       63,300   34.0
50%+                 15,700    5.4       28,600   15.4
70%+                  9,800    3.4       17,600    9.4

Total               290,500  100.0      186,300  100.0

Source: American Housing Survey for the Columbus MSA, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Bureau of the Census

Filename: PS-035

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