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Owner Overview

Ownership Burden by Race & Ethnicity , 2017
Housing Ownership Burden by Census Tract , 2018
35 % 30 % 25 % 20 % 15 % 10 % 5 % 0 %
40 %
18.5 %
White People of Color
25.6 %
27.2 %
30.3 %
White
Black
Asian or Pacific Islander
La�no
People of Color
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas ,
www . nationalequityatlas . org .
Ownership Burden , 1990-2017
38.2 %
27.9 %
< 15 % 15 % - 25 % 25 % - 35 % 35 % - 45 % > 45 %
30 %
24.9 %
27.9 %
20 %
17.8 %
20.9 %
18.5 %
10 % No Data
0 % 1990 2000 2010 2017
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .
Source : U . S . Census Bureau , 2018 ACS 5-Year Estimates .
Ownership burden is defined as homeowners who spend over 30 percent of their income on their housing costs . As of 2017 , 23 percent of all homeowners in Arlington were burdened , which is equivalent to the homeownership burden rate of the U . S . as a whole .
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