The Rural Housing Data Portal Information for Rural America Housing Assistance Council.

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Information for Information for

Rural Rural AmericaAmerica

Housing Assistance Council

• Quality and accessible data are an essential component to understanding the housing conditions in our communities.

• Data provide a powerful means to more effectively address the shelter needs of people who lack decent and affordable housing.

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DATA

ANALYSIS

INFORMATION

INSIGHTS

KNOWLEDGE

ACTION

Finding good data is just the first step in the process

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Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data PortalWhat is it?

• The Housing Assistance Council, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, created a searchable database that combines many disparate data sources into one easily accessible database.

• The Rural Housing Data Portal is a web resource that provides data on social, economic, and housing conditions.

• The Data Portal is specifically geared toward the data needs of rural housing

practitioners and communities.

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http://www.ruralhome.org/dataportal/

Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data PortalWhere is it?

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• Federal and government developed data is the foundation of the Rural Housing Data Portal.

• Government agencies collect and post a wealth of demographic and economic data.

• Yet much of this data is in disparate locations and often not user friendly.

• Data from specific sources such as:– 2000 Census of Population and Housing

– Census Bureau's Recent Population Estimates

– Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics

– Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimate

– Census Bureau’s Recent Housing Unit Estimates

– FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data

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• The Portal provides information for each data indicator at the national, state, and county level.

• In addition, a rural- urban breakdown is also provided at each level of geography.

Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data PortalLevels of Geography in the Data Portal

Data Portal Geographical Hierarchy

National

State

County

National

Urban

National

Rural

State Urban

State Rural

County Status

(can only be one. Urban or

Rural)

• Many definitions of “Rural.”

• The Data Portal provides information on several measures of rural – OMB Metropolitan, Micropolitan – Census Defined Urbanized Areas, etc).

• However, data in the Portal are primarily categorized by a composite measure of HAC designated “Rural” and “Urban Counties.”

Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data PortalWhat is “Rural”?What is “Rural”?

• Rural. Rural is defined as a county outside of a metropolitan area, or a county inside a metropolitan area that has no Urbanized population.

• Urban. Metropolitan county with some urbanized population.

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The Rural Housing Data Portal provides access to over 40 social, economic, and housing indicators.

Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data PortalThe Structure of the Data Portal

SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

• General Population CountsPopulation, Nonurbanized population

• Race & Ethnicity Characteristics White, African American, Native American, Asian Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander, Other, Two or more

races, and Hispanic • Age and Education Characteristics

Median age, High school Diploma, College Degree

Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data PortalLevels of Geography in the Data Portal

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

• Labor Force and Income CharacteristicsEmployment, Unemployment, Median income

• Poverty Characteristics Poverty, Child poverty

Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data PortalIndicators in the Data Portal

HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS• General Housing Counts

Total, Occupied, and Vacant housing units

• Housing Tenure, Structure Type and Value CharacteristicsOwner and Renter occupied units, Manufactured homes,

Median home value

• Basic Housing Quality CharacteristicsLacking plumbing, Lacking Kitchen, Lacking Telephone

• Housing Affordability CharacteristicsCost-burdened households

• Household Crowding CharacteristicsCrowded housing units

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MORTGAGE ACCESS CHARACTERISTICS (HMDA Reported Loans)

• General Mortgage Activity Conventional loans, loan applications, originations,

and denials

• Mortgage Application CharacteristicsHome purchase, improvement, refinance and high

cost loans

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• Limitations of the Data Portal

• Caveats and responsibilities when working with secondary-level data

Rural Housing Data PortalRural Housing Data Portal Limitations and Caveats

Using the Rural Housing Data Portal

Example # 1:Education, Poverty,

and Housing Affordability

in

Butte County, South Dakota

Online go to:

http://www.ruralhome.org/dataportal/

• The Data Portal includes a map function.

• One national county level map for each indicator in the Data Portal.

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www.ruralhome.org

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