Charts you can read on their own.
Single figures lifted from the projects and given a page of their own. Each one is a chart you can read without the surrounding paper, with its dataset a click away in the data warehouse.
Housing & affordability
Income, rent burden, and the cost of living across major U.S. metros.
2 figuresIncome vs. rent burden (2024)
The 2024 refresh of the income vs. rent burden figure. Higher-income metros still tend toward a lighter rent burden, but the link stays loose: San Jose and San Francisco pair the highest incomes with the lowest rent shares, while Miami carries the heaviest burden at nearly 38 percent of income.
open figureIncome vs. rent burden (2023)
Across major U.S. metros, higher median income tends to come with a lighter rent burden, but the link is loose. San Jose and San Francisco pair the highest incomes with some of the lowest rent shares, while Miami carries the heaviest rent burden on a lower-than-average income.
open figureEnvironment & health
Air quality and environmental conditions set against income across major U.S. metros.
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