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The Rural Housing Data Portal Information for Rural America

The Rural Housing Data Portal Information for Rural America. Housing Assistance Council. Rural Housing Data Portal The Need For Data. Quality and accessible data are an essential component to understanding the housing conditions in our communities.

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The Rural Housing Data Portal Information for Rural America

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  1. The RuralHousingData PortalInformation for Rural America Housing Assistance Council

  2. Rural Housing Data PortalThe Need For Data • 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.

  3. Rural Housing Data PortalThe Need For Data Finding good data is just the first step in the process DATA ANALYSIS INFORMATION INSIGHTS KNOWLEDGE ACTION

  4. Rural 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.

  5. Rural Housing Data PortalWhat is it? • 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.

  6. Rural Housing Data PortalWhere is it? http://www.ruralhome.org/dataportal/

  7. Rural Housing Data PortalFederally Collected Data • 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.

  8. Rural Housing Data PortalFederally Collected Data • 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

  9. Rural Housing Data PortalLevels of Geography in the Data Portal • 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.

  10. Data Portal Geographical Hierarchy National Urban National National Rural State Urban State State Rural County County Status (can only be one. Urban or Rural)

  11. Rural Housing Data PortalWhat is “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.”

  12. Rural Housing Data PortalLevels of Geography in the Data Portal • 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.

  13. Rural Housing Data PortalThe Structure of the Data Portal The Rural Housing Data Portal provides access to over 40 social, economic, and housing indicators.

  14. Rural Housing Data PortalLevels of Geography in the Data Portal SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS • General Population Counts Population, 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

  15. Rural Housing Data PortalIndicators in the Data Portal ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS • Labor Force and Income Characteristics Employment, Unemployment, Median income • Poverty Characteristics Poverty, Child poverty

  16. Rural Housing Data PortalIndicators in the Data Portal HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS • General Housing Counts Total, Occupied, and Vacant housing units • Housing Tenure, Structure Type and Value Characteristics Owner and Renter occupied units, Manufactured homes, Median home value • Basic Housing Quality Characteristics Lacking plumbing, Lacking Kitchen, Lacking Telephone • Housing Affordability Characteristics Cost-burdened households • Household Crowding Characteristics Crowded housing units

  17. Rural Housing Data PortalIndicators in the Data Portal MORTGAGE ACCESS CHARACTERISTICS (HMDA Reported Loans) • General Mortgage Activity Conventional loans, loan applications, originations, and denials • Mortgage Application Characteristics Home purchase, improvement, refinance and high cost loans

  18. Rural Housing Data Portal Limitations and Caveats • Limitations of the Data Portal • Caveats and responsibilities when working with secondary-level data

  19. Using the Rural Housing Data Portal Example # 1: Education, Poverty, and Housing Affordability in Butte County, South Dakota

  20. Online go to: http://www.ruralhome.org/dataportal/

  21. Rural Housing Data PortalIndicators in the Data Portal • The Data Portal includes a map function. • One national county level map for each indicator in the Data Portal.

  22. Thank You! www.ruralhome.org

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