Housing Cost Burdened

• The St. Croix River Valley counties, with the exception of Burnett County, have lower proportions of cost-burdened households than their respective states.
• More than one-in-five households in all St. Croix River Valley counties are, however, classified as cost-burdened.
• Wisconsin and three of its four St. Croix River Valley counties (St. Croix County being the exception) have slightly lower percentages of cost-burdened households than Minnesota and its counties.

• In Wisconsin and its St. Croix River Valley counties, the proportion of cost-burdened households fell over time until 2020, when the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted housing affordability and increased the percentage of cost-burdened households. However, such percentages are still lower than the levels seen right after the Great Recession.
• Except for Burnett County, the other St. Croix River Valley counties have gone from having a higher percentage of cost-burdened households than the state average at the beginning of this time period, to having lower proportions than the state average in recent years.
   

• The proportion of cost-burdened households in Minnesota and its St. Croix River Valley counties fell consistently from 2009 to 2019.
• Ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020 impacted housing affordability and increased the percentage of cost-burdened households. In Minnesota and Washington County, such percentages are now similar to the levels seen right after the Great Recession.
• Chisago County moved from having substantially higher proportions of cost-burdened households than the state average in the early portion of this time period to having a lower-than-average percentage at the end.
• Washington County has consistently had lower percentages of cost-burdened households than the Minnesota average.

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