Housing Cost Burdened

• The St. Croix River Valley counties all 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.
• Minnesota and its two St. Croix River Valley counties have slightly lower percentages of cost-burdened households than Wisconsin and its counties.

• It is encouraging that in Wisconsin and its St. Croix River Valley counties the proportion of cost-burdened households has been falling over time.
• It is also encouraging that the St. Croix River Valley counties have gone from usually having a higher percentage of cost-burdened households than the state average at the beginning of this time period to have lower proportions that the state average in recent years.

• The proportion of cost-burdened households in Minnesota and its St. Croix River Valley counties has fallen fairly consistently since 2009.
• 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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