Hi ACS Users,
We are considering combining responses from table B25095 (Household income by selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income in the past 12 months) and table B25074 (Household income by gross rent as a percentage of household income in the past 12 months) to create a joint owner/renter monthly housing cost burden calculation. Does anyone know of any potential issues with combining these tables?
The tables have different universes (owner-occupied vs renter-occupied housing units) but we plan on using table value B25003_001 (Total occupied housing units) as the denominator since that includes both universes. Also, the percentage of household income groupings match across both tables. I have looked through the subject definitions and found nothing that explicitly suggests or discourages this comparison.
Any thoughts or advice would be most welcome!
Thanks,Lauren
Hi, Lauren -- this is done often and seems totally fine to me. Just a couple things to be aware of:
We've done HCB calculations like this for years at Missouri Census Data Center.
Thanks, that's really helpful to know!