Joint owner/renter monthly housing cost calculation

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

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