Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Cost-Burden
Cost-Burden in Arlington and the Comparison Region
Households paying 30 to 50% of their income on housing are defined as cost-burdened and households paying
more than 50% of their income on housing are defined as extremely cost-burdened. Of the 18,247 (± 842)
occupied housing units in Arlington where cost burden status could be determined, 3,067 ± 349 (17% ± 2%)
qualified as cost burdened and 2,314 ± 309 (13% ± 2%) qualified as extremely cost-burdened. This is roughly
a third of households in Arlington.
By percentage, there are fewer households in Arlington that are either cost-burdened or extremely cost-
burdened (30% ± 2%) relative to the rest of the region; Arlington ranks 22nd of the 25 municipalities when
ranked high-to-low in percentage of cost-burdened households. The aggregated statistic for the comparison
region is 39% ± 1%. The percentage of either cost-burdened or extremely cost-burdened households in
Arlington has decreased slightly (34% ± 2%) since the 2005-2009 ACS 5-Year estimates and Arlington's rank
relative to the municipalities has held at 22. The aggregated statistic for the comparison region has decreased
slightly, moving from 43% ± 1%, to its current value of 39% ± 1%.
Cost-Burden by Race and Ethnicity
White households in Arlington, which are the most common household type (88% ± 2%), reflect the overall
percentages of cost burdened and severely cost burdened households in Arlington. The percentage of cost-
burdened Latino and Other race households exceeds this share at 33% (±20%) and 25% (±16%), respectively,
while Asian households and Black households fall below it at 14% (±10%) and 4% (±15%), respectively.
These percentages shift when looking at severely cost-burdened households in Arlington. The percentage of
Latino and Other race