Rent is on the rise, not just in Austin, but in the US as a whole. Culturemap Austin reports on what each generation is paying in rent and whether they are able to afford the rent increases.
The US Census Bureau found that 35% of households nationally are renters and 47% of those households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, which means they are cost-burdened.
A recent study looked at how that cost burden breaks down across three generations: millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers.
Roughly two-thirds of millennials are renters and their median rent is $980. Millennial's median income is $39,900 and this contributes to the fact that 46.5 percent of millennials are paying more 30% of their income on rent.
More Baby Boomers are facing burdens from renting than millennials. 23.3 percent of Baby Boomers are renters and 49.1 percent are paying more than 30% of their income in rent. Boomer's median income is the lowest of the three generations at $33,000, and their rent is also the lowest at $890 per month.
38% of Generation X’ers rent and 44 percent of them spend more than 30% of their income on their rent. Generation X’s median income is $44,470 and their median rent is $1,050.
Austinites that are part of Generation X are doing even better. Just 38.3 percent of them pay more than 30% of their income in rent. 45.1% of Austin Millennials spend more than 30% of their income for their rent, and 51% of renting Boomers in Austin spend more than they should on rent.
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