Key facts about housing affordability in the U.S.
Here are some of the key measures of the housing affordability crunch in the United States and the reasons behind it.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Here are some of the key measures of the housing affordability crunch in the United States and the reasons behind it.
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
About seven-in-ten say young adults today have a harder time when it comes to saving for the future, paying for college and buying a home.
Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.
Nearly one-in-five middle-income families report receiving unemployment benefits in 2020.
A growing share of U.S. adults say it’s a bad thing for the country that some people have personal fortunes of a billion dollars or more.
Nearly half of Black adults say the economic impact of the pandemic will make achieving their financial goals harder in the long term.
About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.
The charts below allow for comparisons between racial or ethnic groups over time on a range of measures including educational attainment, household income, life expectancy and others. You may select any two groups at a time for comparison.
Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.
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