Broward County Housing Cost Burden and Income Trends

Overview This feature service provides annual Broward County, Florida housing affordability and income trend information compiled from American Community Survey sources. It brings together household cost burden measures for owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing with related income and poverty indicators for comparison across years. Content Housing cost burden measures for owners and renters, including total cost burden, limited cost burden, severe cost burden, and related percentages. Income indicators that include median household income, median family income, median earned wages, and median earned full-time salary. Poverty context through a poverty level percentage field. Geographic reference information for Broward County urbanized area coverage and associated identifiers. Yearly time series values spanning multiple annual ACS periods from 2010 through 2023, supporting trend review over time. Geographic Coverage The service covers Broward County, Florida, with information organized for local county-level analysis and comparison over time. Use Cases Tracking housing affordability and rent or ownership cost stress over time. Comparing owner and renter cost burden patterns across annual survey periods. Supporting community planning, housing policy review, and socioeconomic analysis. Combining affordability measures with income and poverty indicators in GIS applications. Source and Licensing Data are sourced from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau. The service is distributed as open public data with no use limitations or restrictions.