Quick Facts: Resident Demographics

U.S. Households: How Many Rent, How Many Own?
What Types of Properties do Renters Live in?
Apartment Household Incomes
Renters in Large Cities
Apartment Resident Demographics
Transportation
Number of Renters in Each State

U.S. Households: Renters & Owners
Type of Household	Number of Households (000)	% of U.S. Total	Number of Residents (000)
Renter-Occupied Housing	38,363	33%	92,244
Owner-Occupied Housing	78,842	67%	209,240
Total	117,205	100%	301,484
Source: NMHC tabulations of 2009 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, US Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/cps). Updated 9/11/2009

What Type of Structure Do Renter Households Live in?
Type of Structure	Number of Households (000s)	Percentage of Households	Number of Residents (000s)
Single-family homes	12,627	33%	36,643
Structures with 2 to 4 units	7,292	19%	17,472
Structures with 5 or more units	16,700	44%	33,684
Mobile Homes	1,603	4%	4,174
Other	141	0%	271
Total	38,363	100%	92,244
Source: NMHC Tabulations of 2009 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, US Census Bureau (www.census.gov/cps). "Other" housing includes units in hotels, rooming houses, dormitories, tents or unspecified housing. Updated 9/11/2009

Apartment Household Incomes, by Income Categories
Income	2009 Number of Households (000's)	2008-2009 Annual Changes
<$20,000	5,720	2.3%
$20,000-$49,999	6,420	4.5%
$50,000+	4,560	-4.0%
Source: NMHC tabulations of the US Census Bureau's 2009 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (www.census.gov/cps). Apartment renters are defined as those in buildings with five or more units (excluding mobile homes). Income figures recorded in 2008 are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index. Updated 9/11/2009

Incomes: Apartments Versus All Households Annual change 2007-2008
	Apartments	All households
Mean Income	-2.7%	-2.6%
Median Income	-3.0%	-3.7%
Source: NMHC tabulations of the US Census Bureau's 2008 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (www.census.gov/cps). Apartment renters are defined as those in buildings with five or more units (excluding mobile homes). Income figures recorded in 2006 are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index. Updated 9/11/2009

Large Cities: Population, Housing and Renting Ranked by July 1, 2008 Population Estimates
City	City Population Estimates as of July 1, 2008¹	Total Occupied Housing Units²	Total Occupied Rental Units²	Percentage of Housing Units Occupied by Renters²
New York, NY	8,363,710	3,055,275	2,023,584	66%
Los Angeles, CA	3,833,995	1,280,535	785,685	61%
Chicago, IL	2,853,114	1,025,027	532,870	52%
Houston, TX	2,242,193	756,224	403,098	53%
Phoenix, AZ	1,567,924	493,898	190,884	39%
Philadelphia, PA	1,447,395	578,263	253,084	44%
San Antonio, TX	1,351,305	447,106	180,049	40%
Dallas, TX	1,279,910	453,692	243,947	54%
San Diego, CA	1,279,329	467,319	234,623	50%
San Jose, CA	948,279	288,561	112,224	39%
Detroit, MI	912,062	263,630	123,107	47%
San Francisco, CA	808,976	323,339	195,714	61%
Jacksonville, FL	807,815	318,376	113,967	36%
Indianapolis (balance), IN	798,382	324,635	129,472	40%
Austin, TX	757,688	314,344	164,952	52%
Columbus, OH	754,885	309,255	154,510	50%
Fort Worth, TX	703,073	237,796	96,745	41%
Charlotte, NC	687,456	286,163	116,413	41%
Memphis, TN	669,651	244,929	109,791	45%
Baltimore, MD	636,919	238,454	115,991	49%
El Paso, TX	613,190	200,610	73,772	37%
Boston, MA	609,023	232,969	147,120	63%
Milwaukee, WI	604,477	221,194	115,276	52%
Denver, CO	598,707	248,129	111,303	45%
Seattle, WA	598,541	272,508	130,742	48%
Source: ^1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places Over 100,000, Ranked by July 1, 2008 Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 (SUB-EST2008-01), Population Division, US Census Bureau. ^2. 2008 American Community Survey, 1-year estimates, US Census Bureau. Updated 10/1/2009

Characteristics of Apartment Households and All U.S. Households in 2009 (in thousands)
	All Apartments	New Apartments (Built 1990-2009	Total Households (renters and owners)
Total Households	15,239	2,825	111,861
Age of Householder
Under 30	31%	36%	13%
30-44	28%	26%	29%
45-64	25%	19%	38%
65 or older	17%	20%	21%
Median Age	39	35	48
Mean Age	43	43	50
Household Type (%)
single male	24%	20%	12%
single female	26%	31%	16%
husband w/wife only	8%	11%	22%
husband/wife/kid(s)	8%	8%	25%
single parent	13%	12%	9%
other	20%	19%	16%
Household Members (%)
1	49%	51%	27%
2	27%	28%	33%
3	12%	12%	16%
4 or more	12%	9%	24%
Mean Number	1.9	1.8	2.5
Children (under age 18)
Mean number	0.4	0.3	0.6
% Households with one or more	22%	20%	31%
Household Income (% distribution)
Less than $20,000	38%	32%	20%
$20,000 - $34,999	23%	21%	18%
$36,000 - $49,999	15%	18%	14%
$50,000 - $74,999	13%	15%	17%
$75,000 or more	10%	14%	31%
Mean Income	$35,758	$42,553	$65,073
Median Income	$26,000	$33,000	$47,020
Household income of "Market Rate" Renters
Mean Income	$40,501	$46,416	n/a
Median Income	$31,000	$36,400	n/a
Hispanic householders
Hispanic	19%	12%	11%
non-Hispanic	81%	88%	89%
Motor Vehicles
Mean # per Household	1.0	1.2	1.9
% Households with one or more	73%	84%	92%
Notes: All statistics are NMHC tabulations from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2009 American Housing Survey. The estimates are based on a nationally representative sample of 45,057 occupied housing units, of which 6,615 are in structures with 5 or more units and 1,299 are newly built apartments, where newly built is defined as those built in 1990 or later. Because of the relatively small number of newly built apartments in the sample, small differences between the estimated characteristics of these residents and others may be attributable to sampling error and should be interpreted cautiously. "Market Rate" apartments are those privately owned units whose residents reported that no government subsidy is received. Results in this table will differ from those of other national surveys because of differences in survey timing, question wording and sampling. Updated 6/2010.

Transportation-2009
	All apartment renter households	Apartments built 1990 or later	Single family owners	Total households
Number of households (in thousands)	15,239	2,825	72,725	111,861
Main Transportation to Work
Car, truck, van, motorcycle or taxi	49%	59%	68%	64%
Bus or streetcar	6%	2%	1%	3%
Subway or rail	4%	1%	1%	2%
Walking or bicycle	6%	4%	2%	3%
Work at home	2%	2%	5%	4%
Note: The figures above indicate the share of households in which at least one person uses a particular type of transportation to work. More than one person per household may, for example, take the subway to work.
Public transportation - Use and Availability
Public transportation available	83%	68%	45%	54%
Use public transportation	23%	11%	4%	9%
Source: NMHC tabulations of 2009 American Housing Survey. Updated

State Distribution of Apartment Renters, 2008
State	Population in Occupied Housing Units (thousands)	Number of Apartment Renters	Share of State Population
Alabama	4,662	292	6%
Alaska	686	49	7%
Arizona	6,500	659	10%
Arkansas	2,855	180	6%
California	36,757	5,761	16%
Colorado	4,939	568	11%
Connecticut	3,501	331	9%
Delaware	873	82	9%
District of Columbia	592	181	31%
Florida	18,328	1,919	10%
Georgia	9,686	958	10%
Hawaii	1,288	178	14%
Idaho	1,524	75	5%
Illinois	12,902	1,263	10%
Indiana	6,377	490	8%
Iowa	3,003	233	8%
Kansas	2,802	197	7%
Kentucky	4,269	278	7%
Louisiana	4,411	252	6%
Maine	1,316	79	6%
Maryland	5,634	691	12%
Massachusetts	6,498	700	11%
Michigan	10,003	735	7%
Minnesota	5,220	505	10%
Mississippi	2,939	178	6%
Missouri	5,912	367	6%
Montana	967	55	6%
Nebraska	1,783	149	8%
Nevada	2,600	363	14%
New Hampshire	1,316	110	8%
New Jersey	8,683	1,015	12%
New Mexico	1,984	125	6%
New York	19,490	4,373	22%
North Carolina	9,222	687	7%
North Dakota	641	80	13%
Ohio	11,486	919	8%
Oklahoma	3,642	245	7%
Oregon	3,790	387	10%
Pennsylvania	12,448	791	6%
Rhode Island	1,051	91	9%
South Carolina	4,480	293	7%
South Dakota	804	65	8%
Tennessee	6,215	460	7%
Texas	24,327	3,039	12%
Utah	2,736	221	8%
Vermont	621	31	5%
Virginia	7,769	808	10%
Washington	6,549	767	12%
West Virginia	1,814	83	4%