NON Married Couple Households Are Majority of Oregon Households : Of This Majority, More than Half are Renters.

The first set of 2006 American Community Survey( ACS) data on income and poverty has been released. More detailed data, including housing data, will be released a couple of weeks from now. ACS data can be accessed HERE.

In preparing for the September data release I went back and looked at 2005 ACS data and discovered some important information on what household types make up Oregon renters.

A one page PDF summary sheet –with household definitions-is HERE, but here’s a short summary:

1. 36% of Oregon households are renter households (516,227 of 1,425,340 HH’s).

2. A minority (49%) of all Oregon households (703,761 ) are married couple family households. Of these married couple family households only 20% are renters.

3. The majority of Oregon households (721,579) consist of “Other family” households plus “non family” households. Amongst this majority of Oregon households, more than HALF—52%-- are renters.

Similar ACS data for 2006 should be available in mid September and when available this post will be updated with that data.