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      • Learning Outcomes
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      • Access to Care
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        • Babies with Low Birth Weights
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  • Orange County Profile
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        • Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect
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      • Youth Risk Behavior
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        • Juvenile Delinquency Intakes
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        • Average Charitable Giving
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        • Voter Registration Rate
        • Voter Participation Rate
    • Demographics
      • Population Characteristics
        • Total Population
        • Population by Age
        • Population by Race/Ethnicity
        • Household Types
    • Economy
      • Health of the Economy
        • Change in Total Jobs
        • Employment by Sector
      • Cost of Government
        • Spending for County Government
      • Exciting Regional Destinations
        • Tourism Revenue
    • Education
      • School Readiness
        • Preschoolers Receiving Special Education Services
        • Prekindergarten Participation
        • Students Receiving Special Education Services
      • Public Support for Education
        • Per-Student Spending
      • Academic Achievement
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Economic Background
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Economic Background
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity
      • Learning Outcomes
        • High School Cohort Graduation Rate
        • High School Cohort Dropout Rate
        • High School GED Rate
        • Plans of High School Graduates
        • Education Levels of Adults
        • Education Levels of Adults, by Race/Ethnicity
    • Financial Stability
      • Financial Resources
        • Median Household Income
        • Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity
        • People Living in Poverty
        • People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Seniors in poverty
        • Veterans in poverty
      • People Receiving Assistance
        • Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care
        • Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Lunch
        • Earned Income Tax Credit Participation
    • Health
      • Access to Care
        • People Without Health Insurance
      • Healthy Start
        • Early Prenatal Care, by Mother's Race/Ethnicity
        • Babies with Low Birth Weights
        • Infant Mortality
      • Health Challenges
        • People living with HIV
        • People living with AIDS
        • Mental health clinic visits
    • Housing
      • Healthy Neighborhoods
        • Homeownership Rates
        • Homelessness
      • Affordable Housing
        • Housing Affordability for Homeowners
        • Housing Affordability for Renters
    • Public Safety
      • Safe Neighborhoods
        • Violent crimes
        • Domestic violence
  • Ulster County Profile
    • Children and Youth
      • Family Support
        • Children Living in Poverty
        • Children Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Single-Parent Families
        • Single-Parent Families, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Rate of Child Abuse and Neglect
        • Rate of Foster Care Admissions
      • Youth Risk Behavior
        • Teen Pregnancy
        • Live Births to Teen Mothers
        • Juvenile Delinquency Intakes
        • Bullying
    • Community Engagement
      • Philanthropic Support
        • Average Charitable Giving
      • Civic Participation
        • Voter Registration Rate
        • Voter Participation Rate
    • Demographics
      • Population Characteristics
        • Total Population
        • Population by Age
        • Population by Race/Ethnicity
        • Household Types
    • Economy
      • Health of the Economy
        • Change in Total Jobs
        • Employment by Sector
      • Cost of Government
        • Spending for County Government
      • Exciting Regional Destinations
        • Tourism Revenue
    • Education
      • School Readiness
        • Preschoolers Receiving Special Education Services
        • Prekindergarten Participation
        • Students Receiving Special Education Services
      • Public Support for Education
        • Per-Student Spending
      • Academic Achievement
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Economic Background
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 English, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Economic Background
        • Student Performance on Grade 4 Math, by Race/Ethnicity
      • Learning Outcomes
        • High School Cohort Graduation Rate
        • High School Cohort Dropout Rate
        • High School GED Rate
        • Plans of High School Graduates
        • Education Levels of Adults
        • Education Levels of Adults, by Race/Ethnicity
    • Financial Stability
      • Financial Resources
        • Median Household Income
        • Median Household Income, by Race/Ethnicity
        • People Living in Poverty
        • People Living in Poverty, by Race/Ethnicity
        • Seniors in poverty
        • Veterans in poverty
      • People Receiving Assistance
        • Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care
        • Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Price Lunch
        • Earned Income Tax Credit Participation
    • Health
      • Access to Care
        • People Without Health Insurance
      • Healthy Start
        • Early Prenatal Care, by Mother's Race/Ethnicity
        • Babies with Low Birth Weights
        • Infant Mortality
      • Health Challenges
        • People living with HIV
        • People living with AIDS
        • Mental health clinic visits
    • Housing
      • Healthy Neighborhoods
        • Homeownership Rates
        • Homelessness
      • Affordable Housing
        • Housing Affordability for Homeowners
        • Housing Affordability for Renters
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      • Safe Neighborhoods
        • Violent crimes
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8 | Housing, Orange County Profile | Key Trends

Housing fulfills the basic human need for shelter and is a strong measure of a community's cost of living, relative wealth and general prosperity. In this section, we highlight the trends for 3 indicators:  1) homeownership rates; 2) housing affordability for homeowners; and 3) housing affordability for renters.

In all cases, comparisons to state statistics reflect the state excluding New York City.

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Key Trends

Housing fulfills the basic human need for shelter and is a strong measure of a community's cost of living, relative wealth and general prosperity. In this section, we highlight the trends for 3 indicators:  1) homeownership rates; 2) housing affordability for homeowners; and 3) housing affordability for renters.

In all cases, comparisons to state statistics reflect the state excluding New York City.

Overview

Between 2000 and 2012-16, homeownership has increased in two of three counties. At the same time, housing has become less affordable for both homeowners and renters.  The rate of homelessness in Orange has decreased since 2005.

Healthy Neighborhoods

Homeownership rates have increased across the region.
Orange County has experienced a slight uptick in homeownership rates, rising from 67% in 2000 to 68% in 2012-16. This was comparable to the increase in the region, the state, and Ulster. The nation’s rate was slightly lower at 64%.

Homelessness
The rate of homeless persons decreased since 2005, and continued to have the lowest rate in the region.

In 2016, there were 9 homeless persons per 10,000 residents in Orange, a 17% decrease from 2005.  Orange’s rate was the lowest in the region in 2016.

Affordable Housing

Homeownership has become less unaffordable in Orange County
Orange’s affordability ratio of 2.8 is below the 3.0 considered affordable but increased dramatically from 2.1 in 2000. This was above the ratio for the state (2.4) and nation (2.6) . (The ratio is calculated by dividing median home value by household income.)

Rental housing has become less affordable between 2000 and 2012-16, similar to state and national trends. 
Rental housing in the county was above the federal affordability guideline that housing should cost no more than 30% of household income. In 2012-16, renters in Orange spent 37% of their income on rent, above Dutchess, the state and nation. Renters in Orange were spending more of their income on rent compared to 2000, up 10 points, compared to increases of 7 points in Dutchess and 10 points in Ulster.

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The percentage of all occupied housing units (not vacant) that are owner-occupied (not rented).

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