?WHY IS
RENT HIGH?
Housing and regional inequalityHousing costs became much more unequal across U.S. metros.
The 2009 distribution is wider and more right-skewed than the 1964 distribution.
REDRAWN FROM STUDY DATAFigure 4 · Spatial distribution of housing costs
Figure 4 · Spatial distribution of housing costs. Values digitized from Figure 4 in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.| Metro housing-cost index | 1964 | 2009 |
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| −2 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
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| −1.5 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
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| −1 | 0.18 | 0.14 |
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| −0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
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| 0 | 0.5 | 0.38 |
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| 0.5 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
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| 1 | 0.16 | 0.26 |
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| 1.5 | 0.05 | 0.18 |
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| 2 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
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| 2.5 | 0 | 0.06 |
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| 3 | 0 | 0.03 |
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