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What percentage of households that own outright still pay $1,000 a month or more in housing costs?

21.4% of households that own outright still pay $1,000 a month or more in housing costs — about 21 in every 100, or 2 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

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21.4

Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS (SMOC) → Housing units without a mortgage → $1,000 or more”.
Population
American households that own outright
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
21.3% to 21.5%

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