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Location Affordability Index v 1.0, 2005-2009

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development · 2005 Full Details

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Title
Location Affordability Index v 1.0, 2005-2009
Description
The Location Affordability Index (LAI) estimates the percentage of a family’s income dedicated to the combined cost of housing and transportation in a given location. Because what is “affordable” is different for everyone, users can choose among a diverse set of family profiles—which vary by household income, size, and number of commuters—and see the affordability landscape for each in a given neighborhood, city, or region. The Location Affordability Index (LAI) estimates three dependent variables of transportation behavior (auto ownership, auto use, and transit use) as functions of 14 independent variables (median income, per capita income, average household size, average commuters per household, residential density, gross density, block density, intersection density, transit connectivity, transit frequency of service, transit access shed, employment access, job diversity, and average commute distance). To hone in on the built environment’s influence on transportation costs, the independent household variables (income, household size, and commuters per household) are set at fixed values to control for any variation they might cause. The LAI also estimates two dependent variables of housing costs (Selected Monthly Owner Costs and Gross Rent) as functions of 16 independent variables: regional median selected monthly owner costs and regional median gross rent in addition to the 14 variables used in the transportation model. To learn more about the Location Affordability Index (v.1.0) visit: https://www.locationaffordability.info/LAPMethods.pdf. Data Dictionary: DD_Location Affordability Indev v.1.0. Date of Coverage: 2005-2009  https://www.locationaffordability.info/LAPMethodsV2.pdf, The Location Affordability Index helps to better understand the combined cost of housing and transportation.
Publisher
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Subject
Affordable housing, Economy, Boundaries, Location, Society
Temporal Coverage
2005-2009
Date Issued
2023
Rights
This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Rights Holder
This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Access Rights
Public
Format
Shapefile
Language
English
Date Added
October 01, 2025

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    [Creator not found] (2023). Location Affordability Index v 1.0, 2005-2009. United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (dataset)
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