More Measures

Foreclosures
In Minnesota, scheduled foreclosure sales recorded by the county sheriff's office are commonly used as proxy measure of actual loss of ownership. HousingLink provides the latest Sheriff Sales summary data, plus projections.

Housing segregation
"Exposure index," measures the average racial composition of neighborhoods experienced by members of specific racial groups; "Dissimilarity index" measures to what degree a particular group is distributed across census tracts in relation to another group. Census Scope provides a tool to calculate exposure and dissimilarity indexes by major cities and metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) using 2000 census data.

Housing wage gap
The housing wage gap is the difference between the median wage and the wage required to afford a median-priced home or apartment. Data available from Minnesota Housing Partnership, 2001 to the present. See "Income Gap" charts.

Median gross rent
Median gross rent data (includes rent plus utilities) for the 13-county metropolitan area, provided by the American Community Survey (ACS). Data available from 1990 to the present.

Median home price
Median home price data for the Twin Cities 13-county metropolitan area, provided by the National Association of Home Builders. Data available from 1995 to the present.

Use tools to construct a measure

Cost of development
Estimate housing development costs using list prices of raw materials or a construction-cost calculator.

Housing construction statistics
Up-to-date housing construction statistics, including new housing starts and building permits. National, state and local data are available.

Mortgage lending and borrowing
Generate local statistics from data reported annually to the federal government. Type in a place of interest and then select the "Mortgage Lending" tab under topics. 2005 data for the state of Minnesota, the Twin Cities 13-county metropolitan area and Minnesota cities are available.

Subsidized housing units
Search for existing and planned rental housing units in the 7-county region that are tied to funding sources requiring affordable rents.

Data rich sites

Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors
Provides a range of weekly- and monthly-updated housing data for the Twin Cities 13-county metropolitan area. Includes the number of new listings, average and median sales price, and the affordability index, among many other measures. Also contains quarterly reports on short sales and foreclosures in the Twin Cities 13-county metropolitan area from 2006 to the most recent quarter.

Foreclosure-Response.org
Provides Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) datasets with foreclosure "need scores" for states, counties, cities, and ZIP codes.