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An Equity Profile of Orange County
14%
6%
24%
23%
California
Orange County
28%
20%
24%
28%
27%
25%
20%
21%
73%
60%
41%
38%
32%
18%
40%
40%
Wharton
Walker
Brazoria
Galveston
Montgomery
Fort Bend
Harris
Houston-Galveston Region
Share of rental housing
units that are affordable
Share of jobs that are low-wage
Jobs-housing mismatch for low-wage workers
California and Orange County have a low-wage jobs affordable housing gap
Connectedness
75. Low-Wage Jobs and Affordable Rental Housing, California and Orange County, 2016
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Note: Data on the share of affordable rental units represent a 2012 through 2016 average, while data on the share of low-wage jobs are from 2014 and are
calculated on a place-of-work basis.
Most low-wage workers in the region are
not likely to find affordable rental housing.
In Orange County, 23 percent of jobs are
low-wage (paying $1,250 per month or
less) and only 6 percent of rental units are
affordable (defined as having a rent of
$749 per month or less, which would be 30
percent or less of two low-wage workers'
incomes).
