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Behind the Data: Home ownership by income bracket

A person's income can reveal whether they tend to own, or rent, their place of residence.

Behind the Data: Home ownership by income bracket
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Home ownership data based on census statistics helped us chart the user-submitted income against income brackets of varying sizes.

This was some of the most surprising data, from our perspective, because it found that the majority of Americans that make over $20,000 own their homes.