About how much of your income currently goes towards paying your rent or mortgage for your primary residence?

About how much of your income currently goes towards paying your rent or mortgage for your primary residence? Published on June 6, 2019 → Survey conducted on June 6, 2019 on 1677 U.S. adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Less than 10% of my income

10%-15%

16%-20%

21%-25%

10%

26%-30%

31%-35%

36%-40%

41%-45%

46%-50%

More than 50% of my income goes towards paying rent/mortgage

N/A - I don’t pay rent/have a mortgage on my primary residence

21%

Don’t know

11%

Less than 10% of my income

10%-15%

16%-20%

21%-25%

10%

26%-30%

31%-35%

36%-40%

41%-45%

46%-50%

More than 50% of my income goes towards paying rent/mortgage

N/A - I don’t pay rent/have a mortgage on my primary residence

21%

Don’t know

11%

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