Housing Costs for Families with $20,000 Per Year or Less
$20,000 Per Year or Less(One Full-Time Worker At $7.00 - $9.60 Per Hour)
Jobs in this wage range include host/hostess, counter/rental clerk, cashier, retail sales, dining room/cafeteria attendant, and child care worker. Housing costs take up a majority of income for families with one wage earner at this level. A typical two bedroom apartment ($916 per month) is far out of reach, at up to three-fourths of the family's income. The average cost of a modest three-bedroom house ($1260 per month) is far out of the reach, at up to 100 percent of the family's income.
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Housing costs for families at income of $20,000 -- $25,000 per year Housing costs for families at income of $25,000 -- $30,000 per year Back to housing page.
Housing costs for families at income of $20,000 -- $25,000 per year
Housing costs for families at income of $25,000 -- $30,000 per year
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