2020 Legislative District Profiles

As a key leader in the Homes for All Coalition, MHP will be at the state capitol this session making the case for robust investments and smart policies that advance housing. Whether we engage in person or online, when we advocate for #Homes4AllMN, lawmakers need to know what’s going on in the communities they represent. MHP’s Legislative District Housing Profiles are an essential resource, providing data on housing measure for all 134 legislative districts across the state. 

While each district is unique in its challenges and opportunities, some troubling trends hold true. Utilizing data from the 2018 American Community Survey, there is a continued rise in housing costs, increasing numbers of families paying more than they can afford on housing costs and, in some districts, declining income for renters and homeowners.

For instance, after adjusting for inflation, rent has risen in 79 percent of the state’s districts since just 2013, and even median-income renter households can’t afford rent in more than 35 percent of the state’s legislative districts. Meanwhile, renter household income declined in 16 percent of districts and 9 percent of districts saw a decline in homeowner income over that same time period. 

Cost burden, the percentage of renter households that spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, is pervasive across the state impacting at least 27% of renter households in every legislative district across the state, and as many as 60% in District 59A in the Twin Cities region. Senior renters are increasingly affected by cost burden in every district, with as many as 80% of seniors in District 39B in the Twin Cities paying more than they can afford.

Read more district highs and lows below — and download YOUR legislative district profile in the column on the right. Don’t know your district? Find out here!

Cost burden

  • Most cost burdened renters: 60% in District 59A – Twin Cities 
  • Most cost burdened senior renters: 80% in District 39B – Twin Cities
  • Fewest cost burdened renters: 27% in District 15B – Central
  • Fewest cost burdened senior renters: 36% in District 28B – Central
  • Most cost burdened owners: 33% in District 62A – Twin Cities 
  • Most cost burdened senior owners: 38% in District 59B – Twin Cities
  • Fewest cost burdened owners: 13% in District 34A – Twin Cities
  • Fewest cost burdened senior owners: 15% in District 23A – Southern

Affordability

  • Lowest income needed to own a median-value home is $31,650 in District 22B – Southwest 
  • Highest income needed to own a median-value home is $145,950 in District 49A – Twin Cities 
  • Lowest income needed to afford median rent is $23,520 in District 6A – Northland
  • Highest income needed to afford median rent is $67,000 income in District 53B – Twin Cities

Increases and decreases 

  • Largest Increase in Rent: 27% in District 35B – Twin Cities
  • Largest decrease in rent: -19% in District 30B – Central
  • Largest decline in renter income: -13% in District 1B -Northwest
  • Largest increase in renter income: 65% in District 35B – Twin Cities
  • Largest increase in median home value: 16% in District 1B – Northwest
  • Largest decrease in median home value: -9% in District 14B – Central
  • Largest decline in owner income: -5% in District 62A – Twin Cities
  • Largest increase in owner income: 23% in District 60A – Twin Cities

2020 Profiles

District Profiles 2020

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