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Chad Swiatecki is a 20-year journalist who relocated to Austin from his home state of Michigan in 2008. He most enjoys covering the intersection of arts, business and local/state politics. He has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, New York Daily News, Texas Monthly, Austin American-Statesman and many other regional and national outlets.
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Austin’s minority homeownership gap smaller than national average
Monday, March 24, 2025 by Chad Swiatecki
A new report from Construction Coverage finds that, while Austin’s minority homeownership gap remains significant, it is smaller than the nationwide average. The study, which examines disparities in homeownership across the country, found that 51.3 percent of minority households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area own their homes, compared to 64 percent of white households – a gap of 12.7 percentage points. Nationally, the gap between white and minority homeownership has remained above 20 percentage points for more than two decades, with the Black-white homeownership divide wider today than it was in the 1960s. The report highlights disparities by race, noting that Asian and Pacific Islander households have the highest homeownership rate at 63.3 percent, while Hispanic and Black households have the lowest at 51 and 45 percent, respectively. The full report, which examines homeownership trends across the 100 largest U.S. metro areas and all 50 states, is available online.
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