Location Affordability Index - All Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs)
The Location Affordability Index is an indicator of housing and transportation costs at the neighborhood level. It gives the percentage of a given family's income estimated to be spent on housing and transportation costs in a given location for eight different household profiles. It is calculated using actual and modeled data for Census block groups in all 942 Combined Base Statistical Areas, which cover 94% of the U.S. population.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1Y |
| agencyDataSeriesURL | http://www.locationaffordability.info/lai.aspx%3Furl=download.php |
| agencyProgramURL | http://www.locationaffordability.info/ |
| analysisUnit | Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) |
| bureauCode |
[
"021:04"
]
|
| categoryDesignation | Research |
| collectionInstrument | Transportation |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "FHWA-Datahub",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:Highway-Data@dot.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
true
|
| describedBy | http://lai.locationaffordability.info/lai_data_dictionary.pdf |
| describedByType | application/pdf |
| description | The Location Affordability Index is an indicator of housing and transportation costs at the neighborhood level. It gives the percentage of a given family's income estimated to be spent on housing and transportation costs in a given location for eight different household profiles. It is calculated using actual and modeled data for Census block groups in all 942 Combined Base Statistical Areas, which cover 94% of the U.S. population. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "All Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs)",
"mediaType": "text/csv",
"downloadURL": "http://lai.locationaffordability.info/download_csv.php%3Fgeography=cbsa"
}
]
|
| identifier |
"337.3"
|
| isPartOf | DOT-337 |
| issued | 2013-11-19 |
| keyword |
[
"access",
"affordability",
"cost",
"housing",
"land use",
"livability",
"location",
"location efficiency",
"transit",
"transportation"
]
|
| landingPage | https://data.transportation.gov/d/usdu-fawi |
| language |
[
"en-US"
]
|
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-03-27 |
| phone | 800-245-2691 |
| programCode |
[
"021:058"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "Office of the Secretary of Transportation",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| references |
[
"http://www.locationaffordability.info/downloads/ModelingCode.pdf"
]
|
| spatial | Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) |
| temporal | 2006-01-01/2010-12-31 |
| theme |
[
"Transportation"
]
|
| title | Location Affordability Index - All Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) |
