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By the Numbers: The Housing Gap

580

Additional rental apartments needed in Door County by 2023

70

Number of new homes priced below $180,000 needed in central and northern Door County by 2023

200

Senior rental units needed in Door County by 2023

560

Additional seasonal housing beds needed in Door County by 2023

9,990

Number of Door County housing units occupied on a seasonal basis

$835

Estimated average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Door County

$230,240

Median home price in Door County – 23 percent higher than the national average

44

Percentage increase in the median home price in the United States from 2012 to 2018

16

Percentage increase in average hourly wage earnings in the United States from 2012 to 2018

37,000,000

Number of American households in 2016 living in housing units that cost more than 30 percent of household income, the level considered affordable by the Department of Housing and Urban Development

1,660

The average square footage of a home built in 1973

2,687

The average square footage of a home built in 2015

64

Percentage increase in the average price per square foot to build a home from 1998 to 2017

Sources: Door County Housing Study, U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Service, The Hill