Public housing households' income as a share of local median income in the U.S. 2022
In 2022, public housing residents in Alaska, Idaho, and the U.S. Virgin Islands had the highest household incomes compared to their respective local median incomes in the United States. In these areas, the average public housing household incomes constituted 32 percent of the local median income. In contrast, states like Maryland, Ohio, Guam, and the District of Columbia exhibited the lowest proportions, where households housed in social housing earned less than 20 percent of the local median income.