Location Affordability Portal

Housing and transportation costs consume about half of the average household budget, but transportation costs are difficult to track and account for. The Location Affordability Portal provides estimates of household housing and transportation costs at the neighborhood level to help consumers, policymakers, and developers make more informed decisions about where to live, work, and invest.

My Transportation Cost Calculator

My Transportation Cost Calculator generates transportation cost estimates based on user-entered information, providing households, real estate professionals, and housing counselors customized, apples-to-apples comparisons of housing and transportation costs in different communities..

Go to My Transportation Cost Calculator

Location Affordability Index

Developers, planners and policymakers can use the Location Affordability Index to make data-driven decisions about local and regional planning and investment. They can also use maps and data tools to help communicate with the public about different development scenarios.

Go to the Location Affordability Index

Data Users

All of the Index data is available for download by researchers, planners, and other users.

Go to Data Download page | Go to web service (Version 2 data)

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