Dear justins,
Thanks very much for your question! I was able to find some information
on almost all of your areas of interest. Starting with the two you cite as
most critical, here you are!
Hispanic Home Ownership:
Here is a good snapshot of the Hispanic home ownership situation.
It is a 2003 comment from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute,
quoting US Census Bureau figures:
"The homeownership rate for Hispanics in the U.S. (46.1%) continues to
lag significantly behind the nation's overall rate (68.1%), as well as
that of non-Hispanic Whites (74.6%). Over the past 10 years, however,
Hispanic rates have improved, and in some cases Hispanic homeownership
has grown at a rate three times higher than that of other non-Hispanic
groups."
You should definitely read the entire article, at:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:XEHCWSJ3apAJ:www.chci.org/nhi/nhi.html+us+census+%2B+hispanic+home+ownership&hl=en
because it talks about a National Housing Initiative designed to
expand accessibility of home ownership to Latinos. The measure is
targeted to districts, including some in Texas, where the constituency
is 25% or more Hispanic. There may be some breaks in the initiative
for builders like you.
Projected Hispanic Home Ownership:
There is a brand new report out of the University of Southern California
(USC) called "The Homeownership Potential of Mexican-Heritage Families."
"the new report says 84 percent of Latino renters "strongly" desire to
buy a home and 55 percent plan on buying in the next five years.
As a result, the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute (at USC) estimates at
least 1.5 million Latino households will buy homes by 2010."
(Since 50% of American Hispanics are in Texas and California, it is
reasonable to surmise that half those buying homes will also be in those
two states- so 750,000 Hispanic households could buy homes in those two
states by 2010.) ((Statement in parentheses is my estimate.))
This USC report was just published last month, April, of 2005. A full
article on it can be found at Abhorre.com's website at:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:WY0JjeZgyDcJ:www.ahorre.com/mercado/archives/latino_home_ownership/latino_home_ownership_hispanic_homebuyers/+projected+home+ownership+%2B+hispanic&hl=en
Of course, all those studied above who want to buy homes, won't be
financially able to.
"the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute breaks the market down into three
distinct home buying groups. These groups include Dreamers (29 percent),
who want to own, but say they are unlikely to buy within the next five
years; Planners (44 percent), who expect to become owners within next
five years; and Doers (11 percent), who are actively shopping for a
house or in contact with a lender."
The above article gives a good demographic description of those 11
percent of Hispanics who are actively shopping for a home, and those
who just bought one:
"the average age among Doers and Achievers is 38 years old; 79 percent
are married, 64 percent are foreign born, and the average household has
2.0 children
Hispanic Renters
By simple subtraction, if 46 percent of Hispanics are homeowners, then
54 percent are renters.
Here is a compelling explanation of the overcrowding problem among
Hispanic immigrants, according to "Migration News," a publication of
the University of California at Davis:
"Many low-income immigrants rent apartments, and finding rental apartments
for large families, common among immigrants, is a challenge. Only seven
percent of the nearly 16 million US apartments have three or more
bedrooms, largely because 75 percent of apartment renters are singles
or couples. Large immigrant families in areas with apartments often
cannot afford to rent houses, so they compete for the limited number of
larger apartments. Overcrowding, defined as more than one occupant per
room, is found in about 30 percent of Los Angeles area housing."
http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=2616_0_2_0
The Low Income Housing Coalition has a good report on the problems of
renters at:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:wCZ8rjVTNRwJ:www.nlihc.org/pubs/profile/+estimated+unreported+income+%2B+hispanic&hl=en
According to the above report, 27% of Hispanic renter households
suffer from severe housing problems, such as cost equaling 50% or more
of income, and severely inadequate units.
Size and Growth of the Hispanic Market:
"Based on U.S. Census figures, the Hispanic community in the United
States is the fastest growing demographic group in the country.
Between 1990 and 2003, the Hispanic population grew 61 percent from
21.9 million to 35.3 million. These gains have brought a rise in
homeownership?up to a new high of 46 percent in 2000 from 42 percent
in 1990. Yet, this rate lags far behind the national average of
66 percent."
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:6_H9k3kk_w8J:www.cendant.com/media/trends_information/trends_information.cgi/Real%2BEstate%2BServices/166+us+census+%2B+hispanic+home+ownership&hl=en
According to the US Census Bureau, by the year 2050 the Hispanic
population of the US will nearly triple:
"The Hispanic population will jump from 35.6 to 102.6 million, or from
12.6 percent to 24.4 percent of the (American) population."
http://www.realtor.org/rmomag.NSF/pages/featurejune04diversity?OpenDocument
Buying Power:
For the US:
"Latino purchasing power has increased from $223 billion in 1990 to
$490.7 billion in 2002 and is projected to grow to $1.1 Trillion by
2009 (Source: Selig Center for Economic Growth, University of GA)
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:62skSIzPX7wJ:www.utexas.edu/lbj/faculty/robles/projects/ppt/CUNA_June9.ppt+us+census+%2B+hispanic+home+ownership&hl=en
The full Selig Center (University of Georgia) Report is available here:
http://www.selig.uga.edu/forecast/GBEC/GBEC022Q.pdf
Buying Power, For TEXAS:
The Selig Center report estimates the aggregate Hispanic Buying Power
for TEXAS as $93.7 BILLION dollars. (in 2002), second only to California
among the states.
Also, The Hispanic Magazine Monitor quotes that Selig report as saying:
"In 2002, the ten states with the highest Hispanic SHARE of total buying
power are:
1. New Mexico (28.8%)
2. California (17.4%)
3. Texas (16.4%)
Hispanic Income Levels
Median income for US Hispanic households in 2003 was about $33,000,
which is 69% that of non-Hispanic white households.
For comparison's sake:
The median household income (for all races ) in the state of TEXAS is $40, 934.
The above income figures are according to the Current Population Survey, a
combined report of the US. Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of
Labor.
TEXAS Mean Income per Hispanic Household:
According to the TEXAS state demographer, the mean income of Texas
Hispanic Households is $29,873. There is a very good map of TEXAS,
at:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:8alEWLUfUbcJ:txsdc.utsa.edu/maps/thematic/sf3/sf3_13h.php+hispanic+income+%2B+texas&hl=en
put together by the State Demographer. It shows, county by county,
the average income level of Texas Hispanic Household mean income.
You can go to the map and get the average income for your county by
checking the color key.
Unreported Income
The Los Angeles Business Journal reported that cities with large
immigrant populations have a large and hard to measure group working
in a cash economy.In Los Angeles, UCLA's Anderson Forecast estimates
the number of workers in "informal" jobs, not reporting income, to be
as much as 29% of the totalimmigrant workforce.
In "Where Cash is King," Dec. 16, 2003, Thomas Tseng writes "one
prominent mortgage lender told me that many Latino immigrants seeking
a mortgage have come up with far more unreported income for their down
payment than their documents would suggest." His article is found on
the BLOG Archive below:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:jLxM-a3PHaEJ:www.newamericandimensions.com/BLOGS_Archive/BLOGS_2003_DEC_15-31a.html+estimated+unreported+income+%2B+hispanic&hl=en
Hispanic Household Characteristics
"The shrinking size of households is evident among African Americans,
Asian Americans, and non-Hispanic whites, but not among Hispanics.
The average size of Hispanic households has remained constant at
about 3.5 since 1975."
The above is from an Ameristat report compiled from US Census Bureau
figures
in March 2003 at:
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:8NiWuI1jRyUJ:www.prb.org/Template.cfm%3FSection%3DPRB%26template%3D/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm%26ContentID%3D8289+hispanic+household+size&hl=en
Here is the statistic for average household size for TEXAS
in general:
Average household size of owner-occupied units 2.87
Average household size of renter-occupied units 2.53
According to the Census Bureaus statistics on Selected Characteristics
of Households, of the 11 million 693 thousand Hispanic households in the
US, 9 million 273 thousand are family households,2 million 420 thousand
are non-family households.
More than half of Hispanic households have two or more earners.
http://ferret.bls.census.gov/macro/032004/hhinc/new01_009.htm
The above table lists the mean age of the head of household in Hispanic
households as 41.9 years.
Hispanic Homeowner Characteristics
According to Harvards Joint Center for Housing Studies ?The State of
the Nation?s Housing: 2003.?
" Minority homebuyers tend to be older than white homebuyers. While the
median age of first-time homebuyers is 30 for native-born white
Americans, it?s 31 for Hispanics."
www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/markets/son2003.pdf
" On average, it takes foreign-born residents 12 years after they
arrive in the United States to become homeowners."
Basic Hispanic Demographics
Between the Census 2000 data and recent Current Population Surveys for
2002, the Latino population grew 9.8% while the total US population
growth rate was 2.5%
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:62skSIzPX7wJ:www.utexas.edu/lbj/faculty/robles/projects/ppt/CUNA_June9.ppt+us+census+%2B+hispanic+home+ownership&hl=en
"The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2010 minorities will comprise
nearly two-thirds of the approximately 14 to 16 million new households
in this country. Latinos will account for a substantial percentage of
this growth as they did in the past decade."
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:XEHCWSJ3apAJ:www.chci.org/nhi/nhi.html+us+census+%2B+hispanic+home+ownership&hl=en
Countries of Origin
"The US Census Bureau reports that 67% of American Hispanics are of
Mexican background. Of the remainder, 14% are of Central and South
American backgrounds, 9% Puerto Rican, 4% Cuban and 7% other Hispanic
origins."
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:3SfhV1fWY9sJ:www.factmonster.com/spot/hhmcensus1.html+hispanic+%2B+country+of+origin+%2B+texas&hl=en
Generation Segmentation:
The Latino population in the US (2002) consists of
40% Foreign Born/1st Generation
30% 2nd Generation
30% 3rd Generation plus
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:62skSIzPX7wJ:www.utexas.edu/lbj/faculty/robles/projects/ppt/CUNA_June9.ppt+us+census+%2B+hispanic+home+ownership&hl=en
TEXAS CONTACT:
The above three statistics on Hispanic Buying Power, Basic Demographics,
and Generation Segmentation were pulled by a University of Texas
professor for a paper on "Serving the Latino Market." The author,
Bárbara Robles, PhD, LBJ School of Public Affairs,University of Texas
at Austin may be someone you would like to contact as a local resource.
TEXAS Hispanic Population Figures
The Hispanic population of TEXAS is now 6.6 million, 32 percent of
the total population. This is up from 2.9 million and just 21 percent
in 1980. The information is taken by CensusScope from US Census figures,
and appears in a detailed table at:
http://www.censusscope.org/us/s48/chart_race.html
Hispanic Credit Scores
According to a recent study by the State of TEXAS Department of Insurance:
"(Credit)Scores also varied significantly by race. The study found that
black policyholders had average credit scores that were 10% to 35% worse
than those of white policyholders. Hispanics' average scores were
5% to 25% worse, while Asians' scores were roughly the same as whites."
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Insurance/Knowyourrights/P90360.asp?Printer
The differences between Hispanics and whites is particularly obvious in
the TEXAS study when the best and worst credit score categories are
examined.
"Hispanics represented nearly 19% of the study population but just 5% of
the highest (credit)-scoring drivers." Hispanics made up a
disproportionate 28% of the lowest scores (In 19% of the cases,
race was unknown.)
Fair Isaac: "The Median FICO Score in the U.S. is 723."
Hispanic Income Level Linked to Education
Of Hispanics 25-34 years old, 39% do not have high school diplomas.
Of Whites the same age, only 6.5% haven't graduated high school.
Even college-educated Hispanics of that age make less than college-
educated whites: $34,900 vs. $45,600.
The above figures are from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing
Studies 2003 report on "The State of The Nation's Housing." at:
http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/market/son2003.pdf
General Occupation and Vacancy Rates for Texas
Housing Occupancy
Total housing units 8,157,575 100.0 %
Occupied housing units 7,393,354 90.6 %
Vacant housing units 764,221 9.4 %
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use
173,149 2.1 %
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)1.8 N/A
Rental vacancy rate (percent) 8.5 N/A
The above statistics are from Texas Demographics, at Texas.com:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:419i7cAZWtsJ:www.texas.com/census.html+hispanic+apartment+renters+%2B+texas&hl=en
So, justins, I hope this is enough information to make your case. I did
not find a couple of the exact items you asked for, but similar information
may suffice. If not, don't hesitate to ask me to clarify or add something,
before you rate my answer.
Good luck with your housing project.
Sincerely,
cath-ga
Resources:
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals
(NAHREP) at:
http://www.nahrep.org/Index.htm
Mary Mancera, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate
Professionals
1-800-964-5373
Bárbara Robles, PhD, LBJ School of Public Affairs,University of Texas
at Austin
Ameridream:
"Every month AmeriDream helps over 200 Hispanic families and individuals
become homeowners and is working to increase this number. AmeriDream offers
its homebuyer education course in Spanish, as well as, offering
Spanish-language brochures detailing all of the above programs, a
Spanish-language Website and bilingual staff to assist callers."
http://www.ameridream.org/content.aspx?page=2729§ion=5
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