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Evansville & Vanderburgh County's Homeless Data

• On average there are at least 400 individuals in shelter or transitional housing on any given night in Evansville.

• Over a third of these individuals are children under the age of 18.

• Uncounted others (at least 40-50) are living in places not meant for habitation or are doubled-up due to an inability to find safe, clean, affordable independent housing. (Source: Summer 2004 Department of Metropolitan Development point-in-time survey)

• In the 2008-2009 school year, the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation identified 503 students who had experienced homelessness sometime during the school year.  Of that number, 208 or 41% were teenagers (grades 7-12). (No data exists yet for knowing the number of teens who were on their own or “unaccompanied.”)

•  At least 131 young adults (ages 18-23) experienced homelessness in 2008.

•  Approximately 60 families are homeless daily. (summer 2004 Homeless Survey)

•  At least 4,500 families are at risk of becoming homeless.

•  The 2000 Census documented that Vanderburgh County had the highest percent of homeless persons per capita than any other Indiana county.

• 2009 Fair Market Rent for 1BR in Evansville is $502.00. (33% of Vanderburgh Co. households are renters.)

  • An individual receiving SSI (674.00/month) can afford monthly rent of no more than $202 based on HUD’s affordability standard. (“Out of Reach Report” for Evansville/Vanderburgh County, based on report from National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2009)

  • A minimum wage earner (earning $7.25 per hour) can afford rent of no more than $377 per month. (“Out of Reach Report,” National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2009, adjusted for Indiana’s minimum wage increase in 2008)

• A wage earner at 30% AMI (Area Median Income), or $18,270, can afford $457 per month for housing (rent + utilities). (“Out of Reach Report,” National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2009)

• A worker must earn $12.00 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Evansville or work 66 hours at minimum wage or 1.7 minimum wage jobs.  (“Out of Reach Report,” National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2009)

• Vanderburgh County’s percentage rate of poverty for 2000 was 11.2% compared with the state level of 9.5%. Among families with children under the age of five, the rate dramatically increases to 20.4% compared to the state rate of 13.7%. (2000 Indicators of Well-Being in Indiana Counties – Department of Workforce Development)  

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AT-RISK – WHO is in danger of losing a home?

• The 2000 ECHO Homeless Survey identified 3,051 households over the course of the year in Evansville as homeless or at-risk of immediate homelessness (in need of financial assistance to prevent eviction or living with others due to lack of resources for own housing).

• According to the 2000 Census, 8,215 Vanderburgh county households are paying more that 30% of their income on rent. This means that 37.6% of our renters are paying rates that are higher than the percentage considered affordable.

• 1,243 home mortgages were foreclosed in 2008, a 143% increase over 2007. By June 2009, 679 properties had already been foreclosed.  (Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office, June 2009)

• 916 bankruptcies were filed in 2008 in Vanderburgh County. (United States Bankruptcy Court)

• One of the greatest groups at-risk for homelessness is single headed households. Vanderburgh County had the highest rate of single female head of households of any Indiana County in the 2000 Census.

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