Department of Housing and Urban Development

What it costs to rent a decent 2-bedroom apartment in your county, according to HUD. These numbers go back to 1983 and are updated every year. HUD uses them to figure out how much it'll pay toward rent when someone gets a housing voucher. The numbers cover almost every county in the country, so you can compare what rent looks like across different places and how it's changed over 40+ years. It's basically the government's official take on what fair rent is.

ZIP codes and Census tracts don't line up perfectly. This table tells you exactly how they overlap based on real address data. If a ZIP code crosses multiple Census tracts, you'll see what fraction of addresses in that ZIP fall in each tract. It's the difference between drawing lines on a map and knowing where mail actually gets delivered. Updated four times a year.

On one night each January, HUD counts homeless people across the country. This dataset shows how many homeless veterans were counted in each state, broken down by race and ethnicity, and whether they were in a shelter or on the street. The numbers make a stark pattern visible: Black veterans show up in these counts at rates much higher than their share of all veterans. The data goes back 10 years, but watch out for 2021, which is incomplete because communities were allowed to skip counting people outside during COVID-19.

Every January, HUD counts homeless veterans in every region of the country. They ask: how many are in shelters tonight, in transitional housing, or outside? This dataset has those counts for every region from 2011 to 2025. It's the most detailed geographic breakdown available for veteran homelessness in America.

HUD tracks how many beds are set aside specifically for homeless veterans in each region of the country, from 2017 onward. These beds are split by the type of housing: crisis shelter, temporary transitional housing, quick rental assistance, or permanent apartments (many through the HUD-VASH program that pairs housing with VA support). The numbers here show what's available on any given night, not how many people move through during a year. When you pair this with the Point-in-Time count of how many veterans are actually homeless, you can see if communities have enough beds to meet the need.

Every January, HUD counts homeless people across America in a single-night snapshot. This dataset shows how many people were homeless in each state, broken down by whether they were in shelters, living outside, or in temporary housing. It also tells you how many were families, veterans, and people with chronic homelessness. The numbers go back to 2007, so you can see if homelessness is trending up or down in your state or nationally.