Facts & Stats
Don’t think safe, decent and affordable housing is important? Think again...
- Over the past six years Flagstaff has seen an unprecedented percent appreciation in housing prices, median home price rose from $165,000 to $364,000 according to an analysis of Coconino County Assessor data. In the past year, housing prices have appreciated 30.2 percent. Flagstaff is ranked 14th highest for housing appreciation in the country over the past five years. Information comes from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight report and stats were released March 1, 2006.
- Flagstaff Cost of Living Index: The overall index for Flagstaff increased from 106.9 to 109.3 from 2004 to 2005, and rose again in the first quarter of 2007 to 115.6. The Cost of Living Index also demonstrates how much more expensive the Flagstaff housing market is than others in the state. For example, the Housing Index for Phoenix was 105.8 during the first quarter of 2007, while the Housing Index for Flagstaff was 147.5. (American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association)
- The American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association also reports that at the end of the first quarter of 2007, the average price of a home in Flagstaff was $473,493, while in Phoenix, the average price of a home was $325,140. The national average home price was $303,409.
- Housing prices are appreciating faster than wages and household income. Wages increased by an average of 3.1 percet from 2000 to 2006 and household income increased by 2.6 percent per year over the same time period. As a result, the median home price is now 10.7 times greater than the median wage and 8 times the median household income. It now requires an annual income of $93,000 to afford the median home price in Flagstaff. This is the equivalent to one earner earning $45 per hour, or two earners making $22.50 per hour. The average wage in Flagstaff is $15 per hour. According to the 2007 Household Survey data, just 20 percent of all Flagstaff area households (renters and owners) can now afford the median home price. **Housing and Community Sustainability Nexus Study, 2007.
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Domestic violence is an ongoing problem in America. These stats help show the impact it has across our community and the nation.
- Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. Source: Commonwealth Fund survey, 1998
- In the United States, 76 percent of women who experience rape or physical assault are assaulted by an intimate partner. (Fineman, Martha Albertson. Domestic Violence, Custody, and Visitation. Family Law Quarterly, Spring 2002).
- Over 4.4 million physical assaults are committed against women by an intimate partner annually. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, "Cost of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women In The United States", 2003).
- In 2000, Arizona was second in the nation for rate of women murdered by men. (Violence Policy Center, "When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2000 Homicide Data," October 2002).
- Nationally, health related costs of intimate partner violence against women exceeds $5.8 billion annually, with $4.1 billion spent on direct medical and mental health care. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States, April 2003).
- Every year, domestic violence results in almost 100,000 days of hospitalizations, almost 30,000 emergency department visits, and almost 40,000 visits to a physician. Source: American Medical Association. 5 issues American Health. Chicago 1991.
- Studies by the Surgeon General's office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44, more common than automobile accidents, muggings, and cancer deaths combined. Other research has found that half of all women will experience some form of violence from their partners during marriage, and that more than one-third are battered repeatedly every year. Source: Journal of American Medical Association, 1990.
