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Would you prefer to own your home rather than rent your home if you could afford it?
Prefer owning to renting a home if affordable · Asked in 2 waves, 2014–2015 · 3,316 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Definitely No | Probably No | Probably Yes | Definitely Yes | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 7% | 12% | 26% | 56% | 1547 | ±3 | |
| Northeast |
| 7% |
| 13% |
| 30% |
| 50% |
| 281 |
| ±7 |
| Midwest | 8% | 18% | 27% | 46% | 352 | ±7 |
| South | 8% | 9% | 26% | 58% | 500 | ±6 |
| West | 5% | 10% | 21% | 64% | 414 | ±7 |
SHED 2015 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.