Households with children see more decrease in food and increase in late payments for rent or mortgage. 1 in 6 with a mortgage are reporting slow or no payments and 1 in 4 are slow paying or not paying rent. May showed 24 million Americans with late or deferred payment in May 2020.
Recommendations: Watching key indicators, such as eviction rates / food reduction in homes with children, will allow us to gauge the amount of civil resistance in the upcoming months. This may pattern into food riots or looting.
Kansas:
- Eviction rate: 2.3%
- Poverty rate: 9.1%
- Median monthly rent: $757
Missouri:
- Eviction rate: 2.9%
- Median monthly rent: $746
- Poverty rate: 11.1%