ABSTRACT
Between 1950 and 2010, the proportion of households in the United States living in manufactured homes increased from less than 1 percent to nearly 8 percent, with much of this growth occurring in rural America. In this chapter, we describe and analyze the reasons for the increasing attractiveness of manufactured homes such as changing demographic and economic factors, increasing relative affordability, and quality improvements. The chapter includes a discussion of the evolution of manufactured home living in rural America, descriptive information, maps, and analyses of the socioeconomic determinants of the choice to live in manufactured homes.
