Rating

Low Home Price-to-Income

Scale56-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places where the typical reported value of existing owner-occupied homes requires fewer years of overall local household income.

Sources

3 sources

2020–2024 estimates; released January 29, 2026

Data: Place-level median respondent-reported value for owner-occupied housing units and its published 90% margin of error.
What it tells us: Supplies the numerator for the ratio; it describes existing owner-occupied stock rather than a listing or sale price.

2020–2024 estimates; released January 29, 2026

Data: Direct place-level median household income in the past 12 months, in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars, with the published 90% margin of error. A verified upper-bound estimate is reported as above $250,000 rather than as an exact value.
What it tells us: Shows income received by the householder and other household members age 15+ from reported earnings and non-earnings sources; it does not directly measure individual salary, local jobs, or purchasing power.

2020–2024 estimates; released January 29, 2026

Data: Estimated owner-occupied housing units in the ACS home-value distribution.
What it tells us: Caps evidence confidence for places with a small estimated owner-occupied-unit universe; it is not the ACS survey sample size.

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