Housing Opportunity Index: 1st Quarter 2006 by Affordability Rank
Affordability refers to the percentage of homes sold in the first quarter that families making the median household income for that metro area could afford to buy. Income and home prices are medians and are in thousands of dollars.
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 92.7 64.9 108 1 1
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 92.3 60.1 85 2 2
Lima, OH 91.2 52.2 75 3 3
Battle Creek, MI 90.5 55.2 80 4 4
Indianapolis, IN 90.1 65.1 113 5 5
Bay City, MI 89.4 55.8 85 6 6
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 89.4 53.8 75 6 6
Springfield, OH 88.8 55.4 86 8 8
Cumberland, MD-WV 88.2 48.4 78 9 1
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 88.2 52.1 82 9 9
Canton-Massillon, OH 87.8 54.9 93 11 10
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI* 86.9 56.7 95 12 11
Monroe, MI 86.5 69.6 141 13 12
Mansfield, OH 86.0 52.7 88 14 13
Rochester, NY 85.8 64.1 105 15 1
Erie, PA 85.7 54.3 85 16 2
Flint, MI 85.6 57.8 98 17 14
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 85.5 58.3 77 18 3
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 83.6 61.5 127 19 15
Dayton, OH 83.3 59.8 105 20 16
Toledo, OH 83.2 58.9 104 21 17
St. Louis, MO-IL 83.1 65.8 109 22 18
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 82.9 64.3 129 23 4
Akron, OH 82.4 61.3 105 24 19
Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI* 81.8 79.5 161 25 20
Peoria, IL 81.1 62.4 108 26 21
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 80.3 61.4 118 27 22
Sandusky, OH 80.3 60.2 119 27 22
Champaign-Urbana, IL 80.0 62.6 127 29 24
Oklahoma City, OK 78.7 53.9 110 30 2
Springfield, IL 78.5 64.6 119 31 25
Columbia, SC 78.0 58.9 127 32 3
Tulsa, OK 77.7 54.5 118 33 4
Winston-Salem, NC 77.6 58.2 129 34 5
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 76.6 64.6 136 35 26
Pittsburgh, PA 76.0 57.4 114 36 5
Greensboro-High Point, NC 73.8 56.4 135 37 6
Ann Arbor, MI 73.3 82.4 200 38 27
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 73.2 68.1 175 39 7
Fayetteville, NC 73.0 47.6 117 40 8
Columbus, OH 71.8 64.4 150 41 28
Pocatello, ID 71.8 50.2 131 41 1
Pueblo, CO 71.7 46.8 125 43 2
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 71.3 66.8 156 44 29
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 71.2 64.4 160 45 9
Lancaster, PA 71.2 64.1 163 45 6
Reading, PA 70.0 64.6 155 47 7
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ* 68.4 73.2 199 48 8
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX* 67.4 63.1 157 49 10
Great Falls, MT 67.3 47.8 133 50 3
Springfield, MA 67.0 62.9 175 51 9
Raleigh-Cary, NC 65.8 71.6 197 52 11
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 64.8 61.2 186 53 4
Tallahassee, FL 64.6 58.5 166 54 12
Durham, NC 64.3 61.7 175 55 13
Duluth, MN-WI 64.0 55.7 134 56 30
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 63.6 80.2 216 57 10
Colorado Springs, CO 63.4 63.1 200 58 5
Spokane, WA 63.1 53.9 152 59 6
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 63.0 68.6 219 60 7
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 63.0 78.5 230 60 31
Gainesville, GA 62.5 58.3 168 62 14
Denver-Aurora, CO 62.4 71.3 221 63 8
Camden, NJ* 62.2 77.3 195 64 11
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX* 61.8 66.7 177 65 15
Roanoke, VA 61.4 57.8 175 66 16
Richmond, VA 60.9 67.2 203 67 17
San Antonio, TX 59.6 53.1 143 68 18
Wheeling, WV-OH 59.6 48.2 141 68 18
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 59.0 51.9 159 70 20
New Haven-Milford, CT 58.8 75.0 215 71 12
Salem, OR 58.5 56.8 180 72 9
Austin-Round Rock, TX 58.3 69.6 197 73 21
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 57.8 85.4 225 74 13
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 57.4 65.9 185 75 14
Norwich-New London, CT 56.4 73.9 233 76 15
Fort Walton Beach, FL 56.0 57.8 194 77 22
Greeley, CO 55.8 57.8 193 78 10
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 55.6 60.9 171 79 23
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI* 54.9 86.0 257 80 32
Pittsfield, MA 54.9 61.2 185 80 16
Boulder, CO 54.8 81.6 282 82 11
Jacksonville, FL 54.8 60.3 192 82 24
Asheville, NC 54.3 50.4 170 84 25
Corvallis, OR 53.6 68.1 226 85 12
Greenville, SC 52.8 56.5 183 86 26
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 52.6 60.3 200 87 27
Ocala, FL 51.9 44.9 148 88 28
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 51.5 56.4 163 89 17
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL* 51.3 72.1 241 90 33
Gainesville, FL 51.2 54.5 176 91 29
Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH * 51.0 77.0 250 92 18
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 50.7 56.4 201 93 30
Salisbury, MD 50.7 55.3 191 93 30
Salt Lake City, UT 50.1 61.3 223 95 13
Baltimore-Towson, MD 49.1 72.8 250 96 32
Albuquerque, NM MSA 48.6 53.2 193 97 14
Worcester, MA 47.4 71.7 250 98 19
Provo-Orem, UT 46.4 56.0 216 99 15
Yuma, AZ 45.8 41.1 150 100 16
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 45.3 57.3 205 101 33
El Paso, TX 44.2 39.5 126 102 34
Manchester-Nashua, NH 44.2 76.9 245 102 20
Philadelphia, PA* 44.0 69.8 251 104 21
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 43.8 54.4 194 105 35
Eugene-Springfield, OR 43.4 54.7 202 106 17
Punta Gorda, FL 43.4 50.8 185 106 36
Bellingham, WA 42.8 57.5 223 108 18
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 42.5 66.9 250 109 19
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 42.2 33.0 109 110 37
Lakeland, FL 41.8 49.5 186 111 38
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 40.4 57.7 238 112 39
Olympia, WA 38.9 64.3 237 113 20
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 38.6 63.2 247 114 21
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA* 38.6 90.9 365 114 22
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick,MD* 38.0 98.4 390 116 40
Essex County, MA* 37.2 78.2 319 117 23
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 36.8 51.6 220 118 41
Kingston, NY 35.3 61.4 229 119 24
Atlantic City, NJ 35.0 64.4 250 120 25
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 34.8 73.4 265 121 26
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 34.4 50.3 200 122 42
Honolulu, HI 34.4 71.3 378 122 22
Tucson, AZ 34.3 52.4 223 124 23
Prescott, AZ 34.2 48.3 229 125 24
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 33.9 57.4 235 126 43
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL* 33.8 60.6 242 127 44
Vero Beach, FL 33.6 55.5 222 128 45
Boise City-Nampa, ID 33.5 56.1 234 129 25
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 33.0 95.9 415 130 27
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 32.9 60.1 255 131 26
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 32.7 56.5 242 132 27
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA* 32.6 74.3 326 133 28
Tacoma, WA* 31.0 61.0 249 134 29
Edison, NJ* 30.8 87.5 340 135 28
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL* 30.5 64.4 295 136 46
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, F 29.1 58.4 265 137 47
Newark-Union, NJ-PA* 28.7 85.4 365 138 29
Chico, CA 26.9 49.7 250 139 30
Bend, OR 26.6 58.8 275 140 31
Carson City, NV 25.5 57.3 280 141 32
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 25.3 56.0 258 142 48
Boston-Quincy, MA* 24.8 77.7 360 143 30
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 24.1 64.0 264 144 31
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV* 23.6 88.2 421 145 49
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 22.7 54.6 255 146 50
St. George, UT 20.5 46.9 273 147 33
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 20.0 46.2 246 148 34
Ocean City, NJ 19.9 64.1 400 149 32
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 19.4 58.2 298 150 35
Visalia-Porterville, CA 18.2 44.1 248 151 36
Naples-Marco Island, FL 18.0 66.1 370 152 51
Reno-Sparks, NV 17.4 62.8 335 153 37
Medford, OR 16.8 52.9 278 154 38
Bakersfield, CA 16.5 48.1 268 155 39
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 14.9 97.1 642 156 40
Redding, CA 14.6 49.0 272 157 41
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL* 13.6 48.3 265 158 52
Barnstable Town, MA 12.1 66.8 363 159 33
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 11.8 74.0 450 160 42
Yuba City, CA 11.7 48.2 320 161 43
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 10.8 79.5 591 162 44
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 10.7 75.1 532 163 45
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA* 9.4 83.8 555 164 46
Fresno, CA 9.2 47.0 297 165 47
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 8.4 57.5 385 166 48
Madera, CA 8.1 48.0 308 167 49
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 7.9 65.4 400 168 50
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA * 7.8 91.2 745 169 51
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 7.8 63.8 533 169 51
Stockton, CA 6.5 57.1 430 171 53
Nassau-Suffolk, NY* 6.1 91.0 475 172 34
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ* 6.1 59.2 472 172 34
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 5.9 75.1 672 174 54
Napa, CA 5.8 75.0 600 175 55
Merced, CA 5.5 46.4 365 176 56
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 5.2 64.9 491 177 57
Salinas, CA 5.0 62.2 600 178 58
Modesto, CA 3.9 54.4 380 179 59
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 3.2 65.8 580 180 60
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA* 2.5 78.3 608 181 61
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA* 1.9 56.2 500 182 62
*Indicate Metropolitan Divisions. All others are Metropolitan Statistical Areas.