Demographia

Housing Affordability by Metropolitan Area:
1991-2001 USA

Affordability Measured by National Association of Home Builders:

Metropolitan Markets over 500,000 Population

Housing Opportunity Index: 1991 & 2001:

Ranked by Change in Affordability

Rank

 Metropolitan Area

 1991: Quarter 2

 2001: Quarter 2

Change

1

 Ventura-Oxnard

11.6

40.4

248.3%

2

 Honolulu

17.6

56.1

218.8%

3

 Los Angeles

12.9

37.6

191.5%

4

 New York

21.9

57.5

162.6%

5

 New Haven

34.2

73.9

116.1%

6

 Riverside-San Bernardino

26.3

51.6

96.2%

7

 Newark

33.7

60.1

78.3%

8

 Sacramento

26.6

46.5

74.8%

9

 Hartford

45.2

75.5

67.0%

10

 Stockton

18.9

30.0

58.7%

11

 Nassau-Suffolk, NY

46.3

72.1

55.7%

12

 Springfield, MA+

48.2

73.9

53.3%

13

 Jersey City

26.1

39.2

50.2%

14

 Bakersfield

49.5

72.4

46.3%

15

 Allentown-Bethlehem

50.7

73.6

45.2%

16

 Las Vegas

49.2

68.5

39.2%

17

 Washington

56.5

77.1

36.5%

18

 Seattle

40.9

55.5

35.7%

19

 El Paso

51.4

68.3

32.9%

20

 Memphis

58.6

76.1

29.9%

21

 Bergen-Passaic, NJ

33.8

43.7

29.3%

22

 Indianapolis

65.8

83.7

27.2%

23

 San Diego

19.1

24.2

26.7%

24

 Oakland

19.3

24.1

24.9%

25

 Philadelphia

55.4

68.1

22.9%

26

 Middlesex-Somerset, NJ

55.4

68.0

22.7%

27

 Baltimore

60.6

73.1

20.6%

28

 Buffalo

68.3

79.4

16.3%

29

 Nashville

67.2

78.1

16.2%

30

 Raleigh-Durham

62.5

71.0

13.6%

31

 St. Louis

66.7

75.5

13.2%

32

 Syracuse

73.7

82.7

12.2%

33

Greensboro--Winston-Salem

68.3

75.8

11.0%

34

 West Palm Beach

67.5

74.1

9.8%

35

 Atlanta

65.9

72.3

9.7%

36

 Harrisburg

75.9

82.4

8.6%

37

 Fresno

51.6

56.0

8.5%

38

 Dayton-Springfield

79.2

85.9

8.5%

39

 Cincinnati

74.2

79.6

7.3%

40

 Cleveland

69.5

74.3

6.9%

41

Greenville-Spartanburg

70.6

75.1

6.4%

42

 Fort Worth

72.1

76.3

5.8%

43

 Orlando

70.8

74.9

5.8%

44

 Boston

43.8

46.1

5.3%

45

 Tampa-St. Petersburg

70.9

74.5

5.1%

46

 Columbus

72.3

75.9

5.0%

47

 Phoenix

66.5

68.8

3.5%

48

 Pittsburgh

61.6

63.5

3.1%

49

 Houston

63.5

65.0

2.4%

50

 Worcester

55.4

56.7

2.3%

51

 Tucson

61.1

62.5

2.3%

52

 Rochester

76.5

78.1

2.1%

53

 Fort Lauderdale

70.3

71.6

1.8%

54

 Louisville

74.4

75.6

1.6%

55

 Richmond

74.5

75.6

1.5%

56

 Norfolk-Virginia Beach

70.0

70.9

1.3%

57

 Charlotte

68.0

68.5

0.7%

58

 San Antonio

65.6

66.0

0.6%

59

 Jacksonville

76.5

76.2

-0.4%

60

 Dallas

66.5

66.1

-0.6%

61

 Chicago

61.0

60.3

-1.1%

62

 Youngstown

83.4

81.4

-2.4%

63

 New Orleans

75.1

72.1

-4.0%

64

 Akron

77.8

74.4

-4.4%

65

 Minneapolis-St. Paul

81.3

77.7

-4.4%

66

 Austin

63.9

61.0

-4.5%

67

 Oklahoma City

83.3

79.1

-5.0%

68

 Kansas City

88.7

83.5

-5.9%

69

 Toledo

81.4

76.6

-5.9%

70

 Omaha

84.9

79.6

-6.2%

71

 Birmingham

75.2

70.0

-6.9%

72

 Miami

62.2

57.4

-7.7%

73

 Tulsa

81.5

74.2

-9.0%

74

 Grand Rapids

85.0

76.2

-10.4%

75

 Salt Lake City

69.4

61.9

-10.8%

76

 Tacoma

58.9

52.4

-11.0%

77

 Milwaukee

84.9

74.6

-12.1%

78

 Ann Arbor

66.6

56.3

-15.5%

79

 San Jose

18.8

15.6

-17.0%

80

 Detroit

82.4

66.3

-19.5%

81

 Denver

72.6

53.2

-26.7%

82

 San Francisco

9.2

6.7

-27.2%

83

 Portland

67.4

37.4

-44.5%

Index of the percentage of homes in an area that can be afforded by the median income household.

Source: Calculated from National Association of Home Builders data.

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