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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