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Housing Opportunity Index: 4th Quarter 2006
By Affordability Rank







HOI 4th Qtr 2006 2006 4th Qtr 2006 4th Qtr 2006
Metro Area Share of Homes Median Median Affordability

Affordable for Family Sales Rank

Median Income Income Price National Regional


(000s) (000s)

Springfield, OH 90.7 55.4 90 1 1
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 89.8 60.1 87 2 2
Bay City, MI 89.6 55.8 85 3 3
Mansfield, OH 89.1 52.7 83 4 4
Canton-Massillon, OH 89.0 54.9 93 5 5
Indianapolis, IN 89.0 65.1 113 5 5
Lima, OH 89.0 52.2 81 5 5
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 88.4 64.9 105 8 8
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 88.0 52.1 83 9 9
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI ^^^ 87.8 56.7 92 10 10
Battle Creek, MI 86.9 55.2 86 11 11
Flint, MI 86.5 57.8 100 12 12
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 86.4 53.8 90 13 13
Cumberland, MD-WV 86.0 48.4 90 14 1
Monroe, MI 86.0 69.6 150 14 14
Toledo, OH 86.0 58.9 105 14 14
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 85.0 58.3 89 17 1
Rockford, IL 84.8 63.6 117 18 16
Binghamton, NY 84.7 54.1 84 19 2
Dayton, OH 84.4 59.8 100 20 17
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 83.5 61.5 124 21 18
Akron, OH 83.1 61.3 101 22 19
Erie, PA 83.0 54.3 98 23 3
Rochester, NY 80.7 64.1 111 24 4
St. Louis, MO-IL 80.5 65.8 124 25 20
Peoria, IL 80.4 62.4 116 26 21
Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI ^^^ 80.3 79.5 163 27 22
Syracuse, NY 80.1 59.5 111 28 5
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 79.9 61.4 118 29 23
Springfield, IL 79.6 64.6 103 30 24
Oklahoma City, OK 78.9 53.9 109 31 2
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 78.6 64.3 140 32 6
Duluth, MN-WI 78.4 55.7 113 33 25
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 77.6 64.6 130 34 26
Glens Falls, NY 77.5 53.7 115 35 7
Pittsburgh, PA 77.2 57.4 110 36 8
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 76.6 57.4 121 37 3
Sandusky, OH 76.6 60.2 107 37 27
Winston-Salem, NC 76.5 58.2 131 39 4
Champaign-Urbana, IL 75.3 62.6 135 40 28
Sherman-Denison, TX 75.3 53.1 107 40 5
San Angelo, TX 73.4 46.8 99 42 6
Greenville, SC 73.3 56.5 143 43 7
Tulsa, OK 73.3 54.5 126 43 7
Wichita Falls, TX 72.6 49.1 102 45 9
Reading, PA 72.0 64.6 144 46 9
Ann Arbor, MI 71.0 82.4 205 47 29
Greensboro-High Point, NC 71.0 56.4 141 47 10
Columbus, OH 70.7 64.4 143 49 30
Fayetteville, NC 70.1 47.6 120 50 11
Pueblo, CO 70.1 46.8 121 50 1
Waco, TX 68.9 49.1 116 52 12
Lancaster, PA 68.8 64.1 166 53 10
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 68.2 68.1 183 54 13
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ^^^ 67.4 63.1 153 55 14
Amarillo, TX 67.3 51.8 117 56 15
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 66.7 50.6 113 57 16
Ithaca, NY 66.7 63.5 158 57 11
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 66.6 66.8 165 59 31
Victoria, TX 66.6 51.2 119 59 17
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 66.2 64.4 168 61 18
Durham, NC 65.0 61.7 169 62 19
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ ^^^ 63.2 73.2 225 63 12
Springfield, MA 62.8 62.9 179 64 13
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 62.5 78.5 231 65 32
Great Falls, MT 62.3 47.8 141 66 2
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 62.1 80.2 225 67 14
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX ^^^ 61.7 66.7 176 68 20
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 61.7 51.9 150 68 20
Philadelphia, PA ^^^ 61.1 69.8 178 70 15
Tallahassee, FL 61.1 58.5 167 70 22
Greeley, CO 60.7 57.8 182 72 3
Colorado Springs, CO 60.4 63.1 200 73 4
Tyler, TX 60.0 52.7 148 74 23
Pittsfield, MA 59.9 61.2 170 75 16
Denver-Aurora, CO 59.7 71.3 224 76 5
Pocatello, ID 59.4 50.2 151 77 6
Gainesville, GA 59.0 58.3 172 78 24
Salisbury, MD 58.7 55.3 171 79 25
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 57.9 65.9 189 80 17
Austin-Round Rock, TX 57.5 69.6 199 81 26
Camden, NJ ^^^ 57.4 77.3 210 82 18
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 57.4 68.6 225 82 7
Raleigh-Cary, NC 56.5 71.6 225 84 27
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI ^^^ 56.2 86.0 248 85 33
Spokane, WA 56.1 53.9 165 86 8
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 55.7 60.9 169 87 28
College Station-Bryan, TX 54.5 52.3 150 88 29
New Haven-Milford, CT 54.3 75.0 227 89 19
Richmond, VA 54.3 67.2 225 89 30
Gainesville, FL 54.0 54.5 170 91 31
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 53.8 85.4 238 92 20
Midland, TX 53.1 55.9 152 93 32
Roanoke, VA 52.9 57.8 195 94 33
Boulder, CO 51.6 81.6 291 95 9
Jacksonville, FL 51.5 60.3 199 96 34
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 50.8 56.4 160 97 21
Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH ^^^ 50.5 77.0 250 98 22
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 50.3 66.2 196 99 23
Wheeling, WV-OH 49.8 48.2 172 100 35
Norwich-New London, CT 49.6 73.9 244 101 24
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 49.5 56.4 202 102 36
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 49.3 33.0 101 103 37
San Antonio, TX 49.2 53.1 160 104 38
Salem, OR 49.1 56.8 195 105 10
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 49.0 61.2 225 106 11
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 49.0 57.3 190 106 39
Corpus Christi, TX 48.5 48.2 141 108 40
Worcester, MA 48.1 71.7 242 109 25
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL ^^^ 46.9 72.1 254 110 34
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 46.0 60.3 215 111 41
Asheville, NC 45.1 50.4 190 112 42
Corvallis, OR 44.9 68.1 242 113 12
Baltimore-Towson, MD 44.1 72.8 269 114 43
Manchester-Nashua, NH 43.4 76.9 250 115 26
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 42.6 54.4 198 116 44
Fort Walton Beach, FL 40.6 57.8 225 117 45
Albuquerque, NM MSA 39.7 53.2 211 118 13
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA ^^^ 39.0 90.9 365 119 27
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 38.7 57.7 236 120 46
Lakeland, FL 38.6 49.5 195 121 47
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick,MD ^^^ 37.6 98.4 399 122 48
Ocala, FL 37.4 44.9 177 123 49
Salt Lake City, UT 37.3 61.3 255 124 14
Kingston, NY 37.0 61.4 211 125 28
Essex County, MA ^^^ 35.3 78.2 318 126 29
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 34.8 51.6 250 127 50
Tucson, AZ 34.4 52.4 215 128 15
Atlantic City, NJ 33.6 64.4 250 129 30
Eugene-Springfield, OR 33.0 54.7 222 130 16
Punta Gorda, FL 32.9 50.8 217 131 51
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 32.8 66.9 269 132 17
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 32.7 50.3 209 133 52
El Paso, TX 32.5 39.5 144 134 53
Yuma, AZ 32.5 41.1 178 134 18
Edison, NJ ^^^ 31.8 87.5 334 136 31
Provo-Orem, UT 31.6 56.0 257 137 19
Olympia, WA 31.3 64.3 247 138 20
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL ^^^ 30.9 64.4 275 139 54
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 30.2 57.4 245 140 55
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 30.2 73.4 285 140 32
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL ^^^ 29.5 60.6 260 142 56
Vero Beach, FL 29.4 55.5 235 143 57
Bellingham, WA 29.3 57.5 250 144 21
Boston-Quincy, MA ^^^ 28.8 77.7 345 145 33
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, F 28.7 58.4 255 146 58
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 28.6 95.9 424 147 34
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 28.5 63.2 267 148 22
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 28.2 60.1 263 149 23
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 27.7 56.5 249 150 24
Chico, CA 26.8 49.7 245 151 25
Tacoma, WA ^^^ 26.1 61.0 260 152 26
Carson City, NV 25.7 57.3 269 153 27
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 25.7 64.0 257 153 35
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 25.3 54.6 235 155 59
Boise City-Nampa, ID 24.4 56.1 259 156 28
Prescott, AZ 24.2 48.3 250 157 29
Flagstaff, AZ 24.1 54.2 293 158 30
Honolulu, HI 24.0 71.3 460 159 31
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ^^^ 24.0 88.2 405 159 60
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA ^^^ 22.6 74.3 364 161 32
Medford, OR 21.0 52.9 259 162 33
Newark-Union, NJ-PA ^^^ 20.6 85.4 386 163 36
Bend, OR 20.5 58.8 300 164 34
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 20.0 56.0 266 165 61
Laredo, TX 19.6 34.8 164 166 62
Naples-Marco Island, FL 18.4 66.1 375 167 63
Reno-Sparks, NV 18.4 62.8 320 167 35
Ocean City, NJ 17.9 64.1 373 169 37
Redding, CA 17.5 49.0 254 170 36
St. George, UT 16.0 46.9 293 171 37
Bakersfield, CA 15.5 48.1 272 172 38
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 14.9 74.0 433 173 39
Barnstable Town, MA 14.1 66.8 360 174 38
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 13.7 97.1 642 175 40
Visalia-Porterville, CA 13.1 44.1 254 176 41
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 13.0 58.2 308 177 42
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 12.0 79.5 560 178 43
Yuba City, CA 11.8 48.2 285 179 44
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 11.0 46.2 258 180 45
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 10.4 75.1 520 181 46
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL ^^^ 10.3 48.3 285 182 64
Nassau-Suffolk, NY ^^^ 9.7 91.0 435 183 39
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA ^^^ 9.3 83.8 550 184 47
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 9.2 65.4 370 185 48
Fresno, CA 9.0 47.0 293 186 49
Madera, CA 7.5 48.0 311 187 50
San Francisco-San mateo-Redwood City, CA ^^^ 7.5 91.2 750 187 50
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 7.1 63.8 513 189 52
Stockton, CA 7.0 57.1 415 190 53
El Centro, CA 6.8 43.3 280 191 54
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 6.8 57.5 391 191 54
Modesto, CA 6.1 54.4 360 193 56
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 5.3 65.8 519 194 57
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ ^^^ 5.1 59.2 500 195 40
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 5.1 75.1 665 195 58
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 5.0 64.9 475 197 59
Merced, CA 4.7 46.4 325 198 60
Napa, CA 4.3 75.0 588 199 61
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA ^^^ 4.0 78.3 620 200 62
Salinas, CA 3.7 62.2 580 201 63
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA ^^^ 2.0 56.2 525 202 64






^^^ Indicate Metropolitan Divisions. All others are Metropolitan Statistical Areas.




created by jr on Feb 23, 2007 at 01:18:12 pm
updated by jr on Feb 23, 2007 at 01:26:32 pm     Comments: 0

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