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Map of average income by location in Pennsylvania from the 2014 American Community Survey five-year estimate. Outside of the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg metropolitan areas, Pennsylvania is a relatively poorer state, especially in the northern areas and the Appalachian Mountains; only 22% of Pennsylvania places have per capita incomes higher than the national per capita income, and ...
The state does rank No. 46 in terms of annual household income, however, part of the reason why housing values remain depressed on a national basis. Nevada. Tax rate: 0.59%. Median home value ...
New York City has a shortage of affordable housing resulting in overcrowding and homelessness. New York City attracts thousands of new residents each year and housing prices continue to climb. Finding affordable housing affects a large portion of the city's population including low-income, moderate-income, and even median income families. [67]
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has calculated that the regional price parity of U.S. states ranges from 84.4 in Mississippi (the cheapest state in which to live) to Hawaii at 119.3 (the most expensive state). In other words, an income of $0.84 in Mississippi equals an income of $1.19 in Hawaii with the U.S as a whole having an average PCPI of ...
There is a shortage of available and affordable housing for low-income families in every state, but the situation is worse in some states than others. Extremely low-income families -- defined as...
The Most Affordable States for Homebuyers Mississippi is now the most affordable state for homebuyers — with an annual income of $63,043 required to own a median-priced home. Rounding out the ...
A value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a mortgage on a median-priced home. An index above 100 signifies that family earning the median income has more than enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a median-priced home, assuming a 20% down payment and a qualifying ratio of 25%.
You may be surprised to see Louisiana on this list of least affordable housing markets. Here, people pay about 32% of their income toward homeowner costs. Since the median income is about $55,000 ...