Starter home affordability by metro

Pick your area to see the typical starter-home price, an estimated monthly payment, and the household income it takes to buy comfortably — then open the calculator to run your own numbers.

Anaheim, CA $757,991~$198,171 income Atlanta, GA $275,000~$77,773 income Austin, TX $320,107~$103,372 income Baltimore, MD $246,974~$67,613 income Boston, MA $508,442~$136,772 income Burlington, VT $335,886~$98,971 income Charlotte, NC $289,482~$79,112 income Chicago, IL $235,647~$75,270 income Cincinnati, OH $207,978~$59,920 income Cleveland, OH $142,510~$41,058 income Colchester, VT $358,097~$106,411 income Columbus, OH $225,114~$64,857 income Dallas, TX $290,109~$93,685 income Denver, CO $428,212~$119,701 income Detroit, MI $98,272~$27,757 income Essex Junction, VT $349,885~$100,472 income Fort Lauderdale, FL $230,048~$64,677 income Fort Worth, TX $273,145~$88,207 income Houston, TX $242,495~$78,309 income Indianapolis, IN $208,292~$58,461 income Jacksonville, FL $249,049~$70,019 income Kansas City, MO $219,813~$63,919 income Las Vegas, NV $344,737~$86,784 income Los Angeles, CA $639,365~$167,157 income Miami, FL $348,202~$97,895 income Milton, VT $328,524~$95,629 income Milwaukee, WI $225,000~$64,597 income Minneapolis, MN $283,081~$83,294 income Montgomery County, PA $340,942~$95,671 income Nashville, TN $338,705~$95,447 income Nassau County, NY $542,627~$143,675 income New Brunswick, NJ $372,649~$106,964 income New York, NY $468,810~$124,130 income Newark, NJ $398,356~$114,343 income Oakland, CA $616,516~$161,184 income Orlando, FL $294,593~$82,823 income Philadelphia, PA $173,150~$48,587 income Phoenix, AZ $346,839~$93,796 income Pittsburgh, PA $141,778~$39,784 income Portland, OR $423,065~$112,294 income Providence, RI $375,000~$103,220 income Riverside, CA $424,192~$110,902 income Sacramento, CA $440,702~$115,218 income San Antonio, TX $218,430~$70,538 income San Diego, CA $649,054~$169,690 income San Francisco, CA $961,777~$251,449 income San Jose, CA $961,834~$251,464 income Seattle, WA $576,839~$153,076 income Shelburne, VT $365,918~$116,184 income South Burlington, VT $346,739~$99,568 income St. Louis, MO $153,592~$44,663 income Tampa, FL $253,659~$71,315 income Virginia Beach, VA $254,583~$68,999 income Warren, MI $200,000~$56,491 income Washington, DC $391,811~$99,801 income West Palm Beach, FL $268,014~$75,351 income Williston, VT $407,682~$115,613 income Winooski, VT $286,637~$86,097 income