Most Affordable Cities
Rent and home prices measured against local incomes, from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
100 cities ranked in the United States.
| Rank | City | Population | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln, NE Lancaster County | 300,619 | 80.8 |
| 2 | Wichita, KS Sedgwick County | 400,991 | 80.2 |
| 3 | Fort Wayne, IN Allen County | 273,203 | 79.2 |
| 4 | Huntsville, AL Madison County | 230,402 | 78.8 |
| 5 | Omaha, NE Douglas County | 489,265 | 77.7 |
| 6 | Anchorage, AK Anchorage Municipality | 289,600 | 75.9 |
| 7 | Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma County | 712,919 | 75.8 |
| 8 | Laredo, TX Webb County | 261,260 | 74.2 |
| 9 | Lexington-Fayette, KY Fayette County | 329,437 | 72.4 |
| 10 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY Jefferson County | 640,796 | 72.2 |
| 11 | Chesapeake, VA Chesapeake city | 254,997 | 71.2 |
| 12 | Albuquerque, NM Bernalillo County | 560,326 | 70.0 |
| 13 | Tulsa, OK Tulsa County | 415,154 | 69.0 |
| 14 | Kansas City, MO Jackson County | 516,032 | 68.2 |
| 15 | Boise City, ID Ada County | 237,963 | 68.1 |
| 16 | Indianapolis, IN Marion County | 891,484 | 67.6 |
| 17 | Frisco, TX Collin County | 235,208 | 67.4 |
| 18 | St. Paul, MN Ramsey County | 307,465 | 66.5 |
| 19 | Spokane, WA Spokane County | 230,609 | 66.4 |
| 20 | Minneapolis, MN Hennepin County | 428,579 | 66.2 |
| 21 | St. Louis, MO St. Louis city | 279,695 | 65.9 |
| 22 | El Paso, TX El Paso County | 681,723 | 65.2 |
| 23 | Plano, TX Collin County | 293,286 | 65.0 |
| 24 | Winston-Salem, NC Forsyth County | 255,769 | 62.9 |
| 25 | Durham, NC Durham County | 301,870 | 61.0 |
| 26 | Toledo, OH Lucas County | 265,638 | 60.4 |
| 27 | Raleigh, NC Wake County | 499,825 | 60.2 |
| 28 | Bakersfield, CA Kern County | 417,468 | 59.9 |
| 29 | Gilbert, AZ Maricopa County | 288,790 | 59.9 |
| 30 | Madison, WI Dane County | 285,300 | 59.8 |
| 31 | Chandler, AZ Maricopa County | 281,231 | 59.5 |
| 32 | Cincinnati, OH Hamilton County | 314,915 | 59.4 |
| 33 | Seattle, WA King County | 780,995 | 58.6 |
| 34 | Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach city | 454,808 | 58.5 |
| 35 | Fort Worth, TX Tarrant County | 1,008,106 | 58.3 |
| 36 | Corpus Christi, TX Nueces County | 317,317 | 57.3 |
| 37 | Chicago, IL Cook County | 2,721,308 | 55.3 |
| 38 | Mesa, AZ Maricopa County | 517,151 | 55.3 |
| 39 | Columbus, OH Franklin County | 933,263 | 55.1 |
| 40 | Arlington, TX Tarrant County | 403,672 | 54.9 |
| 41 | Lubbock, TX Lubbock County | 272,086 | 54.6 |
| 42 | Scottsdale, AZ Maricopa County | 246,170 | 54.4 |
| 43 | Irving, TX Dallas County | 258,060 | 54.0 |
| 44 | Greensboro, NC Guilford County | 307,381 | 53.4 |
| 45 | San Francisco, CA San Francisco County | 827,526 | 53.2 |
| 46 | Austin, TX Travis County | 993,588 | 53.1 |
| 47 | Portland, OR Multnomah County | 635,749 | 53.0 |
| 48 | Pittsburgh, PA Allegheny County | 307,668 | 52.9 |
| 49 | Reno, NV Washoe County | 281,714 | 52.9 |
| 50 | Colorado Springs, CO El Paso County | 493,554 | 52.8 |