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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Charlotte, NC Mecklenburg County | 943,476 | 50.6 |
| 52 | Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee County | 563,531 | 49.9 |
| 53 | Norfolk, VA Norfolk city | 231,105 | 49.1 |
| 54 | Phoenix, AZ Maricopa County | 1,673,164 | 49.0 |
| 55 | Tucson, AZ Pima County | 554,013 | 48.4 |
| 56 | San Jose, CA Santa Clara County | 997,368 | 47.4 |
| 57 | San Antonio, TX Bexar County | 1,526,656 | 46.7 |
| 58 | Buffalo, NY Erie County | 276,617 | 46.7 |
| 59 | Henderson, NV Clark County | 350,039 | 46.2 |
| 60 | Garland, TX Dallas County | 250,431 | 45.0 |
| 61 | Denver, CO Denver County | 729,019 | 45.0 |
| 62 | Stockton, CA San Joaquin County | 324,975 | 44.6 |
| 63 | Jacksonville, FL Duval County | 1,009,833 | 44.3 |
| 64 | Nashville-Davidson, TN Davidson County | 704,963 | 43.8 |
| 65 | Glendale, AZ Maricopa County | 258,143 | 42.8 |
| 66 | Fresno, CA Fresno County | 550,105 | 41.3 |
| 67 | Cleveland, OH Cuyahoga County | 365,379 | 40.3 |
| 68 | Atlanta, GA Fulton County | 520,070 | 39.1 |
| 69 | St. Petersburg, FL Pinellas County | 267,102 | 39.0 |
| 70 | Dallas, TX Dallas County | 1,326,087 | 38.9 |
| 71 | Memphis, TN Shelby County | 610,919 | 38.8 |
| 72 | Las Vegas, NV Clark County | 678,922 | 38.7 |
| 73 | Houston, TX Harris County | 2,390,125 | 38.5 |
| 74 | Chula Vista, CA San Diego County | 278,546 | 38.0 |
| 75 | Oakland, CA Alameda County | 443,554 | 37.8 |
| 76 | Aurora, CO Arapahoe County | 403,130 | 37.6 |
| 77 | Sacramento, CA Sacramento County | 535,798 | 37.4 |
| 78 | North Las Vegas, NV Clark County | 294,034 | 37.3 |
| 79 | Baltimore, MD Baltimore city | 568,271 | 37.0 |
| 80 | Detroit, MI Wayne County | 645,705 | 36.0 |
| 81 | Richmond, VA Richmond city | 233,655 | 36.0 |
| 82 | Riverside, CA Riverside County | 323,757 | 35.4 |
| 83 | Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia County | 1,573,916 | 35.1 |
| 84 | Jersey City, NJ Hudson County | 302,824 | 35.0 |
| 85 | Port St. Lucie, FL St. Lucie County | 258,575 | 34.1 |
| 86 | New Orleans, LA Orleans Parish | 362,701 | 33.8 |
| 87 | Cape Coral, FL Lee County | 233,025 | 32.1 |
| 88 | San Diego, CA San Diego County | 1,404,452 | 30.4 |
| 89 | Tampa, FL Hillsborough County | 414,547 | 29.2 |
| 90 | Long Beach, CA Los Angeles County | 450,901 | 28.4 |
| 91 | Santa Ana, CA Orange County | 316,184 | 27.4 |
| 92 | Irvine, CA Orange County | 318,683 | 26.2 |
| 93 | Orlando, FL Orange County | 334,854 | 25.1 |
| 94 | Anaheim, CA Orange County | 344,561 | 23.7 |
| 95 | Newark, NJ Essex County | 317,303 | 23.1 |
| 96 | New York, NY Kings County | 8,478,072 | 22.4 |
| 97 | Boston, MA Suffolk County | 673,458 | 22.2 |
| 98 | Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County | 3,878,704 | 18.9 |
| 99 | Hialeah, FL Miami-Dade County | 235,388 | 18.4 |
| 100 | Miami, FL Miami-Dade County | 487,014 | 13.9 |