Forbes ranked the 100 largest metro areas in the United States on terms of their affordability. The most affordable places to live were determined by foreclosure rates, unemployment rates, job growth forecast, home price forecast, housing affordability, median real estate taxes and median travel time to work.
The complete list is as follows:
1 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area
2 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area
3 Jackson, MS Metro Area
4 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area
5 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area
6 Wichita, KS Metro Area
7 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area
8 Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area
9 Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area
10 Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metro Area
11 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area
12 Columbia, SC Metro Area
13 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area
14 Provo-Orem, UT Metro Area
15 Syracuse, NY Metro Area
16 Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area
17 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Metro Area
18 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area
19 Tulsa, OK Metro Area
20 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC Metro Area
21 Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area
22 Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area
22 Knoxville, TN Metro Area
24 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area
25 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metro Area
26 Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area
27 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC Metro Area
28 Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area
29 Rochester, NY Metro Area
30 Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area
30 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area
32 Toledo, OH Metro Area
33 El Paso, TX Metro Area
34 Albuquerque, NM Metro Area
35 Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area
36 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Metro Area
37 Akron, OH Metro Area
38 Springfield, MA Metro Area
39 San Antonio, TX Metro Area
40 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metro Area
41 Boise City-Nampa, ID Metro Area
42 Madison, WI Metro Area
43 Denver-Aurora, CO Metro Area
44 St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area
45 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area
45 Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area
47 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metro Area
48 Modesto, CA Metro Area
49 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area
50 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area
51 Columbus, OH Metro Area
52 Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area
52 Dayton, OH Metro Area
54 Honolulu, HI Metro Area
55 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area
56 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro Area
56 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metro Area
58 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area
59 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area
59 Stockton, CA Metro Area
61 Worcester, MA Metro Area
62 Tucson, AZ Metro Area
63 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area
64 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area
65 Richmond, VA Metro Area
66 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area
67 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area
68 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area
69 Bakersfield, CA Metro Area
70 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area
71 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area
72 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area
73 New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area
74 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro Area
74 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area
76 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area
77 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area
78 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Metro Area
78 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area
78 Fresno, CA Metro Area
81 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area
82 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area
83 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area
84 Jacksonville, FL Metro Area
85 Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area
86 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metro Area
87 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area
88 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro Area
89 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Metro Area
90 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area
91 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metro Area
92 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metro Area
92 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area
94 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metro Area
95 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area
96 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area
97 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area
98 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area
99 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area
100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area
An average of each metro areas scores in all the categories determined their ranking in the most affordable places to live.
Written by Sharalyn Hartwell
HULIQ.com
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