How to Compare housing costs
from USA Today Magazine August 9, 2002

How to compare housing costs across the USA

What would your house cost in a different part of the country?  Enclosed is a relocation price index for hundreds of areas in the USA. You can use it to determine about what it would cost to buy a home like the one you live in now in a different city. It also can help you decide whether your standard of living will go up or down if you move.

This comparison uses what it says is a typical house purchased by midlevel managers: 2,200 square feet, four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a family room and a two-car garage.

Here is How the index works:

Value of your home (÷) Your city's index (x) Your destination's index
= Cost of buying a similar home in destination City

Example $101,062 home in Yankton, SD (index 35), and you want to know what it could cost to buy a similar home in Palo Alto, CA (index 434) ----- $101,062 ÷ 35 (x) 434=$1,253,169

State Name of Market Average Sales Price Index Number
Domestic  
AK Anchorage $237,988 82
AK Fairbanks $213,330 73
AK Juneau $263,250 90
AL Huntsville $178,825 61
AL Mobile $171,800 59
AR Fayetteville $155,133 53
AR Fort Smith $147,025 51
AR Little Rock $166,225 57
AZ Flagstaff $237,100 81
AZ Mesa $180,133 62
AZ Phoenix $209,283 72
AZ Scottsdale $276,812 95
AZ Tucson $214,600 74
CA Beverly Hills $1,053,682 362
CA Encinitas $481,333 165
CA Fremont $739,750 254
CA Fullerton $409,000 141
CA Irvine $478,544 164
CA La Jolla $920,500 316
CA Manhattan Beach $813,125 279
CA Mission Viejo $462,600 159
CA Monterey Peninsula $741,250 255
CA Newport Beach $858,750 295
CA Oakland/ Montclair $649,333 223
CA Palo Alto $1,263,250 434
CA Palos Verdes $705,750 242
CA Pasadena $656,500 226
CA Pleasanton $647,000 222
CA Sacramento $368,000 126
CA San Diego $379,761 130
CA San Francisco $891,000 306
CA San Jose $628,737 216
CA San Mateo $821,800 282
CA San Rafael $665,000 228
CA Santa Barbara $648,563 223
CA Santa Monica $746,666 257
CA Santa Rosa $440,000 151
CA Thousand Oaks $459,475 158
CA Walnut Creek $590,000 203
CA Bakersfield $215,842 74
CA Davis $432,750 149
CA Fresno $214,125 74
CA Grass Valley $352,082 121
CA Long Beach $610,500 210
CA Modesto $258,625 89
CA Napa $461,500 159
CA Rancho Bernardo $475,500 163
CA Riverside/ Ontario* $245,475 84
CA Santa Clarita $351,125 121
CA Santa Cruz $642,667 221
CO Boulder $462,000 159
CO Denver $251,600 86
CO Fort Collins $241,890 83
CO Highlands Ranch $303,925 104
CO Colorado Springs $148,500 51
CT Danbury $323,700 111
CT Greenwich $690,000 237
CT New Canaan $793,750 273
CT Norwalk $513,125 176
CT Ridgefield $565,000 194
CT Stamford $442,333 152
CT Westport $843,000 290
CT Litchfield County/Torrington $247,850 85
CT Naugatuck $254,475 87
DE Wilmington $250,225 86
FL Boca Raton $251,666 86
FL Clearwater/St. Petersburg $251,500 86
FL Coral Gables $472,500 162
FL Ft. Lauderdale/ Coral Springs $234,166 80
FL Ft. Myers $216,134 74
FL Naples $241,666 83
FL Orlando $216,000 74
FL Sarasota $253,174 87
FL Tampa $180,605 62
FL West Palm Beach $203,330 70
FL Daytona Beach $137,350 47
FL Gainesville $228,800 79
FL Jacksonville $205,837 71
FL Key West $397,635 137
FL Pensacola $130,875 45
FL Port Charlotte $173,000 59
FL Tallahassee $182,750 63
GA Atlanta $269,780 93
GA Athens $169,800 58
GA Columbus $191,575 66
GA Dalton $136,375 47
GA Macon $170,450 59
GA Savannah $204,546 70
HI Honolulu $449,250 154
HI Kailua Kona $725,000 249
HI Kihei,  Maui $379,250 130
IA Cedar Rapids $169,513 58
IA Des Moines $195,000 67
IA Dubuque $160,725 55
IA Sioux City $138,000 47
ID Boise $173,500 60
ID Coeur d' Alene $170,300 59
IL Barrington $396,225 136
IL Carol Stream $285,000 98
IL Chicago $552,000 190
IL Deerfield $417,500 143
IL Flossmoor $247,725 85
IL Naperville $289,937 100
IL Orland Park $269,166 92
IL Schaumburg $271,650 93
IL Aurora $230,375 79
IL Bloomington $190,925 66
IL Champaign $203,825 70
IL Elgin $255,075 88
IL Joliet $221,966 76
IL Peoria $179,845 62
IL Rockford $157,650 54
IL Springfield $163,375 56
IN Munster $251,300 86
IN Schererville $216,125 74
IN Valpariso $186,800 64
IN Evansville $152,225 52
IN Fort Wayne $173,700 60
IN Indianapolis $177,500 61
IN South Bend $168,950 58
KS Lawrence $150,875 52
KS Leavenworth/Lansing $175,875 60
KS Overland Park $219,337 75
KS Topeka/Shawnee County $124,475 43
KS Wichita/Sedgwick County $147,400 51
KY Northern Kentucky $205,149 70
KY Lexington $186,433 64
KY Louisville $184,750 63
LA Baton Rouge $173,700 60
LA Lafayette $177,350 61
LA New Orleans $214,862 74
LA Shreveport/Bossier City $191,062 66
MA Acton $510,375 175
MA Boston $628,333 216
MA Framingham $464,667 160
MA Lexington $705,550 242
MA Taunton $281,427 97
MA Wellesley $795,000 273
MA Worcester $273,496 94
MA Barnstable/ Cape Cod $364,125 125
MA Greater Springfield $196,750 68
MD Annapolis/ Anne Arundel County $325,325 112
MD Bel Air/Harford County $243,600 84
MD Bethesda/ Chevy Chase / Montgomery County $488,500 168
MD Columbia/Howard County $260,500 89
MD Eastern Shore $257,500 88
MD Frederick $242,303 83
MD Hagerstown/ Washington County $203,200 70
MD Metro Baltimore $243,500 84
MD Waldorf/Charles County $227,750 78
MD Westminster/Carroll County $238,378 82
ME Bangor $181,300 62
ME Brunswick $225,000 77
ME Lewiston/Auburn $167,500 58
ME Portland $277,750 95
MI Ann Arbor $315,800 108
MI Auburn Hills/Lake Orion $256,000 88
MI Cadillac $158,125 54
MI Detroit Metro $259,625 89
MI Flint Metro/Grand Blanc $236,266 81
MI Grand Rapids $192,500 66
MI Grayling $161,850 56
MI Greater Landsing $198,250 68
MI Indian River $239,975 82
MI Jackson $210,000 72
MI Midland/ Saginaw/ Bay City $190,975 66
MI Mt. Pleasant $176,167 61
MI Petoskey $206,667 71
MI Port Huron $215,300 74
MI Traverse City $236,800 81
MN Edina $311,450 107
MN Minneapolis $301,566 104
MN Rochester $188,675 65
MN St. Cloud $200,383 69
MN St. Paul $278,000 96
MN Duluth $201,375 69
MN Moorhead/ Clay County $155,800 54
MO St Louis $181,933 62
MO Kansas City $234,100 80
MO Springfield $153,713 53
MS Gulfport/Biloxi $190,666 65
MS Jackson $211,000 72
MS Tupelo $173,667 60
MT Billings $124,433 43
MT Bozeman $282,300 97
MT Helena $142,745 49
MT Kalispell $165,375 57
NC Charlotte $190,000 65
NC Fayetteville $129,625 45
NC Greensboro $176,133 61
NC Raleigh $203,166 70
NC Wilmington $188,750 65
NC Winston-Salem $174,050 60
ND Bismarck $151,000 52
ND Fargo $169,200 58
ND Minot $114,000 39
NE Kearney $137,425 47
NE North Platte $133,375 46
NE Omaha $131,975 45
NH Portsmouth $382,266 131
NH Hanover $381,000 131
NH Nashua/ Manchester $286,375 98
NJ Basking Ridge $518,200 178
NJ Clinton $366,225 126
NJ Metuchen/Edison $271,750 93
NJ Madison $509,667 175
NJ Marlboro/Manalapan $357,700 123
NJ Montclair $417,025 143
NJ Princeton Junction $448,500 154
NJ Ridgewood $639,500 220
NJ Sparta $476,400 164
NJ Warren $604,333 208
NJ Wayne $384,500 132
NJ Westfield $522,250 179
NJ Atlantic County/Abescon $207,081 71
NJ Camden County/Cherry Hill $199,575 69
NJ Ocean County/Toms River $287,933 99
NJ Turnersville/ Gloucester County $193,467 66
NJ Bridgewater $417,750 144
NM Albuquerque $190,000 65
NV Las Vegas $181,800 62
NV Reno/Sparks $239,205 82
NY Briarcliff Manor $548,907 189
NY Yorktown Heights $399,300 137
NY Albany $168,000 58
NY Binghamton $147,833 51
NY Buffalo $185,012 64
NY Orange County $250,295 86
NY Queens, (Bayside) $508,750 175
NY Rochester/ SE Suburbs $227,650 78
NY Staten Island $351,750 121
NY Suffolk County/North Shore, LI $437,500 150
NY Syracuse $179,966 62
OH Columbus $209,250 72
OH Akron $159,750 55
OH Canton $178,783 61
OH Dayton $175,900 60
OH Greater Cleveland $192,500 66
OH Cincinnati $218,133 75
OH Harrison $166,166 57
OK Oklahoma City $114,875 39
OK Tulsa $135,375 47
OR Bend $289,500 99
OR Eugene $212,362 73
OR Medford $250,000 86
OR Portland $275,725 95
OR Salem $203,975 70
PA Pittsburgh $210,475 72
PA Allentown $240,835 83
PA Delaware County/Media $230,500 79
PA Erie $165,000 57
PA Harrisburg $181,403 62
PA Lancaster $171,725 59
PA Montgomery County/Conshohocken $291,250 100
PA Newton/Bucks County $297,000 102
PA Philadelphia County/Center City Philadelphia $374,250 129
PA Reading $167,721 58
PA Stroudsburg/Poconos $186,500 64
PA Westchester/Chester County $294,225 101
PA York $169,450 58
PR Puerto Rico $370,625 127
RI Providence $310,000 106
SC Columbia $143,075 49
SC Greenville $153,075 53
SD Aberdeen $163,225 56
SD Rapid City $156,966 54
SD Sioux Falls $178,625 61
SD Yankton $101,062 35
TN Chattanooga $124,975 43
TN Knoxville $134,875 46
TN Memphis $164,800 57
TN Nashville $181,700 62
TX Arlington $154,000 53
TX Dallas $223,750 77
TX Dallas/Fort Worth -- Mid-Cities $206,000 71
TX Fort Worth $148,082 51
TX Plano $193,900 67
TX Amarillo $162,725 56
TX Austin $228,000 78
TX Bryan-College Station $174,300 60
TX Corpus Christi $154,250 53
TX Houston $162,480 56
TX Killeen $137,975 47
TX Lubbock $154,350 53
TX San Antonio $184,475 63
TX El Paso $151,600 52
UT Provo $195,000 67
UT Salt Lake City $234,725 81
VA Alexandria City $425,000 146
VA Lake Ridge/Prince William County $240,658 83
VA Leesburg/Loudoun County $340,975 117
VA McLean/Fairfax County $478,333 164
VA Reston/Fairfax County $403,250 139
VA Lynchburg $206,000 71
VA Norfolk/ Virginia Beach $189,400 65
VA Richmond $213,725 73
VA Roanoke/Blacksburg $215,125 74
VA Winchester/Shenandoah Valley $249,666 86
VT Burlington $264,125 91
VT Montpelier $233,118 80
VT Rutland $191,850 66
WA Bellevue $427,316 147
WA Seattle $335,317 115
WA Spokane $168,500 58
WA Tacoma $208,000 71
WA Tri-Cities $185,976 64
WI Milwaukee $222,633 76
WI Eau Claire $145,725 50
WI Fond du lac $162,625 56
WI Fox Cities $183,986 63
WI Green Bay $196,133 67
WI Madison $197,790 68
WI Wausau $166,725 57
WV Beckley $137,938 47
WV Charleston $180,475 62
WV Parkersburg $127,166 44
WY Cheyenne $177,000 61
       
    $92,277,841  
INTERNATIONAL        
Name of Market Country Canadian Dollars U. S. Dollars Index Number
Brantford CAN  $207,537.00  $133,894.84           79
Burlington CAN  $277,025.00  $178,725.81         105
Burnaby CAN  $373,000.00  $240,645.16         142
Calgary CAN  $255,225.00  $164,661.29           97
Charlottetown CAN  $143,200.00  $92,387.10           54
Edmonton CAN  $248,000.00  $160,000.00            94
Halifax CAN  $159,200.00  $102,709.68           61
Greater Hamilton CAN  $205,250.00  $145,000.00           78
Kitchener/Waterloo CAN  $237,000.00  $152,903.23           90
London CAN  $236,750.00  $152,741.94           90
Moncton CAN  $162,750.00  $110,670.00           62
Mississauga CAN  $308,325.00  $198,919.35         117
Montr顬 CAN  $258,000.00  $166,451.61           98
Newmarket CAN  $240,000.00  $154,838.71           91
Oakville CAN  $320,000.00  $206,451.61         122
Oshawa CAN  $235,000.00  $151,612.90           89
Ottawa CAN  $268,233.00  $173,053.55         102
Saskatoon CAN  $207,625.00  $133,951.61           79
Scarborough CAN  $357,000.00  $230,322.58         136
St. John's CAN  $186,283.00  $120,182.58           71
Toronto CAN  $555,000.00  $358,064.52          211
Vancouver CAN  $515,625.00  $332,661.29          196
Whitehorse CAN  $199,125.00  $128,467.74           76
Windsor CAN  $231,993.00  $149,672.90           88
Winnipeg CAN  $190,950.00  $123,193.55           73

 



 
The top 10 most expensive and most affordable markets overall are:
Most Expensive Most Affordable
Palo Alto, California - $1,263,250 Yankton, South Dakota - $101,062
Beverly Hills, California - $1,053,682 Minot, North Dakota - $114,000
La Jolla, California - $920,500 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - $114,875
San Francisco, California - $891,000 Billings, Montana- $124,433
Newport Beach, California - $858,750 Topeka / Shawnee County, Kansas - $124,475
Westport, Connecticut - $843,000 Chattanooga, Tennessee - $124,975
San Mateo, California - $821,800 Parkersburg, West Virginia - $127,166
Manhattan Beach, California - $813,125 Fayetteville, North Carolina - $129,625
Wellesley, Massachusetts - $795,000 Pensacola, Florida - $130,875
New Canaan, Connecticut - $793,750 Omaha, Nebraska - $131,975
 
The most expensive and most affordable markets within each state in the United States are:
State Most Expensive 2002 Avg. Sales Price Most Affordable 2002 Avg. Sales Price Variance
Alabama Huntsville $178,825 Mobile $171,800 $7,025
Alaska Juneau $263,250 Fairbanks $213,330 $49,920
Arizona Scottsdale $276,812 Mesa $180,133 $96,679
Arkansas Little Rock $166,225 Fort Smith $147,025 $19,200
California Palo Alto $1,263,250 Fresno $214,125 $1,049,125
Colorado Boulder $462,000 Colorado Springs $148,500 $313,500
Connecticut Westport $843,000 Litchfield County / Torrington $247,850 $595,150
Delaware Wilmington $250,225
Florida Coral Gables $472,500 Pensacola $130,875 $341,625
Georgia Atlanta $269,780 Dalton $136,375 $133,405
Hawaii Kailua Kona $725,000 Kihei, Maui $379,250 $345,750
Idaho Boise $173,500 Coeur d'Alene $170,300 $3,200
Illinois Chicago $552,000 Rockford $157,650 $394,350
Indiana Munster $251,300 Evansville $152,225 $99,075
Iowa Des Moines $195,000 Sioux City $138,000 $57,000
Kansas Overland Park $219,337 Topeka / Shawnee County $124,475 $94,862
Kentucky Northern Kentucky $205,149 Louisville $184,750 $20,399
Louisiana New Orleans $214,862 Baton Rouge $173,700 $41,162
Maine Portland $227,750 Lewiston / Auburn $167,500 $60,250
Maryland Bethesda / Chevy Chase / Montgomery County $488,500 Hagerstown / Washington County $203,200 $285,300
Massachusetts Wellesley $795,000 Greater Springfield $196,750 $598,250
Michigan Ann Arbor $315,800 Cadillac $158,125 $157,675
Minnesota Edina $311,450 Moorhead / Clay County $155,800 $155,650
Mississippi Jackson $211,000 Tupelo $173,667 $37,333
Missouri Kansas City $234,100 Springfield $153,713 $80,387
Montana Bozeman $282,300 Billings $124,433 $157,867
Nebraska Kearny $137,425 Omaha $131,975 $5,450
Nevada Reno / Sparks $239,205 Las Vegas $181,800 $57,405
New Hampshire Portsmouth $382,266 Nashua / Manchester $286,375 $95,891
New Jersey Ridgewood $639,500 Turnersville / Gloucester County $193,467 $446,033
New Mexico Albuquerque $190,000
New York Briarcliff Manor $548,907 Binghamton $147,833 $401,074
North Carolina Raleigh $203,166 Fayetteville $129,625 $73,541
North Dakota Fargo $169,200 Minot $114,000 $55,200
Ohio Cincinnati $218,133 Akron $159,750 $58,383
Oklahoma Tulsa $135,375 Oklahoma City $114,875 $20,500
Oregon Bend $289,500 Salem $203,975 $85,525
Pennsylvania Philadelphia County / Center City Philadelphia $374,250 Erie $165,000 $209,250
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico $370,625
Rhode Island Providence $310,000
South Carolina Greenville $153,075 Columbia $143,075 $10,000
South Dakota Sioux Falls $178,625 Yankton $101,062 $77,563
Tennessee Nashville $181,700 Chattanooga $124,975 $56,725
Texas Austin $228,000 Killeen $137,975 $90,025
Utah Salt Lake City $234,725 Provo $195,000 $39,725
Vermont Burlington $264,125 Rutland $191,850 $42,275
Virginia McLean / Fairfax County $478,333 Norfolk / Virginia Beach $189,400 $288,933
Washington Bellevue $427,316 Spokane $168,500 $258,816
West Virginia Charleston $180,475 Parkersburg $127,166 $53,309
Wisconsin Milwaukee $222,633 Eau Claire $145,725 $76,908
Wyoming Cheyenne $177,000


 
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