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Did you get that backwards? Also, this map looks a lot like a population density map - it’s great housing is cheap in Nebraska. But there’s just not many peopl
by jfoutz 8y ago
Did you get that backwards?
Also, this map looks a lot like a population density map - it’s great housing is cheap in Nebraska. But there’s just not many people there. I would say Pennsylvania and Ohio might be worth looking at though.
> Indeed, only 19 states have an actual median income that tops the amount needed to buy a home: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
- mywittyname 8y agoYes I did. Oops.
- moorhosj 8y agoPennsylvania and Ohio are interesting in that they contain many rust belt towns devastated by de-industrialization. You can buy an affordable house in Erie, PA or Youngstown, OH because the populations of those towns have fallen as the jobs have left. Doing this type of analysis state-by-state doesn't really tell the story as you can't really live in Youngstown and work in Cleveland or live in Erie and work in Pittsburgh.
- Kihashi 8y agoFWIW, there are also plenty of affordable options that are in the Cleveland metro area, too. > Doing this type of analysis state-by-state doesn't really tell the story Yeah. For example, that map does an average of property taxes, which is not super great. Property taxes in some of the suburbs in Cleveland can be higher than your mortgage.