Sentences with phrase «median household income ranks»

Florida's median household income ranks in the bottom half of the nation.

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The city was recently ranked the second - least - affordable major market in the world by Demographia, a U.S. research firm, with median home prices 10.6 times the median pre-tax household income.

Georgia ranks 17th for total taxes paid but 15th for taxes paid as a percentage of income because the median household income is higher here than in some states with lower tax burdens.

A slightly higher median household income helps Michigan beat Ohio for the No. 9 spot in our rankings.

Rochester's median household income is the eighth - highest of the cities on our list, while its 3.2 percent unemployment also ranks among the best.

Among the top 10 states in our rankings, Kansas has the highest median household income.

Minnesota ranks higher than Utah thanks to a slightly higher median household income, and lower housing and transportation costs.

But the Tar Heel State is higher in our rankings thanks to a higher median household income, which means residents have a bigger percentage of their paychecks left over after expenses.

Methodology: Based on each state's median household income, states were ranked according to the percentage of the median paycheck that was left over after subtracting the following: (1) average housing cost per paycheck, (2) total amount spent on food per paycheck, (3) total amount spent on utilities per paycheck, (4) total amount spent on transportation per paycheck and (5) total amount spent on health per paycheck.

If you're wondering how well companies treat their employees in a particular city, take a look at how they ranked based on the median household income.

We ranked each city based on the median household income as well as the percentage of residents who are college - educated.

Our rankings are based in part on the median household income for each city as well the percentage of residents who hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

To see how each city measures up, we ranked them based on the median household income and the percentage of residents who earned at least a bachelor's degree.

We ranked our cities based on the median household income for residents 65 and up so you can gauge how well other retirees are doing.

Each of the 10 cities in our study is ranked based on median household income.

We considered how each city ranked based on both the median household income as well as the percentage of residents who hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

A quick check of the census data for Maryland, in fact the # 1 ranked state, shows a median household income of $ 69,272; the maximum qualifying mortgage amount at today's interest rates is $ 301,183.

The median household income in Maryland is ranked first in the nation at nearly $ 70,000 dollars, making the state's workers among the wealthiest in the country.

In a list of Australian suburbs ranked by what percentage of the median household income was paid out in home loan repayments, WOODY POINT QLD would be 513th with 45.56.

Rockland still ranks as the 6th affluent county in New York and enjoys one of the highest household median incomes in the U.S. according to the 2010 U.S. census.

But the state's median household income of $ 43,740 — the fifth - lowest in the nation — pulls it down in the rankings.

Becoming apart of this amazing community is not easy, as the median household income of over $ 121,000 ranks among the highest in the nation.

Methodology: GOBankingRates surveyed all 50 states, analyzing eight data points that served as determining factors in the ranking: (1) median household income, sourced from the Census Bureau in 2015 dollars; (2) median home listing price as of June 2017, sourced from Zillow; (3) food spending, using the grocery index sourced from Missouri Economic Research and Information Center and multiplying it against the average amount spent on food from the BLS consumer spending survey from July 2015 - July 2016; (4) employee health insurance premium contribution, sourced from the Commonwealth Fund; (5) annual child care costs for an infant and a 4 - year - old, sourced from Child Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act.

At $ 49,331, the low median household income in Maine may make it hard for single parents to get by, especially considering that child care costs here don't rank among the lowest.

New Jersey lands in the top spot in our rankings due to its high median household income — the third highest in the nation — and the help it provides to single parents.

North Carolina is pulled down in the rankings because it has the 10th - lowest median household income in the U.S.. On top of that, the average home list price is higher here than in about half of all states.

To pinpoint these promising places, we started with the nation's 75 largest metropolitan areas and ranked them based on average monthly rent, median household income for renters, residential rental vacancy rate and overall cost of living.