The latest HOI data reveal that 73.8 percent of all new and existing homes sold in the second quarter were affordable to families earning
the national median income of $ 65,000.
Despite depressed prices in many markets, the National Association of Home Builders» Housing Opportunity Index showed in November that only 42 percent of all new and existing homes sold in the third quarter were priced low enough to be affordable for families earning
the national median income of $ 59,000.
Based on a study by the Center for Responsible Lending, it would take borrowers up to 14 years to save 20 percent down based on
national median income of $ 50K and a home price of $ 172K.
We're talking about $ 375 for a family of four making
the national median income of $ 53,891 a year and contributing $ 2,500 to a traditional retirement plan.
A typical borrower with excellent credit (750 +), who rents a home, and has an annual income around
the national median income of $ 52,000, can expect interest rates ranging from 8.52 % to 13.48 % APR..
Best Egg says borrowers typically earn an annual salary of $ 60,000, which is a little higher than
the national median income of $ 59,039.
Not exact matches
Some
of the salaries exceed the
national median household
income, which was $ 59,039 in 2016.
According to the Pew Research Center, people whose household
income falls between 66 % and 200 %
of the
national median household
income can call themselves middle - class.
This is because the state has no
income tax, and the
median household
income of $ 59,143 is higher than the
national median.
Once again, we tap into Zillow Group's wealth
of data and use a data set that includes mortgage affordability, rental affordability, and price - to -
income ratios for the five most populous US cities with comparison to the
national median.
Rising home prices, despite an increase in the
national family
median income ($ 67,723) 4, slightly decreased affordability in the third quarter compared to the third quarter
of last year.
But Blomquist notes that local housing costs as a share
of median income are far lower than the
national average, so Montgomery County «is probably on the low end
of the risk spectrum.»
Median household income is $ 41,326, compared to the national median of $ 52,762, and 21.5 % of the individuals in the district are below the poverty level, compared to the 14.3 % national av
Median household
income is $ 41,326, compared to the
national median of $ 52,762, and 21.5 % of the individuals in the district are below the poverty level, compared to the 14.3 % national av
median of $ 52,762, and 21.5 %
of the individuals in the district are below the poverty level, compared to the 14.3 %
national average.
«
National economic growth slowed in 2016 and New York is not immune,» Morris Peters, a Budget Division spokesman said, «but under this administration unemployment is down in every region
of the state,
median household
income growth is outpacing the nation as a whole, taxes are down for every New Yorker, and upstate is benefiting from the largest economic development investment in history.»
Florida's scholarship students are among the most disadvantaged — the average household
income of scholarship families was only $ 24,067 this year, 4.5 percent above the poverty line — yet on math and read tests, they still score near the
national median among all students from all
income ranges.
While Greenhow cautions that the study wasn't intended to be nationally representative, it is only slightly higher than
national studies by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which found that 82 percent
of teens with a family
median income of $ 30,000 or less were online, and that among all teens, 58 percent had a profile on a SNS.
Teachers College
of Columbia University did a study that found the typical opt out activist — the target
of the Long Island teachers group — is «a highly educated, white, married, politically liberal parent whose children attend public school and whose household
median income is well above the
national average.»
In one school district that appears to have beaten the odds, Union City, N.J., students consistently performed about a third
of a grade level above the
national average on math and reading tests even though the
median family
income is just $ 37,000 and only 18 percent
of parents have a bachelor's degree.
The conventional definition
of disadvantaged students today is eligibility for free lunch, because their household
income (for a family
of four) is about half the
national median.
«Not all
of these students were from wealthy families but most were; as parents typically had advanced educational degrees and
median incomes much higher than
national norms,» she added.
In that year, a letter carrier with six years
of seniority earned $ 3,678, and the
national median household
income was $ 3,948.
Annual
median incomes in those districts ranged from $ 16,607 to $ 18,980, well below $ 22,314, the
national poverty line for a household
of four.
Also home to the University
of Texas at Austin, the city reported a
median household
income a few thousand dollars higher than the
national median, while the
median owner - occupied home value stood close to $ 280,000.
The ratio
of a mortgage payment versus the
median monthly
income was worst in places where local households earned at or below the
national median income level.
With a
median household
income nearing 70,000, the state
of Connecticut is an affluent one, and home prices tend to be higher than
national averages because
of that.
While the results from the Pew report are good news for married, college - educated women, who shared a total family
income of nearly $ 80,000 in 2011 (generously above the
national median of $ 57,100 for all families with children), the findings also showed that mothers raising children on their own earned a
median income of about $ 23,000.
The
median household
income for the US as a whole was $ 57,462, making this
income bracket particularly important to understanding the
national picture
of home affordability.
Plainly, if your
income is less than the
national median, especially if it's substantially less, maintaining a place
of your own on 35 %
of your take - home or lower is going to be a severe challenge, even in less - expensive regions.
Kansas City's may have a quality
of life problem similar to that
of Minneapolis, however — its
median income is about 17 % below the
national median, while cost
of living is just 2 % below the
national average.
The
median household
income is 10 % below the
national median, while the cost
of living is about 11 % above the
national average.
Denver and nearby Aurora both have
median incomes below the
national median, but Highlands Ranch, a Denver suburb, has one
of the highest
median household
incomes in the country at almost $ 110,000.
The city
of Alexandria also has the highest
median household
income of the cities noted here — more than 50 % above the
national median.
Lincoln's
income is one
of the lowest on this list and its credit score is in the middle
of the pack, but it's one
of only three cities (Cambridge and Alexandria being the other two) to have a relative
median income higher than its relative cost
of living as compared to
national averages.
The
median household
income is just a notch below the
national median, and the cost
of living is in line with the
national average as well.
A city with a cost
of living below the
national average and
median income above the
national average will probably have residents with a lot
of disposable
income and financial security.
Since the average
income of Bragg Creek is notability higher than the
national average, we have included the
MEDIAN annual gross
income for this town.
In an attempt to give a general answer to the question
of real estate affordability in the United States, the
National Association
of Realtors (NAR) puts together a monthly report that uses
median income,
median home price, mortgage rates, and closing cost.
However, the state's
median household
income of $ 49,576 is below the
national median.
However, they may still find themselves trying to survive paycheck to paycheck because the
median household
income of $ 49,620 is below the
national median.
Plus, the state's
median household
income of $ 61,492 is higher than the
national median.
An analysis by the
National Low
Income Housing Coalition estimates that there are only 22 affordable and available rental units for every 100 renters in Oregon with an income at or below 30 percent of the median family i
Income Housing Coalition estimates that there are only 22 affordable and available rental units for every 100 renters in Oregon with an
income at or below 30 percent of the median family i
income at or below 30 percent
of the
median family
incomeincome.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Richmond's 2016
median household
income was below the
national figure, and 16 percent
of the city lived below the poverty line.
These benefits accrue to less affluent regions: 70 percent
of wind capacity is installed in counties below the
median average
national income, and property taxes from wind farms provide millions for local schools and other services.
As
of 2013, the
median household
income in Manhattan was $ 52,223 per year, around $ 1,000 more than the
national median.
The
National Association
of Realtors predicts the
median income for agents will rise to $ 46,600 in 2012 and to $ 52,700 in 2013, but that figure skews differently when you consider that 80 percent
of total industry
income goes to 20 percent
of Realtors.
While wages lag slightly behind those found in the larger cities
of Boston and Springfield, the
median income in Lowell is in line with the
national average.
The equivalence scale used in the current study is the European Union scale (a modification
of the OECD equivalence scale) where the first adult is given a weight
of 1, subsequent adults are given a weight
of 0.5 and each child < 14 years
of age is given the weight 0.3.40 From this measure
of family
income, we calculated the proportion
of adolescents in relative poverty, defined as having an equivalised household
income < 60 %
of the equivalised
national median income for that particular year (eg, to calculate relative poverty proportions for 2004, we used the
median income for 2004).
Overall, Hordaland county is considered representative
of Norway with regards to gender and rural / urban residence distribution, and the
median household
income is also similar to that
of the
national average.37 In the period 2005 — 2010, the mean proportion
of children characterised as being relative poor (see details below) in Hordaland county was slightly lower (7.3 %) than in the country as a whole (8.9 %).
An HOI
of 73.7 means that 73.7 %
of all homes sold in the first three months
of 2013 were affordable to families earning the
national median income ($ 64,400).
To purchase a single - family home at the
national median price, a buyer making a 5 percent downpayment would need an
income of $ 48,334, a 10 percent downpayment would require an
income of $ 45,790, and $ 40,702 would be needed for a 20 percent downpayment.