Housing Costs
Median Monthly Housing Costs
What does this mean?
Housing costs reflect economic vitality and affordability for the workforce.
Why does this matter?
Informs a major expense of cost of living in a community or city. Whether a rent and/or mortgage payment, it impacts disposable income, quality of life and can be a determinant of recruitment of industry and/or wages to be paid by said industry.
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* Source: US Census Bureau
Region Comparison
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Housing Costs
Housing Costs
State | 2010-01 | 2011-01 | 2012-01 | 2013-01 | 2014-01 | 2015-01 | 2016-01 | 2017-01 | 2018-01 | 2019-01 |
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Alabama | 604 | 635 | 658 | 675 | 685 | 684 | 692 | 718 | 751 | 778 |
Alaska | 1,005 | 1,055 | 1,099 | 1,127 | 1,148 | 1,162 | 1,197 | 1,243 | 1,297 | 1,292 |
Arizona | 866 | 891 | 898 | 895 | 890 | 885 | 900 | 946 | 997 | 1,069 |
Arkansas | 550 | 573 | 594 | 612 | 624 | 628 | 638 | 665 | 698 | 709 |
California | 1,212 | 1,251 | 1,282 | 1,301 | 1,313 | 1,320 | 1,356 | 1,433 | 1,531 | 1,695 |
Colorado | 969 | 997 | 1,027 | 1,046 | 1,061 | 1,075 | 1,110 | 1,178 | 1,258 | 1,417 |
Connecticut | 1,172 | 1,224 | 1,265 | 1,289 | 1,297 | 1,297 | 1,312 | 1,360 | 1,416 | 1,442 |
Delaware | 936 | 991 | 1,020 | 1,039 | 1,044 | 1,037 | 1,042 | 1,085 | 1,131 | 1,149 |
District of Columbia | 1,088 | 1,177 | 1,251 | 1,323 | 1,378 | 1,406 | 1,447 | 1,535 | 1,624 | 1,748 |
Florida | 906 | 932 | 940 | 940 | 935 | 928 | 943 | 988 | 1,045 | 1,129 |
Georgia | 819 | 849 | 870 | 884 | 890 | 884 | 897 | 933 | 980 | 1,054 |
Hawaii | 1,220 | 1,275 | 1,335 | 1,377 | 1,401 | 1,416 | 1,442 | 1,504 | 1,569 | 1,665 |
Idaho | 712 | 737 | 757 | 771 | 773 | 773 | 790 | 826 | 866 | 928 |
Illinois | 900 | 935 | 964 | 977 | 985 | 982 | 996 | 1,036 | 1,088 | 1,126 |
Indiana | 696 | 714 | 731 | 742 | 747 | 749 | 758 | 788 | 823 | 858 |
Iowa | 630 | 652 | 676 | 696 | 713 | 719 | 738 | 776 | 818 | 870 |
Kansas | 673 | 701 | 729 | 749 | 764 | 772 | 787 | 822 | 866 | 902 |
Kentucky | 577 | 601 | 624 | 645 | 656 | 661 | 678 | 709 | 747 | 779 |
Louisiana | 611 | 641 | 665 | 682 | 695 | 698 | 713 | 747 | 785 | 809 |
Maine | 722 | 755 | 782 | 801 | 811 | 818 | 833 | 865 | 905 | 944 |
Maryland | 1,188 | 1,248 | 1,293 | 1,320 | 1,330 | 1,335 | 1,354 | 1,407 | 1,470 | 1,521 |
Massachusetts | 1,145 | 1,185 | 1,223 | 1,245 | 1,259 | 1,274 | 1,306 | 1,374 | 1,456 | 1,581 |
Michigan | 776 | 789 | 799 | 803 | 803 | 797 | 805 | 834 | 870 | 902 |
Minnesota | 875 | 905 | 926 | 938 | 943 | 943 | 960 | 1,007 | 1,061 | 1,125 |
Mississippi | 565 | 589 | 604 | 622 | 632 | 633 | 641 | 664 | 692 | 709 |
Missouri | 667 | 697 | 721 | 741 | 752 | 754 | 765 | 801 | 841 | 863 |
Montana | 605 | 632 | 658 | 681 | 696 | 709 | 728 | 767 | 810 | 859 |
Nebraska | 668 | 692 | 718 | 743 | 759 | 769 | 789 | 831 | 876 | 933 |
Nevada | 1,036 | 1,047 | 1,038 | 1,017 | 993 | 972 | 980 | 1,022 | 1,080 | 1,192 |
New Hampshire | 1,066 | 1,103 | 1,139 | 1,152 | 1,164 | 1,167 | 1,184 | 1,234 | 1,294 | 1,372 |
New Jersey | 1,259 | 1,317 | 1,364 | 1,397 | 1,408 | 1,406 | 1,426 | 1,486 | 1,554 | 1,617 |
New Mexico | 634 | 661 | 686 | 709 | 723 | 725 | 736 | 761 | 792 | 802 |
New York | 975 | 1,021 | 1,068 | 1,105 | 1,132 | 1,147 | 1,174 | 1,229 | 1,297 | 1,362 |
North Carolina | 710 | 741 | 766 | 785 | 797 | 800 | 813 | 848 | 890 | 941 |
North Dakota | 534 | 567 | 595 | 628 | 652 | 679 | 702 | 751 | 797 | 822 |
Ohio | 722 | 742 | 759 | 770 | 774 | 772 | 783 | 812 | 849 | 871 |
Oklahoma | 588 | 615 | 643 | 667 | 684 | 692 | 707 | 739 | 775 | 805 |
Oregon | 828 | 861 | 898 | 926 | 939 | 950 | 986 | 1,050 | 1,120 | 1,250 |
Pennsylvania | 746 | 779 | 809 | 834 | 848 | 856 | 873 | 911 | 955 | 981 |
Rhode Island | 661 | 688 | 714 | 735 | 745 | 748 | 764 | 1,128 | 1,180 | 1,248 |
South Carolina | 578 | 606 | 632 | 653 | 669 | 681 | 699 | 795 | 834 | 880 |
South Dakota | 649 | 678 | 705 | 725 | 735 | 739 | 754 | 732 | 773 | 840 |
Tennessee | 765 | 795 | 823 | 845 | 861 | 871 | 899 | 786 | 828 | 877 |
Texas | 881 | 916 | 947 | 966 | 974 | 976 | 998 | 948 | 1,010 | 1,096 |
Utah | 997 | 1,047 | 1,087 | 1,114 | 1,121 | 1,124 | 1,141 | 1,045 | 1,104 | 1,134 |
Vermont | 968 | 1,014 | 1,048 | 1,072 | 1,083 | 1,094 | 1,125 | 1,055 | 1,104 | 1,286 |
Virginia | 447 | 470 | 491 | 511 | 523 | 532 | 542 | 1,186 | 1,241 | 1,434 |
Washington | 777 | 804 | 826 | 840 | 848 | 848 | 857 | 1,194 | 1,282 | 607 |
West Virginia | 653 | 699 | 729 | 757 | 773 | 785 | 795 | 567 | 596 | 951 |
Wisconsin | 261 | 275 | 295 | 307 | 322 | 325 | 329 | 891 | 928 | 910 |
Wyoming | 844 | 876 | 903 | 921 | 931 | 933 | 951 | 842 | 883 | |
U.S. Average | 802 | 836 | 864 | 884 | 895 | 900 | 918 | 977 | 1,028 | 1,082 |