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Least affordable housing, US counties · 1990

US counties ranked by the CensusEasy Afford Score, median home value divided by median household income (2023 ACS). A higher score means a home costs more years of local income.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

3001Phillips County, KSKS4,7281.2−16%

3002Greene County, IAIA8,6581.2−23%

3003Shelby County, MOMO5,8701.2−27%

3004Chariton County, MOMO7,3771.2−24%

3005Stark County, ILIL5,3191.2−31%

3006Neosho County, KSKS15,6371.2−16%

3007Valley County, NENE4,0941.2−27%

3008Emmet County, IAIA9,1071.2−27%

3009Schuyler County, MOMO4,1401.2−36%

3010Nelson County, NDND2,9631.2−2%

3011Divide County, NDND2,1101.2+19%

3012Frontier County, NENE2,6551.2−33%

3013Linn County, KSKS9,9501.2−35%

3014Webster County, NENE3,3361.2−19%

3015La Salle County, TXTX6,5171.2+2%

3016Wilson County, KSKS8,2991.2−12%

3017Norton County, KSKS5,2881.2−24%

3018Stafford County, KSKS4,0051.2−1%

3019Clark County, KSKS1,9001.2−9%

3020Sherman County, OROR2,0511.2−42%

3021Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7041.2−26%

3022Crane County, TXTX4,5541.2+4%

3023Kittson County, MNMN4,0311.2−6%

3024Harrison County, MOMO8,2811.2−31%

3025Calhoun County, IAIA9,5621.2−30%

3026Clay County, NENE6,1701.2−22%

3027Thayer County, NENE4,8421.2−15%

3028Cochran County, TXTX2,5461.2+15%

3029Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.2−17%

3030Lincoln County, MNMN5,5831.2−27%

3031Prairie County, MTMT1,1121.2−24%

3032Mercer County, MOMO3,4041.2−13%

3033Apache County, AZAZ64,4451.2−30%

3034Hitchcock County, NENE2,4671.2−19%

3035Polk County, NENE5,2701.2−30%

3036Day County, SDSD5,4841.2−3%

3037Osceola County, IAIA5,9801.2−27%

3038Holt County, MOMO4,2001.2−32%

3039Knox County, MOMO3,7281.2−37%

3040Arthur County, NENE3961.2−35%

3041Graham County, KSKS2,3711.2−15%

3042Sully County, SDSD1,4791.2−30%

3043Grant County, OKOK4,0671.2−16%

3044Audubon County, IAIA5,5091.2−36%

3045Nance County, NENE3,2901.2−29%

3046Turner County, SDSD9,3141.1−32%

3047McDowell County, WVWV16,8781.1−6%

3048Upton County, TXTX3,1311.1+10%

3049LaMoure County, NDND4,1351.1−12%

3050Edwards County, KSKS2,6401.1−9%

3051Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8191.1−14%

3052Wayne County, IAIA6,7381.1−22%

3053McIntosh County, NDND2,4511.1+2%

3054Todd County, SDSD8,8631.1−23%

3055Dundy County, NENE1,5681.1−16%

3056Traverse County, MNMN3,1301.1−16%

3057Chase County, KSKS2,5721.1−29%

3058Foard County, TXTX1,0441.1+6%

3059Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001.1−29%

3060Jones County, SDSD9131.1−12%

3061Van Buren County, IAIA7,1311.1−29%

3062Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841.1−27%

3063Hyde County, SDSD1,1911.1−12%

3064Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3211.1−7%

3065Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6191.1−21%

3066Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1−20%

3067Smith County, KSKS3,5661.1−22%

3068Benson County, NDND5,7591.1−9%

3069Furnas County, NENE4,5241.1−15%

3070Nuckolls County, NENE4,1001.1−12%

3071Steele County, NDND1,7971.1−2%

3072Greenwood County, KSKS5,8261.1−13%

3073Keokuk County, IAIA9,7971.1−34%

3074Sullivan County, MOMO5,7381.1−40%

3075McCook County, SDSD5,9641.1−41%

3076Greeley County, NENE2,1541.1−25%

3077Ziebach County, SDSD2,3891.1−53%

3078Blaine County, NENE4581.1−3%

3079McMullen County, TXTX5441.1−28%

3080Boyd County, NENE1,6741.1−0%

3081Ringgold County, IAIA4,6421.1−39%

3082Burke County, NDND2,1321.0−6%

3083Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.0−8%

3084Sargent County, NDND3,7111.0−14%

3085Mellette County, SDSD2,1371.0−17%

3086Buffalo County, SDSD1,8021.0−58%

3087Worth County, MOMO1,9141.0−18%

3088Miner County, SDSD2,2811.0−4%

3089Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.0−6%

3090Logan County, NDND1,8591.0−14%

3091Osborne County, KSKS3,2851.0−18%

3092Keya Paha County, NENE7921.0−33%

3093Spink County, SDSD6,1551.0−13%

3094Clark County, SDSD4,0311.0−29%

3095Rush County, KSKS2,8451.0−6%

3096Sherman County, NENE2,9241.0−37%

3097Woodson County, KSKS3,1181.0−42%

3098McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.0−17%

3099Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.0−34%

3100Republic County, KSKS4,6400.9−28%

3101Washington County, KSKS5,5330.9−26%

3102Franklin County, NENE2,7950.9−29%

3103Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.9−42%

3104Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.9−28%

3105Kenedy County, TXTX3190.9−57%

3106Lincoln County, KSKS2,8610.9−32%

3107Harding County, NMNM6170.9−28%

3108Jefferson County, NENE7,0700.9−35%

3109Hayes County, NENE8210.9−51%

3110Sheridan County, NDND1,2960.9−23%

3111Wheeler County, NENE7890.8−47%

3112Elk County, KSKS2,4580.8−26%

3113Loup County, NENE5700.8−53%

3114Pawnee County, NENE2,5100.8−39%

3115Slope County, NDND6280.8−22%

3116Jewell County, KSKS2,8300.8−16%

3117Borden County, TXTX5670.8−54%

3118Petroleum County, MTMT5480.8−63%

3119Sanborn County, SDSD2,3880.8−31%

3120King County, TXTX1920.7−7%

3121Loving County, TXTX520.6+81%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES