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Least affordable housing, US counties · 2020

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

3001Warren County, ILIL16,2221.6−3%

3002Rice County, KSKS9,2661.6+28%

3003Labette County, KSKS19,6851.6+11%

3004Phillips County, KSKS4,7281.6+8%

3005Clark County, ILIL15,1141.6−10%

3006Reagan County, TXTX3,1661.6+20%

3007Ward County, TXTX11,1251.6+47%

3008Harding County, SDSD1,3311.6−15%

3009Emmet County, IAIA9,1071.6−5%

3010Benson County, NDND5,7591.6+31%

3011Hancock County, ILIL16,8031.6−1%

3012Wells County, NDND3,7291.6+25%

3013Greeley County, NENE2,1541.6+12%

3014Wilcox County, GAGA8,7971.6+0%

3015Little River County, ARAR11,7631.6−8%

3016Osceola County, IAIA5,9801.6−2%

3017Boyd County, NENE1,6741.6+49%

3018Golden Valley County, NDND1,8081.6+12%

3019Randolph County, ININ24,4381.6−19%

3020Dundy County, NENE1,5681.6+16%

3021Antelope County, NENE6,3521.6−6%

3022White County, ILIL13,2501.6+7%

3023Adams County, IAIA3,6171.6−16%

3024Decatur County, KSKS2,7161.6+4%

3025Pawnee County, NENE2,5101.6+15%

3026Calhoun County, IAIA9,5621.5−9%

3027Scott County, ILIL4,8661.5−1%

3028Hayes County, NENE8211.5−15%

3029Vermillion County, ININ15,4881.5−10%

3030Jones County, TXTX20,8611.5+23%

3031Henderson County, ILIL5,9841.5+5%

3032Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6191.5+10%

3033Franklin County, NENE2,7951.5+17%

3034Allegany County, NYNY46,8001.5−4%

3035Montgomery County, IAIA10,0021.5−14%

3036Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8191.5+15%

3037Harper County, KSKS5,3701.5−2%

3038Cotton County, OKOK5,4321.5−18%

3039Hardin County, ILIL3,5881.5−0%

3040McPherson County, NENE3691.5−12%

3041Lawrence County, ILIL13,7901.5+2%

3042Cass County, ILIL12,4631.5−2%

3043McDowell County, WVWV16,8781.5+23%

3044Corson County, SDSD3,7811.5+39%

3045Rush County, KSKS2,8451.5+43%

3046Lamb County, TXTX12,5791.5+20%

3047Mitchell County, TXTX8,9471.5+19%

3048Pembina County, NDND6,5681.5+3%

3049Comanche County, KSKS1,6731.5+39%

3050Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.5+4%

3051Edwards County, ILIL5,8981.5+5%

3052Rooks County, KSKS4,6461.5+13%

3053Worth County, MOMO1,9141.5+20%

3054Barber County, KSKS4,0831.5+49%

3055Hall County, TXTX2,7371.5+41%

3056Greenwood County, KSKS5,8261.5+19%

3057Reeves County, TXTX12,1381.5+48%

3058Grant County, OKOK4,0671.5+8%

3059Zavala County, TXTX9,0371.5+4%

3060McIntosh County, NDND2,4511.5+32%

3061Jefferson County, OKOK5,4311.5+1%

3062Nance County, NENE3,2901.5−9%

3063Jewell County, KSKS2,8301.5+55%

3064Carson County, TXTX5,8051.5+11%

3065Gray County, TXTX20,9191.5+24%

3066Taylor County, IAIA5,8351.5+5%

3067Calhoun County, ARAR4,6321.4+17%

3068Colfax County, NENE10,9341.4−14%

3069Webster County, NENE3,3361.4−3%

3070Crosby County, TXTX4,8521.4+3%

3071Spink County, SDSD6,1551.4+25%

3072Dewey County, SDSD5,4191.4+2%

3073Burke County, NDND2,1321.4+29%

3074Fillmore County, NENE5,4581.4−9%

3075Stafford County, KSKS4,0051.4+17%

3076Clark County, KSKS1,9001.4+7%

3077Sterling County, TXTX1,3491.4−3%

3078Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6331.4+20%

3079Grant County, NDND2,2061.4+14%

3080Blaine County, NENE4581.4+29%

3081Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5541.4+8%

3082Thurston County, NENE6,7521.4−26%

3083Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4871.4−6%

3084Nuckolls County, NENE4,1001.4+13%

3085Logan County, NDND1,8591.4+18%

3086Greenlee County, AZAZ9,3121.4−9%

3087Slope County, NDND6281.4+33%

3088Furnas County, NENE4,5241.4+7%

3089Bailey County, TXTX6,9631.4−0%

3090Duval County, TXTX9,4021.4+6%

3091Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.4−4%

3092Harmon County, OKOK2,3271.4+2%

3093Donley County, TXTX3,2131.4−14%

3094Alfalfa County, OKOK5,6491.3+30%

3095Upton County, TXTX3,1311.3+29%

3096Floyd County, TXTX4,8811.3−7%

3097Republic County, KSKS4,6401.3+1%

3098Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.3+5%

3099Garza County, TXTX4,5101.3−13%

3100Cimarron County, OKOK2,0591.3−2%

3101Motley County, TXTX1,0431.3+18%

3102Tillman County, OKOK6,7801.3+2%

3103Thayer County, NENE4,8421.3−7%

3104Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3211.3+10%

3105Winkler County, TXTX7,5401.3+44%

3106Osborne County, KSKS3,2851.3+5%

3107Stewart County, GAGA4,6311.3−14%

3108Ness County, KSKS2,6171.3+1%

3109Dickens County, TXTX1,6921.3+23%

3110Haskell County, TXTX5,4991.2−14%

3111Foard County, TXTX1,0441.2+17%

3112McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.2+3%

3113Edwards County, KSKS2,6401.2−4%

3114Fisher County, TXTX3,6921.2+1%

3115Keya Paha County, NENE7921.2−23%

3116Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.2+8%

3117Elk County, KSKS2,4581.2+2%

3118Calhoun County, GAGA5,4131.2−36%

3119Steele County, NDND1,7971.1+1%

3120Hardeman County, TXTX3,2921.1+3%

3121Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3381.1–

3122Todd County, SDSD8,8631.1−25%

3123Stanton County, KSKS1,9861.1−32%

3124Cottle County, TXTX1,2241.1−8%

3125Kent County, TXTX6741.0+4%

3126Cochran County, TXTX2,5460.9−10%

3127Stonewall County, TXTX1,1860.9−22%

3128Knox County, TXTX3,1920.9−25%

3129King County, TXTX1920.6−23%

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