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Most affordable housing, US counties · 2000

US counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2023 ACS).

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

3001Skagit County, WAWA132,9753.6+0%

3002Alexandria, VAVA160,6623.6+0%

3003Gilpin County, COCO6,0733.6+0%

3004Clarke County, GAGA129,9213.6+0%

3005Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4393.6+0%

3006Jackson County, OROR221,7953.6+0%

3007Placer County, CACA442,0813.6+0%

3008Valley County, IDID12,8313.6+0%

3009Latah County, IDID41,8423.6+0%

3010Amador County, CACA41,8763.6+0%

3011Butte County, CACA209,2113.6+0%

3012Inyo County, CACA18,1583.7+0%

3013Gallatin County, MTMT128,7403.7+0%

3014Skamania County, WAWA12,6693.7+0%

3015Lane County, OROR381,5843.7+0%

3016Bergen County, NJNJ977,0263.7+0%

3017Island County, WAWA85,6573.7+0%

3018Wallowa County, OROR7,5953.7+0%

3019Mineral County, COCO9103.7+0%

3020Tuolumne County, CACA53,1603.7+0%

3021Arlington County, VAVA243,9313.7+0%

3022Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7913.7+0%

3023Clackamas County, OROR426,2803.7+0%

3024El Dorado County, CACA192,3233.7+0%

3025Trinity County, CACA15,7203.7+0%

3026Missoula County, MTMT123,5133.7+0%

3027Whatcom County, WAWA236,3923.7+0%

3028Wasatch County, UTUT38,5143.8+0%

3029Passaic County, NJNJ531,6243.8+0%

3030Elbert County, COCO30,5343.8+0%

3031Radford, VAVA17,2433.8+0%

3032Multnomah County, OROR795,3913.8+0%

3033Clear Creek County, COCO8,9943.8+0%

3034Charlottesville, VAVA44,3883.8+0%

3035Calaveras County, CACA46,6053.8+0%

3036Orange County, NCNC152,4983.8+0%

3037Josephine County, OROR87,8673.8+0%

3038Clatsop County, OROR40,9263.8+0%

3039District of Columbia, DCDC693,6453.8+0%

3040Chelan County, WAWA81,9413.8+0%

3041Madison County, MTMT10,0263.8+0%

3042Whitman County, WAWA48,5123.9+0%

3043Albany County, WYWY38,5583.9+0%

3044Barnstable County, MAMA233,5393.9+0%

3045Fredericksburg, VAVA30,3933.9+0%

3046Hawaii County, HIHI210,0433.9+0%

3047Hood River County, OROR23,7203.9+0%

3048Watauga County, NCNC54,7863.9+0%

3049Richmond County, NYNY501,2903.9+0%

3050Garfield County, COCO63,4743.9+0%

3051Tillamook County, OROR27,3844.0+0%

3052Benton County, OROR97,7284.0+0%

3053Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8394.0+0%

3054Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0704.0+0%

3055Ventura County, CACA830,8514.0+0%

3056Mariposa County, CACA16,9184.0+0%

3057Santa Fe County, NMNM156,9074.0+0%

3058Essex County, MAMA826,6534.0+0%

3059Middlesex County, MAMA1,669,9794.0+0%

3060Yolo County, CACA224,4104.0+0%

3061Hudson County, NJNJ735,0334.0+0%

3062Denver County, COCO740,6134.1+0%

3063Humboldt County, CACA131,6474.1+0%

3064Kittitas County, WAWA48,8034.1+0%

3065Archuleta County, COCO14,3064.1+0%

3066Grand County, COCO16,4964.1+0%

3067Boulder County, COCO328,5604.1+0%

3068Curry County, OROR22,6214.2+0%

3069Jefferson County, WAWA33,9704.2+0%

3070Lincoln County, OROR50,6364.2+0%

3071Essex County, NJNJ896,3794.2+0%

3072Lake County, MTMT33,3924.2+0%

3073Ravalli County, MTMT48,5824.2+0%

3074Mono County, CACA12,5054.2+0%

3075King County, WAWA2,344,9394.3+0%

3076Chaffee County, COCO20,8314.3+0%

3077San Juan County, COCO8134.3+0%

3078Orange County, CACA3,149,5074.3+0%

3079Alpine County, CACA1,0434.3+0%

3080Summit County, UTUT43,1414.3+0%

3081La Plata County, COCO56,8984.3+0%

3082Nevada County, CACA101,9114.3+0%

3083Lexington, VAVA7,7694.5+0%

3084Westchester County, NYNY1,015,7434.5+0%

3085San Diego County, CACA3,282,2484.5+0%

3086Custer County, COCO5,5904.5+0%

3087Mendocino County, CACA88,1224.6+0%

3088Routt County, COCO25,3294.6+0%

3089Monroe County, FLFL80,4064.6+0%

3090Taos County, NMNM34,5644.7+0%

3091Napa County, CACA132,9494.7+0%

3092Summit County, COCO31,5174.8+0%

3093Kauai County, HIHI73,4004.8+0%

3094Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9344.8+0%

3095Eagle County, COCO54,2914.8+0%

3096Queens County, NYNY2,358,1824.9+0%

3097Gunnison County, COCO17,4394.9+0%

3098Maui County, HIHI160,5924.9+0%

3099Williamsburg, VAVA15,8614.9+0%

3100San Benito County, CACA70,0824.9+0%

3101Sonoma County, CACA486,4445.0+0%

3102Suffolk County, MAMA791,8915.1+0%

3103San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3675.2+0%

3104Alameda County, CACA1,636,6305.2+0%

3105Monterey County, CACA433,7295.3+0%

3106Blaine County, IDID25,5175.3+0%

3107Honolulu County, HIHI988,7035.3+0%

3108Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0655.7+0%

3109Ouray County, COCO5,2655.7+0%

3110Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3915.7+0%

3111Hinsdale County, COCO7535.9+0%

3112San Miguel County, COCO7,7536.1+0%

3113Teton County, WYWY23,3336.3+0%

3114San Mateo County, CACA743,5686.4+0%

3115Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8526.5+0%

3116San Juan County, WAWA18,5776.6+0%

3117Bronx County, NYNY1,406,3326.7+0%

3118Marin County, CACA253,6946.9+0%

3119Dukes County, MAMA21,2196.9+0%

3120Kings County, NYNY2,653,9637.1+0%

3121San Francisco County, CACA826,0797.7+0%

3122New York County, NYNY1,664,8627.7+0%

3123Pitkin County, COCO16,6258.4+0%

3124Nantucket County, MAMA14,75810.5+0%

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