18. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
- Cost-burdened middle-class households: 34.3%
- Median home value: $245,000
- Median household income: $71,414
- Homeownership rate: 66.5%
Hartford is one of several metro areas in the Northeastern United States where over a third of middle-class households are burdened by housing costs. The higher than typical share of cost-burdened middle class residents is due in part to the higher housing prices in the area. The typical Hartford home is worth $247,900, and rental costs in the area are about 8.5% more expensive than they are on average nationwide.
Higher-income households in the metro area are far less likely to spend over 30% of their income on housing than the middle class. Just 5.7% of households earning $75,000 or more per year in Hartford are burdened by the cost of housing.
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How about Coeur d’alene Id …No houses mobile home under $150,000 unless they are junk and in an outlying city This place sucks!!!
looks to me like most if not all are where the dims are in control.