Record Home Unaffordability (Patreon)

Avg household needs 120K in income to buy a median home - while the median household income is 86K

Some Stats

• Rem this is Median. Avg is around $74,755 - rem the top 1% of households skews it held 31.4% of U.S. wealth in 2023, exceeding the combined share of the bottom 90% (31.1%)

• Asian households earned 1.27x more than non-Hispanic White households in 2023

• Maryland led with a 2022 median of $108,200, while Mississippi trailed at $48,6005.

• Recent projections highlight Falls Church, Virginia, as the highest-earning county (median >$170,000)