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Least Affordable Cities to Buy a Home

Ranked by the ratio of median home value to median household income (the “median multiple”).

1Monsey, NY19.3×2Santa Monica, CA15.3×3Kiryas Joel, NY15.2×4Beverly Hills, CA15.0×5Santa Barbara, CA14.8×6Berkeley, CA13.1×7Westmont, CA12.9×8South Pasadena, CA12.9×9Newport Beach, CA12.7×10Arcadia, CA12.7×11San Luis Obispo, CA12.7×12Lakewood, NJ12.6×13Glendale, CA12.5×14Boulder, CO11.9×15Burlingame, CA11.5×16Redwood City, CA11.4×17Hawthorne, CA11.4×18San Rafael, CA11.4×19Los Angeles, CA11.2×20Burbank, CA11.2×21Campbell, CA11.1×22Rosemead, CA11.0×23Inglewood, CA10.9×24San Mateo, CA10.5×25Monterey Park, CA10.5×26Santa Cruz, CA10.5×27Monterey, CA10.5×28San Gabriel, CA10.5×29Maywood, CA10.4×30Pasadena, CA10.4×31Encinitas, CA10.2×32Mountain View, CA10.1×33El Cajon, CA10.1×34Westminster, CA10.0×35West Lafayette, IN10.0×36Costa Mesa, CA10.0×37San Clemente, CA10.0×38Imperial Beach, CA10.0×39Rowland Heights, CA9.9×40San Francisco, CA9.9×41Key West, FL9.8×42Manhattan Beach, CA9.8×43Urban Honolulu, HI9.7×44Alhambra, CA9.7×45Belmont, CA9.7×46Culver City, CA9.7×47East Palo Alto, CA9.7×48Bell, CA9.7×49Sunnyvale, CA9.7×50New York, NY9.7×51State College, PA9.6×52Davis, CA9.6×53Huntington Park, CA9.5×54West Hollywood, CA9.5×55Menlo Park, CA9.5×56Monrovia, CA9.5×57El Monte, CA9.5×58Bellingham, WA9.4×59East Los Angeles, CA9.4×60Dana Point, CA9.3×61Eastern Goleta Valley, CA9.3×62Fountain Valley, CA9.3×63Torrance, CA9.2×64Foster City, CA9.2×65Seaside, CA9.2×66Long Beach, CA9.2×67Temple City, CA9.2×68Los Gatos, CA9.2×69National City, CA9.2×70Oakland, CA9.2×71Lawndale, CA9.2×72Mercer Island, WA9.1×73Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI9.1×74Huntington Beach, CA9.1×75Pullman, WA9.1×76Bell Gardens, CA9.1×77Daly City, CA9.0×78Alameda, CA9.0×79Bellflower, CA9.0×80Rancho Palos Verdes, CA9.0×81Leisure City, FL8.9×82Novato, CA8.9×83Blacksburg, VA8.9×84Santa Clara, CA8.8×85Lynnwood, WA8.8×86Garden Grove, CA8.8×87Carlsbad, CA8.8×88Kahului, HI8.8×89El Cerrito, CA8.8×90Downey, CA8.8×91Brookline, MA8.8×92Lafayette, CA8.8×93Watsonville, CA8.8×94Anaheim, CA8.7×95Montebello, CA8.7×96Irvine, CA8.7×97South San Francisco, CA8.7×98Altadena, CA8.7×99Goleta, CA8.7×100Fullerton, CA8.7×

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