| 1 | Detroit, MI
Salary needed → | $66,700 median home | |
| 2 | Dayton, OH
Salary needed → | $86,200 median home | |
| 3 | Cleveland, OH
Salary needed → | $87,400 median home | |
| 4 | Toledo, OH
Salary needed → | $98,800 median home | |
| 5 | Akron, OH
Salary needed → | $99,700 median home | |
| 6 | Jackson, MS
Salary needed → | $104,900 median home | |
| 7 | Rochester, NY
Salary needed → | $111,400 median home | |
| 8 | Lansing, MI
Salary needed → | $112,200 median home | |
| 9 | Brownsville, TX
Salary needed → | $112,600 median home | |
| 10 | South Bend, IN
Salary needed → | $113,800 median home | |
| 11 | Rockford, IL
Salary needed → | $114,100 median home | |
| 12 | Syracuse, NY
Salary needed → | $117,900 median home | |
| 13 | Evansville, IN
Salary needed → | $121,100 median home | |
| 14 | Birmingham, AL
Salary needed → | $123,000 median home | |
| 15 | Topeka, KS
Salary needed → | $124,700 median home | |
| 16 | Wichita Falls, TX
Salary needed → | $128,800 median home | |
| 17 | Buffalo, NY
Salary needed → | $132,100 median home | |
| 18 | Kansas City, KS
Salary needed → | $133,800 median home | |
| 19 | Memphis, TN
Salary needed → | $139,600 median home | |
| 20 | Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA
Salary needed → | $141,900 median home | |
| 21 | Montgomery, AL
Salary needed → | $141,900 median home | |
| 22 | Springfield, MO
Salary needed → | $146,400 median home | |
| 23 | Peoria, IL
Salary needed → | $146,700 median home | |
| 24 | Springfield, IL
Salary needed → | $147,700 median home | |
| 25 | Beaumont, TX
Salary needed → | $150,400 median home | |
| 26 | Independence, MO
Salary needed → | $150,800 median home | |
| 27 | Fort Wayne, IN
Salary needed → | $152,500 median home | |
| 28 | Davenport, IA
Salary needed → | $155,100 median home | |
| 29 | Macon-Bibb County, GA
Salary needed → | $155,200 median home | |
| 30 | Milwaukee, WI
Salary needed → | $157,800 median home | |
| 31 | Mobile, AL
Salary needed → | $158,400 median home | |
| 32 | Fayetteville, NC
Salary needed → | $158,500 median home | |
| 33 | McAllen, TX
Salary needed → | $158,700 median home | |
| 34 | El Paso, TX
Salary needed → | $159,300 median home | |
| 35 | Edinburg, TX
Salary needed → | $159,600 median home | |
| 36 | Abilene, TX
Salary needed → | $161,800 median home | |
| 37 | Waterbury, CT
Salary needed → | $162,800 median home | |
| 38 | Laredo, TX
Salary needed → | $164,400 median home | |
| 39 | Wichita, KS
Salary needed → | $166,400 median home | |
| 40 | Cedar Rapids, IA
Salary needed → | $167,900 median home | |
| 41 | Columbus, GA
Salary needed → | $168,400 median home | |
| 42 | Allentown, PA
Salary needed → | $168,800 median home | |
| 43 | Shreveport, LA
Salary needed → | $168,900 median home | |
| 44 | Warren, MI
Salary needed → | $169,300 median home | |
| 45 | Des Moines, IA
Salary needed → | $170,700 median home | |
| 46 | Pasadena, TX
Salary needed → | $171,600 median home | |
| 47 | Pittsburgh, PA
Salary needed → | $171,800 median home | |
| 48 | Amarillo, TX
Salary needed → | $172,700 median home | |
| 49 | Green Bay, WI
Salary needed → | $172,700 median home | |
| 50 | St. Louis, MO
Salary needed → | $174,100 median home | |