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The Living-In Map 106 cities · 51 states · 37 considerations · Oct 5, 2026

Every consideration for a move, on one map.

Rent, home values, taxes, sunshine, air, safety, jobs and people for every city and state we cover, each reading with its source and its rank.

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Affordability across America, every city and state

Colored from lowest to most affordable; every reading with its source and period one click away on its ranking page. Switch lenses on the map for rent, taxes, sunshine, air, safety and the rest.

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Affordability Score, cities 106 cities · highest first
PlaceAffordability ScoreAs of
1stLittle Rock79.92026
2ndOklahoma City72.82026
3rdIndianapolis72.42026
4thBaton Rouge71.92026
5thChattanooga71.72026
6thLouisville71.42026
7thMcAllen71.32026
8thMemphis70.92026
9thHuntsville, AL702026
10thNashville69.52026
11thPhoenix69.32026
11thJacksonville, Florida69.32026
13thSan Antonio, Texas68.82026
14thTulsa68.42026
15thAustin67.62026
16thColorado Springs67.42026
17thDes Moines66.82026
18thToledo66.72026
19thWichita66.32026
20thNew Orleans662026
21stColumbus65.42026
22ndAkron65.12026
23rdCape Coral652026
24thTampa63.92026
24thFayetteville, Arkansas63.92026
26thGreenville, SC63.62026
27thRaleigh63.22026
28thLakeland63.12026
29thLas Vegas632026
30thCharlotte, NC62.42026
31stKansas City61.72026
32ndOmaha61.32026
33rdBoise, Idaho61.22026
34thDaytona Beach60.92026
35thOgden60.72026
36thDurham60.62026
37thMelbourne60.52026
38thOrlando, Florida60.42026
39thJackson, Mississippi60.32026
40thDayton60.22026
41stBirmingham59.62026
42ndReno59.42026
43rdDenver59.32026
44thGreensboro58.92026
45thHouston, Texas58.62026
46thKnoxville58.22026
47thColumbia, South Carolina57.92026
48thSarasota57.42026
49thDallas, Texas56.92026
50thEl Paso56.52026
51stTucson55.22026
52ndSalt Lake City55.22026
53rdCharleston54.32026
54thCincinnati54.12026
54thWinston-Salem54.12026
56thAugusta, Georgia52.82026
57thAsheville52.42026
58thCleveland52.32026
59thAtlanta, Georgia522026
60thGrand Rapids51.82026
61stVirginia Beach51.52026
62ndProvo50.62026
63rdPittsburgh50.42026
64thAlbuquerque502026
65thPhiladelphia48.12026
66thSeattle45.62026
66thSpokane45.62026
68thSt. Louis45.12026
69thSavannah44.92026
70thMinneapolis44.82026
71stMadison43.52026
72ndVancouver, Washington42.92026
73rdMilwaukee40.72026
74thRichmond40.42026
75thWashington DC40.12026
76thMiami39.12026
77thBaltimore38.52026
78thDetroit37.92026
79thPortland36.52026
80thHarrisburg32.12026
81stChicago30.42026
82ndAllentown28.72026
83rdSacramento28.52026
83rdBakersfield28.52026
85thBuffalo28.42026
86thStockton282026
87thBoston26.12026
88thHartford25.32026
89thRiverside24.92026
90thFresno24.32026
91stProvidence24.12026
92ndAlbany22.62026
93rdWorcester22.42026
94thPortland, Maine22.22026
95thSan Jose, California21.72026
96thHonolulu21.62026
97thSyracuse21.22026
98thSan Diego19.92026
99thOxnard19.92026
100thRochester, New York18.42026
101stNew Haven17.62026
102ndBridgeport16.32026
103rdLos Angeles, California15.42026
104thSan Francisco14.62026
105thNew York14.22026
106thPoughkeepsie11.12026
Affordability Score, states 50 states · highest first
PlaceAffordability ScoreAs of
1stKentucky76.72026
2ndLouisiana76.62026
3rdMississippi74.22026
4thIndiana73.72026
5thArkansas72.72026
6thOklahoma70.22026
7thWest Virginia69.92026
8thIowa69.32026
9thNorth Dakota682026
10thWyoming65.92026
11thSouth Dakota65.12026
11thNebraska65.12026
13thOhio64.52026
14thTennessee63.42026
15thKansas632026
16thAlabama61.52026
17thTexas61.12026
18thSouth Carolina60.22026
19thMichigan59.42026
20thNorth Carolina59.22026
21stMissouri58.22026
22ndDelaware582026
23rdGeorgia56.62026
24thFlorida54.12026
25thPennsylvania53.82026
26thWisconsin53.62026
27thVirginia52.92026
28thArizona52.52026
29thNevada50.52026
30thMaryland49.82026
31stAlaska49.52026
32ndNew Mexico48.32026
33rdUtah47.12026
34thIdaho462026
35thMinnesota45.72026
36thNew Hampshire45.52026
37thMontana45.32026
38thColorado44.72026
39thIllinois44.22026
40thConnecticut38.42026
41stVermont36.72026
42ndMaine34.92026
43rdWashington34.72026
44thOregon33.62026
45thRhode Island30.22026
46thMassachusetts27.32026
47thNew Jersey25.82026
48thHawaii24.52026
49thNew York17.32026
50thCalifornia14.12026
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The Honest Local, The Living-In Map. Every consideration for a move, on one map., October 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map

Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved October 5, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.

Sources and method

The map reads the same tables as every ranking on this site: the live tape (Zillow, realtor.com by way of FRED, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AAA, AirNow, MERIC, the Census Bureau, the FBI, the EIA, the BEA), and The Honest Local's own scores (Sunshine, Heat, Cold, Snow, Clean Air, Bad Air, Disaster, Safety, Affordability), each a blend of at least two public sources. Cities and states rank on separate lists. A place with no reading is left grey rather than estimated.