Atlanta, Georgia - One of 66 Cities Where it "Makes Sense" to Buy a Home

Metro area

6% loan

7% loan

8% loan

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

$90,437

$89,871

$89,381

San Antonio

$90,017

$89,064

$88,239

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. 

$88,907

$87,473

$86,232

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas 

$87,837

$86,703

$85,721

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas 

$83,880

$82,669

$81,620

Rochester, N.Y. 

$82,898

$81,898

$81,032

Syracuse, N.Y. 

$80,231

$79,341

$78,571

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. 

$77,934

$77,045

$76,275

Jackson, Miss.

$77,648

$76,659

$75,804

Austin-Round Rock, Texas

$70,007

$68,530

$67,251

Memphis, Tenn.-Mississippi-Arkansas *

$68,348

$67,286

$66,367

Baton Rouge, La. 

$61,802

$60,648

$59,651

Pittsburgh

$61,174

$60,221

$59,397

Tulsa, Okla. 

$58,599

$57,624

$56,780

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Ark. 

$58,420

$57,416

$56,548

Augusta, Ga.-Richmond County, S.C. 

$57,424

$ 56,465

$55,636

Lakeland, Fla.

$56,960

$55,793

$54,784

Columbia, S.C

$55,993

$54,936

$54,022

El Paso, Texas 

$55,100

$54,316

$53,637

Akron, Ohio 

$54,594

$53,410

$52,387

Greensboro-High Point, N.C. 

$54,592

$53,463

$52,485

Oklahoma City 

$54,431

$53,475

$52,648

Youngstown-Warren, Ohio-Boardman, Pa. 

$54,014

$53,176

$52,450

Wichita, Kan. 

$53,684

$52,764

$51,968

Dayton, Ohio 

$51,393

$50,327

$49,405

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. 

$50,599

$49,241

$48,067

Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind. 

$49,520

$48,330

$47,300

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. 

$49,104

$47,630

$46,355

Omaha, Neb.-Council Bluffs, Iowa 

$47,823

$46,654

$45,643

Birmingham-Hoover, Ala. 

$47,404

$46,276

$45,300

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. 

$46,314

$44,730

$43,360

Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 

$46,251

$45,254

$44,391

Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa 

$46,078

$44,844

$43,776

Kansas City, Mo.-Kansas City, Kan. 

$45,699

$44,413

$43,300

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio 

$45,251

$44,025

$42,964

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Mich.

$44,484

$43,304

$42,282

Toledo, Ohio 

$44,009

$42,928

$41,992

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. 

$41,847

$40,237

$38,843

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Georgia *

$41,025

$39,955

$39,029

Cincinnati-Middletown, Ind.-Kentucky  *

$40,454

$39,184

$38,086

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, S.C. 

$40,268

$39,169

$38,218

Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. 

$37,456

$36,168

$35,054

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine 

$37,197

$35,204

$33,479

New Haven-Milford, Conn. 

$36,521

$34,284

$32,348

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Fla. 

$36,217

$34,643

$33,281

Charleston-North Charleston, S.C. 

$35,592

$34,062

$32,738

Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.-Indiana *

$33,003

$31,809

$30,775

St. Louis -Illinois *

$32,933

$31,630

$30,503

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Fla. 

$31,544

$29,577

$27,875

Charlotte-Gastonia, N.C.-Concord, S.C. 

$29,919

$28,524

$27,318

Columbus, Ohio 

$28,982

$27,628

$26,457

Albuquerque, N.M. 

$28,805

$27,356

$26,102

Jacksonville, Fla. 

$26,832

$25,241

$23,863

Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tenn. 

$26,567

$25,181

$23,982

Knoxville, Tenn. 

$24,862

$23,663

$22,625

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla. 

$23,090

$21,467

$20,063

Richmond, Va. 

$21,500

$19,740

$18,217

Raleigh-Cary, N.C. 

$19,004

$17,386

$15,985

Springfield, Mass. 

$16,338

$14,591

$13,079

Philadelphia-Camden, N.J.-Wilmington, Del. -Maryland *

$14,492

$12,532

$10,836

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Conn. 

$13,494

$11,405

$9,598

Allentown-Bethlehem, Pa.-Easton, N.J. 

$12,779

$11,063

$9,578

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. 

$12,745

$11,076

$9,632

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-North Carolina  *

$10,449

$8,515

$6,842

Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla. 

$9,400

$7,433

$5,730

Colorado Springs, Colo. 

$4,482

$2,736

$1,224