Category Affordability

A city can stay top-ranked on paper while becoming harder to live in for ordinary households. That contradiction is now showing up across the United States. 24% of U.S. homeowners were cost burdened in 2023, and renter stress ran higher…

A city can top a livability ranking while failing the affordability test for its median renter. That contradiction is now common in the United States. 46.3% of renters were cost-burdened in 2023, meaning they spent more than 30% of income…