raptor_dad Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) Minneapolis $56K Metro $71K Our actual neighborhood $31K with a breakdown of roughly 60% under $35K and then 10% each $35-50K, $50-75K, $75-100K, and $100K+ ETA: Actual number for Minneapolis looks like $56K, $71K was minneapolis-st paul metro. Edited March 15, 2017 by raptor_dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $35,000 for my small town 45 minutes from city. The county which includes part of that city is $55,000. That is a big jump. But I feel it is accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $ 37,325 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $106K. But if I look at different sites that break it down by zip, our area runs between $83K to that higher number. It's a HCOL area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Median household income: $179,405 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I don't live in a town, but the median household income in the closest town is $35,357. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 My zip code $110,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) Our's is 52K for the town, 62K for my neighborhood and our COL index is 88.9 from city data. I think some of the info is out of date. The city I live in is increasing at an alarming rate (75% since 2000) and the prices for housing and such have skyrocketed. Edited March 15, 2017 by foxbridgeacademy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I don't live in a town, but the median household income in the closest town is $35,357. Is that the town where the goat is the mayor? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigomama Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Median household income : $56,000 And just because I find it crazy, median detached house price : $625,000!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Median household income : $56,000 And just because I find it crazy, median detached house price : $625,000!!! When I look up our county data on city-data, it comes up with 61K (vs 58K via the census) for median income and 242K for median detached house value. I can't fathom how folks buy houses where you live... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 About $42,500 for my township, $57,300 for my county.(Using both because my township has such a low population.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) 33,000 with COL index of 90 Edited March 15, 2017 by Attolia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) Sorry dp Edited March 15, 2017 by Heathermomster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigomama Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 When I look up our county data on city-data, it comes up with 61K (vs 58K via the census) for median income and 242K for median detached house value. I can't fathom how folks buy houses where you live... We live in a beautiful area, and over the last 20 years have become a retirement community for people from Los Angeles and the CA valley. That is who is buying the majority of houses and driving the insane prices. Housing is a huge issue here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Median household income : $56,000 And just because I find it crazy, median detached house price : $625,000!!! OUCH! Similar county income, median county house $144k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $36,777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 ~94k median household Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmtzc2009 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Median Income: 78,000 COL: 103 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 43,106 for the county but our township is less than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $68,571 in my town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $40, 745 for the tiny farming town I live in. Interestingly, the much bigger town ten minutes away that everyone drives to for pretty much everything has a median household income of $37,446. I would have guessed it was the other way around. Farming may have something to do with it. There are a lot of tax exemptions for farming which makes taxable income very low even though the lifestyle may be higher. Several local farmers put in in ground pools paid for by the farm. The reason was "letting the boys cool off after a hard day baling or detailing". Reality is the family wanted a pool. I know numerous teens who work for these farmers and have never been allowed to stick so much as a toe into the pool! LOl We have friends who have nearly every living expense paid for by the farm so take out only a small amount of pay, but due to this live as though their income is much higher than what taxes would suggest. I don't begrudge because I am much more a fan of family farms than corporate farms, but in agricultural areas it can make median income on paper look quite low. A better indicator might be assets. If you see assets of a million and income of $27,000 then the key there is everything is wrapped up in the farm and the farm is worth a lot. While not having high income, the owner can sell the farm, equipment, etc. if he/she needs to retire and have some serious equity. No issues with that either. Farming is difficult,back breaking, and often limiting to the family. There should be some perks in exchange! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Mousie Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 MHI: mid 60s, COL: 102.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Just over $90,000 per household here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $91,500 COL 248 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Large town less than 5 miles away: median household income - $40,720 My small town address: median household income - $51,726. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 My ZIP: 82k (sounds high, but explains the new crop of half-million-dollar houses), adjacent one 70k City: 55k County: 67k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $47,400 in Albuquerque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyMom5 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'll become the new looser- Median Household Income for my town- $23,300 Other statistics- 15% of households make less than $10K, and 30% fall into the $10-20K range, and another 15% in the $20-30K range- doing the math, 60% of people in my area make less than $30K a year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) $71,346, COL 121.40 Edited March 15, 2017 by whitestavern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Mean household: £23,300, so around $28,800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) $56.337 in 2015. A bit more than we make now. COL 103.3 Median house price $172,500. This is in Illinois. Now, where I grew up, median house price now.....$673,800 with average household income only $76,509. Which is why we can never live there! This is Orange, CA. Edited March 15, 2017 by JFSinIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xixstar Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $85,000 ish $304,000 median single family house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 City as a whole: $47K My zip code: $63K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Looks like $28,000. Perhaps because even graduate students have to pay income tax and we likely have a high proportion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 According to Google, it's $55,547 here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 In our county: $50,075 (which shocks me because our county has some very poor areas) In our village: $84,726 Our income is between those two. The above are median household incomes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Google says it is just over $109,000 in my town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Zipcode median household income is $133,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Median family income for our county is $42,784 and for my census block is $33,651. The median home value is $228,681 and the COL index is 88.1. We live in a popular retirement/second home area, so the actual range of incomes and home values is actually very, VERY broad. Interesting thread, OP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'll become the new looser- Median Household Income for my town- $23,300 Other statistics- 15% of households make less than $10K, and 30% fall into the $10-20K range, and another 15% in the $20-30K range- doing the math, 60% of people in my area make less than $30K a year. Aw, we were so close at $27,200.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) $197,500 for my town Median house $627,000 COL index 104.4 Edited March 15, 2017 by DawnM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) 69,731 for my town and housing 250k Edited March 15, 2017 by rebcoola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 COST OF LIVING My City (PJ) United States Overall 175 100 Grocery 110.2 100 Health 116 100 Housing 311 100 Utilities 94 100 Transportation 113 100 Miscellaneous 113 100 OK, so COL is geared to 100 overall in the US. LOOK at my city. Only the Utilities category is under 100, and not by much. And 311 for housing? That's both purchase and rental. It is really almost impossible to get an accurate read on this, however, as real estate is escalating so fast you can barely keep up with it, even from the point of view of just knowing what is going on in the market. I read upthread several numbers that seem super high to me for a household income...but the price of a house was still only double than number. Here, the median household income is $90,000ish. But the median house price is around $600,000. And it's not like the medical care of any of the rest are below the 100 COL, so that 90K doesn't have slush in it. We bought this house in 2013 for $650K. Zillow and Redfin now have it over $850K...and Redfin said that the value went up $26,000 LAST MONTH. I know askin' ain't gettin' when it comes to real estate, but this pretty much matches the experience of friends who are trying to buy houses. It is *always* a bidding war. (I know this seems like private info, but it isn't. Anyone can look online and find out this kind of info...) I want to stay here. My life is here. But we are retired, and investments can't keep up with the COL--and believe me, we were *very* conservative when we planned for our retirement. So...it may be time for us to move in a couple of years. Sad. We have friends who bought a fixer-upper here three years ago. They did the work themselves. They have sold the house, and with the *equity* they paid off the loan, paid off their truck, and bought a house for cash in another state. They are moving in 2 months. That's wonderful for them, but at bottom, it's insane. So when we discuss this topic next week, my report here will be out of date. :0) Edited to format the chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Median household income for my town is $99,700. But median house price is $700,000, which is actually lower than many nearby areas (i.e., many people live in our town and commute quite a ways by train or car to Silicon Valley, where housing is crazy expensive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'm jealous of all these low COL areas with their tidy little incomes. I hope we can move to one of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'm jealous of all these low COL areas with their tidy little incomes. I hope we can move to one of those! You should. I am so surprised at these high COL places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 My dh looked at jobs in high COL areas and the salaries did not compensate for the increased costs. Truly so many of the financial and lifestyle suggestions people make do not take into account the vast differences in COL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 $51,077 household for 2015 (the most recent data available). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'm jealous of all these low COL areas with their tidy little incomes. I hope we can move to one of those! Well...you might not enjoy a move to our town. We have a low median income but the town is not doing well. We have so much poverty that our schools are in a program that provides free lunch and breakfast to every kid...no more applying for free lunches. Everyone automatically gets one. And property taxes are high. Our house is valued at less than $100,000 and the taxes are more than $4000 a year. For a lot of families the property tax burden is crippling. In the past 15 years our town's median income has plummeted. It's pretty sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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