Top 10 Affordable Cities

Key Takeaways

Top 10 Affordable Cities from DataByArea city metrics.

Ranchettes, WY leads this frozen snapshot for affordability.
The ranking rows are snapshotted at publish time, so shared URLs do not drift when source metrics refresh.
Each city link opens the underlying DataByArea dashboard for deeper local context.
The top three are Ranchettes, Stokesdale, and Polk City.

These rows come from the frozen public snapshot for this URL.

Affordability snapshot rows
Rank	City	Population	Income	2BR Rent	Home Value	Property Tax	Electricity	Score
1	Ranchettes, WY	6,389	$124,426	$658	$560,900	$2,695	13.59 cents/kWh	85.1
2	Stokesdale, NC	5,943	$135,389	$783	$368,600	$2,437	16.00 cents/kWh	84.7
3	Polk City, IA	5,833	$163,000	$746	$385,000	$6,390	13.42 cents/kWh	83.5
4	Hingham, MA	5,343	$222,696	$1,066	$1,216,800	$10,001	30.21 cents/kWh	82.1
5	Rolesville, NC	10,200	$148,250	$982	$467,400	$4,002	16.00 cents/kWh	81.4
6	Bright, IN	5,735	$111,140	$834	$246,600	$1,880	17.85 cents/kWh	81.3
7	Farr West, UT	7,881	$111,875	$756	$509,100	$3,176	13.17 cents/kWh	80.8
8	Terrell Hills, TX	5,050	$217,800	$1,154	$762,200	$10,001	16.39 cents/kWh	80.8
9	Medina, MN	6,858	$219,181	$1,421	$660,800	$6,967	15.08 cents/kWh	80.8
10	Summerfield, NC	11,031	$151,131	$1,148	$490,100	$3,154	16.00 cents/kWh	80.4

Affordability compares household income with rent or estimated ownership costs plus property-tax burden.

Published 2026-06-26. Data updated 2026-06-26.

U.S. Census ACSCity population, income, housing value, rent, and property-tax context - Used where city-level fields are available in the DataByArea city database. Source
DataByArea city scoresNormalized city comparison scores - Scores are deterministic planning signals derived from public-source metrics. Source

Top 10 Affordable CitiesRanchettes, WY ranked in Top 10 Affordable Cities

Top 10 Affordable Cities - https://databyarea.com/rankings/cities/affordability/