#1 Healthiest Housing Market for 2011
Builder Magazine, March 2011

City Comparisons

Location Population Median Age
Wake County, NC   906,969 34.4
Raleigh, NC 406,609 32.2
Cary, NC 135,418 35.0
Atlanta, GA 422,338 33.2
Austin, TX 795,518 30.9
Baltimore, MD 620,583 34.4
Boston, MA 621,383 30.8
Charlotte, NC 734,418 33.2
Jacksonville, FL 823,316 35.4
Denver, CO 604,414 33.6
Orlando, FL 239,037 32.4
Richmond, VA 204,389 32.2
San Jose, CA 949,197 35.4

 

Location % Population
w/ Bachelor’s Degree or higher
Wake County, NC 46.7
Raleigh, NC 46.3
Cary, NC 60.7
Atlanta, GA 44.8
Austin, TX 43.6
Baltimore, MD 24.2
Boston, MA 44.3
Charlotte, NC 38.7
Jacksonville, FL 23.9
Denver, CO 40.9
Orlando, FL 31.5
Richmond, VA 34.5
San Jose, CA 36.6

 

Location Median
Household Income
Wake County, NC 61,426
Raleigh, NC 49,931
Cary, NC 88,031
Atlanta, GA 41,631
Austin, TX 47,434
Baltimore, MD 38,346
Boston, MA 49,893
Charlotte, NC 49,616
Jacksonville, FL 45,584
Denver, CO 45,074
Orlando, FL 38,098
Richmond, VA 39,608
San Jose, CA 76,794

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

Location Median Home Price % Change
year-over-year
Raleigh-Cary MSA $224,300 7.3%
Atlanta, GA $101,900 -10.2%
Austin, TX $195,200 -4.8%
Baltimore, MD $238,800 -7.1%
Boston, MA $367,700 0.3%
Denver, CO $235,600 -1.2%
Jacksonville, FL $137,100 0.1%
Orlando, FL $127,800 -9.0%
San Jose, CA $587,500 -5.2%

Source: National Association of Realtors, Q3-2011