Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Price-to-Rent Ratios in America
Price-to-rent is the median home value divided by a year of median gross rent, so a ratio of 12 means the house costs about twelve years of rent. Low ratios are where buying is cheapest against the local alternative. It is the one comparison on this site that assumes nothing about mortgage rates, down payment or how long you stay, which is why it travels well between counties. Both figures are Census five-year estimates for the same period, and rent here includes the utilities a tenant pays.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Top 100
| # | County | State | Price-to-rent | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willacy County | TX | 5.8 yrs | $60,800 | $868 |
| 2 | McDowell County | WV | 6.0 yrs | $49,200 | $686 |
| 3 | Esmeralda County | NV | 6.5 yrs | $102,500 | $1,319 |
| 4 | Cochran County | TX | 6.5 yrs | $57,700 | $738 |
| 5 | Chattahoochee County | GA | 6.7 yrs | $99,800 | $1,235 |
| 6 | Oglala Lakota County | SD | 6.7 yrs | $45,600 | $563 |
| 7 | Todd County | SD | 7.0 yrs | $45,200 | $537 |
| 8 | Lamb County | TX | 7.1 yrs | $76,600 | $900 |
| 9 | Mellette County | SD | 7.1 yrs | $63,000 | $737 |
| 10 | Dickens County | TX | 7.2 yrs | $65,000 | $753 |
| 11 | Hudspeth County | TX | 7.2 yrs | $57,400 | $664 |
| 12 | Culberson County | TX | 7.3 yrs | $84,500 | $971 |
| 13 | Kusilvak Census Area | AK | 7.3 yrs | $72,700 | $832 |
| 14 | Stonewall County | TX | 7.4 yrs | $54,700 | $620 |
| 15 | Chautauqua County | KS | 7.4 yrs | $63,300 | $713 |
| 16 | McKinley County | NM | 7.4 yrs | $72,100 | $810 |
| 17 | Comanche County | KS | 7.4 yrs | $59,900 | $672 |
| 18 | Allendale County | SC | 7.4 yrs | $61,600 | $691 |
| 19 | Stewart County | GA | 7.5 yrs | $53,000 | $588 |
| 20 | Grant County | OK | 7.7 yrs | $79,500 | $856 |
| 21 | Stanton County | KS | 7.7 yrs | $64,200 | $691 |
| 22 | Newton County | TX | 7.9 yrs | $83,100 | $877 |
| 23 | Wibaux County | MT | 8.0 yrs | $92,300 | $964 |
| 24 | Edwards County | KS | 8.0 yrs | $70,500 | $732 |
| 25 | Hyde County | NC | 8.1 yrs | $119,600 | $1,237 |
| 26 | Covington city | VA | 8.1 yrs | $80,200 | $822 |
| 27 | Wheeler County | TX | 8.2 yrs | $97,600 | $995 |
| 28 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | AK | 8.2 yrs | $87,800 | $893 |
| 29 | Jones County | TX | 8.2 yrs | $92,700 | $938 |
| 30 | Garza County | TX | 8.3 yrs | $79,300 | $797 |
| 31 | Sumter County | AL | 8.3 yrs | $84,100 | $841 |
| 32 | Bee County | TX | 8.3 yrs | $102,800 | $1,028 |
| 33 | Phillips County | AR | 8.4 yrs | $76,200 | $756 |
| 34 | Knox County | TX | 8.4 yrs | $66,800 | $661 |
| 35 | Scott County | MS | 8.4 yrs | $89,900 | $888 |
| 36 | Clark County | KS | 8.5 yrs | $78,400 | $771 |
| 37 | Nevada County | AR | 8.5 yrs | $85,700 | $841 |
| 38 | Knott County | KY | 8.5 yrs | $74,600 | $731 |
| 39 | Tillman County | OK | 8.5 yrs | $71,900 | $704 |
| 40 | Taliaferro County | GA | 8.5 yrs | $73,100 | $715 |
| 41 | Hodgeman County | KS | 8.6 yrs | $92,700 | $900 |
| 42 | Dawson County | TX | 8.7 yrs | $90,800 | $873 |
| 43 | Castro County | TX | 8.7 yrs | $94,900 | $910 |
| 44 | Lafayette County | AR | 8.7 yrs | $74,600 | $711 |
| 45 | Jewell County | KS | 8.8 yrs | $62,100 | $591 |
| 46 | Quitman County | MS | 8.8 yrs | $68,600 | $650 |
| 47 | Dewey County | SD | 8.8 yrs | $75,400 | $714 |
| 48 | Apache County | AZ | 8.8 yrs | $68,500 | $647 |
| 49 | Wyoming County | WV | 8.9 yrs | $78,400 | $737 |
| 50 | Dimmit County | TX | 8.9 yrs | $80,300 | $753 |
| 51 | Brown County | NE | 9.0 yrs | $100,200 | $932 |
| 52 | Letcher County | KY | 9.0 yrs | $70,500 | $651 |
| 53 | Marlboro County | SC | 9.1 yrs | $74,500 | $686 |
| 54 | Alexander County | IL | 9.1 yrs | $58,700 | $540 |
| 55 | Gilmer County | WV | 9.1 yrs | $83,300 | $764 |
| 56 | Quay County | NM | 9.1 yrs | $82,200 | $752 |
| 57 | Crowley County | CO | 9.1 yrs | $106,700 | $976 |
| 58 | Frio County | TX | 9.1 yrs | $110,100 | $1,006 |
| 59 | Edwards County | TX | 9.1 yrs | $78,300 | $714 |
| 60 | Boone County | WV | 9.1 yrs | $90,300 | $823 |
| 61 | St. Francis County | AR | 9.2 yrs | $87,700 | $791 |
| 62 | Hardeman County | TX | 9.3 yrs | $76,500 | $688 |
| 63 | Harper County | KS | 9.3 yrs | $77,300 | $693 |
| 64 | Haskell County | TX | 9.3 yrs | $92,000 | $824 |
| 65 | Gray County | TX | 9.3 yrs | $100,400 | $898 |
| 66 | Motley County | TX | 9.3 yrs | $81,100 | $725 |
| 67 | Wayne County | MS | 9.3 yrs | $88,000 | $786 |
| 68 | Refugio County | TX | 9.3 yrs | $94,400 | $842 |
| 69 | Harlan County | KY | 9.4 yrs | $73,100 | $651 |
| 70 | San Augustine County | TX | 9.4 yrs | $83,500 | $741 |
| 71 | Decatur County | KS | 9.4 yrs | $78,500 | $695 |
| 72 | Robeson County | NC | 9.4 yrs | $88,600 | $784 |
| 73 | Rush County | KS | 9.4 yrs | $79,300 | $700 |
| 74 | Nolan County | TX | 9.5 yrs | $98,300 | $866 |
| 75 | Webster County | WV | 9.5 yrs | $78,000 | $687 |
| 76 | Lewis County | KY | 9.5 yrs | $86,100 | $757 |
| 77 | Franklin County | IL | 9.5 yrs | $87,700 | $771 |
| 78 | Breathitt County | KY | 9.5 yrs | $61,800 | $543 |
| 79 | East Carroll Parish | LA | 9.5 yrs | $87,400 | $767 |
| 80 | Furnas County | NE | 9.5 yrs | $91,800 | $805 |
| 81 | Elk County | KS | 9.5 yrs | $60,900 | $534 |
| 82 | Perry County | KY | 9.5 yrs | $90,700 | $795 |
| 83 | Taylor County | FL | 9.5 yrs | $100,200 | $878 |
| 84 | Harmon County | OK | 9.5 yrs | $75,700 | $663 |
| 85 | Appling County | GA | 9.5 yrs | $81,400 | $711 |
| 86 | Wilbarger County | TX | 9.6 yrs | $98,800 | $862 |
| 87 | Kinney County | TX | 9.6 yrs | $88,500 | $771 |
| 88 | Reeves County | TX | 9.6 yrs | $113,700 | $988 |
| 89 | Concho County | TX | 9.6 yrs | $105,800 | $919 |
| 90 | Warren County | GA | 9.6 yrs | $78,000 | $676 |
| 91 | Vermilion County | IL | 9.7 yrs | $92,900 | $802 |
| 92 | Runnels County | TX | 9.7 yrs | $103,700 | $894 |
| 93 | Greene County | MS | 9.7 yrs | $94,200 | $811 |
| 94 | Bertie County | NC | 9.7 yrs | $95,800 | $824 |
| 95 | Greenwood County | KS | 9.7 yrs | $82,600 | $710 |
| 96 | Wilcox County | GA | 9.7 yrs | $71,200 | $612 |
| 97 | Duval County | TX | 9.8 yrs | $86,400 | $737 |
| 98 | Deuel County | NE | 9.8 yrs | $97,200 | $827 |
| 99 | Lawrence County | IL | 9.8 yrs | $95,500 | $810 |
| 100 | Martinsville city | VA | 9.8 yrs | $92,500 | $784 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Lowest Price-to-Rent Ratios by state
The same ranking within a single state.
Alabama67Alaska26Arizona15Arkansas75California58Colorado64Florida67Georgia159Idaho44Illinois102Indiana92Iowa99Kansas105Kentucky120Louisiana64Maine16Maryland24Massachusetts14Michigan83Minnesota87Mississippi82Missouri115Montana56Nebraska93Nevada16New Jersey21New Mexico33New York62North Carolina100North Dakota53Ohio88Oklahoma77Oregon36Pennsylvania67South Carolina46South Dakota65Tennessee95Texas250Utah29Vermont14Virginia133Washington39West Virginia55Wisconsin72Wyoming23