Pictorial Essay: What A Median Priced House Gets You In Every State by HardScrabble Farmer for The Burning Platform
All across this great land of America– incredibly fabulous properties, pieces of crap, great bargains, rip offs, beauty and ugliness, serious and whimsical … that, and more, it’s all here folks!
I don’t want to argue the median home prices. They’re all over the place depending on the web site. For example, the national median price is anywhere from $285k to $369k. So, I just averaged out the low-high value. As such I’m going with $328,000 as the National Median Home Price. I also average out the median price for each state.
There are two photos per state. The top photo in BLUE is the the STATE median home value. The bottom photo in RED is the NATIONAL median home value ($328,000 for every state). There is a $2,000 plus and minus leeway on the searched for prices on both pictures for each state.
To reiterate clearly for the occasional moran who stops by … the prices shown in bold colored large font are NOT the actual prices of the homes — they are either the state or national median values. The actual price of the home will usually be within +/- $3,000 of the median value. (Click on the link to get the exact price, and other house details, if you are interested.)
Other search criteria;
— when possible, cities with a population between 75,000 – 200,000
— attempt will be made to search for properties in the same city for both state photos
— the city name will be shown as a link — clicking the link also opens a new tab to that specific listing on Zillow. The other information shown on that line is; square footage, annual taxes, and year built.
— 1,250 square feet minimum, no maximum
— houses only (no condos, town homes, etc.)
— no foreclosures or auctions
— where there are multiple properties for me to choose, I will usually select what has the nicest “curb appeal”. Yes, I know this is highly subjective. Other times I will select homes that I believe best reflect the state (for example, a log cabin for Kentucky, or a torched home in Seattle).
— there may be minor un-noted exceptions to any of the above criteria … but, the major exceptions will be noted. There were no other search criteria (no. of bedrooms, basement, baths, etc.)
This took a really long time to put together so please comment — even Bible verses and Rapture posts will be welcomed. My hope is that we can get this to 57 comments (one for each state).
GNN Note – All the images have a copyright attached and we ain’t payin’! /END
