How Likely You Are to Live in a Cramped Space in 25 Major U.S. Cities

How Likely You Are to Live in a Cramped Space in 25 Major U.S. Citics We ranked 25 metropolitan areas using an index that combined United States Census Bureau data on median housing unit size (combined house and apartment), median square foot of housing space per person, median monthly housing costs, and cost per living as determined by the Council for Community and Economic Research. We call it the "Broom Closet" Index-your likelihood of living in a small, cramped space. Seattle WA Portland ND ME MT OR MN ID Minneapolis SD (24 WI WY Boston Detroit NY 19 IA NV 1New York PA UT NE 2 San Francisco Chicago 10 Philadelphia (18 Baltimore IN OH co Denver 8 Washington D.C. CA DE KS 13 Las Vegas MO Los Angeles 3 KY Nashville AZ NC (22 NM TN (21 15 Phoenix AR Raleigh Oklahoma City SC 11 Tucson MS AL Atlanta Dallas GA LA San Antonio Houston (23 17 Orlando Miami The "Broom Closet" Index of 25 Major Cities in the United States The higher the index, the higher the likelihood of living in a cramped space. New 10 San Los Miami Boston 13 York Francisco Angeles Seattle Portland Washington Chicago Philadelphia Tucson 14 16 17 18 19 San Antonio 20 Las Denver 22 Detroit Oklahoma Nashville Raleigh Phoenix 23 Dallas Orlando Baltimore 25 Houston Minneapolis Atlanta Vegas 170.40 154.21 134.99 111.20 103.37 102.56 95.23 90.08 81.32 City 78.21 77.65 76.39 75.96 67.28 64.39 63.72 63.59 63.57 63.22 61.33 56.11 52.10 50.12 44.89 41.34 How Much Space You'll Get in Each City Atlanta KEY City Orlando Raleigh XXX Median sq. ft. per person Washington D.C. 833 Minneapolis 782 XXX Median sq. ft. per housing unit 767 750 1,800 750 1,518 1,710 1,600 Denver Baltimore Nashville 1,800 Phoenix Detroit Dallas Las Vegas Houston 750 Oklahoma City Philadelphia 750 750 750 750 Chicago 738 733 1,680 1,600 1,500 725 709 700 700 1,600 1,475 1,600 1,516 1,480 Tucson Seattle 1,600 1.500 1,800 Boston Portland Miami San Antonio Los Angeles San Francisco 696 667 New York 666 663 650 633 600 567 575 1,458 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,392 1,400 1,300 1,250 1.200 How Far Your Income Will Go in Each City KEY I Median household income I Median yearly housing costs - Cost of living index according to C2ER.org $100K 100 $96,677 $95,843 $90K 91.73 $80K $82,380 100 $78,612 $71,897 $70K 70.38 74.04 90 70.47 70.85 $65,950 $68,676 $71,926 $76,788 $60K $66,020 $65,996 80 61.48 $73,231 54.49 $63,812 70 $50K 53.26 55.73 $56,105 $58,075 $61,577 $64,456 $61,708 $51,362 $51,811 53.26 55.63 $56,142 $54.068 $62,613 $52,385 $40K. $46,764 60 48.07 42.04 / 48.74 45.17 49.79 44.75 45.41 46.08 44.89 45.84 44.41 47.08 50 $30K 42.04 40 $20K. $21,996 $17,700 $10K $17,904 $16,812 $14,892 $16.956 $14,340 $20,700 30 $14,016 $14,004 $15,792 S12.804 $13,008 $1,124 20 $10,080 $10,152 $11,664 $14,580 $10,380 $13,200 S12.64A $13,392 $12,984 10 San $10,620 $9,360 Sources: Cost of Living data from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER.orgl. Chicago New York Seattle San Las Tucson Washington Oklahoma City Phoenix Dallas Philadelphia Antonio Orlando Detroit Median income data from 2017 United States Census Bureau data. Baltimore Raleigh Houston Housing size data is from the United States Census Bureau American Housing Survey. Square footage of unit includes both homes and apartments. It excludes unfinished attics, carports, attached garages, unscreened porches. It includes finished and unfinished basements. Square feet per person is determined by dividing the sq. ft. of a housing unit by the number of people living within it. This includes both homes and apartments. Atlanta HomeAdvisor Francisco Angele Miami Boston Portland seban Nashville Minneapolis