BIG CITY HOME PRICES

Compare the average price of a home in your favorite retirement city or town to home prices in the nearest big city. If that retirement city home is less than the big city home (less than 100% on the Affordability Index*), then you may have found yourself a bargain community that is poised for rising home values for the future.

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and Kingston, New York may be the bargain places you are looking for.

COMPARE HOME PRICES TO THOSE IN THE NEAREST
LARGE CITY
(000s)
		Nearest	Nearest
	Current	Large City	Large	Affordability	GPTR
City/Town	Home Prices	Home Prices	City	Index*	Rank
Kingston, NY	$184	$389	NYC/North. NJ	47%	1
Fond du Lac, WI	$99	$200	Milwaukee	50%	2
Concord, NH	$204	$348	Boston	59%	3
Pocatello, ID	$146	$219	Salt Lake City	67%	4
Green Bay, WI	$136	$200	Milwaukee	68%	5
Hanover, PA	$180	$261	Baltimore	69%	6
Portland, ME	$251	$348	Boston	72%	7
Lynchburg, VA	$153	$211	Richmond	73%	8
Napa, CA	$411	$538	San Francisco Bay area	76%	9
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA	$273	$348	Boston	78%	10
San Marcos, TX	$152	$189	Austin	80%	11
Columbia, SC	$161	$200	Charlotte	81%	12
Medford, OR	$198	$245	Portland	81%	12
Winter Haven, FL	$128	$158	Orlando	81%	12
Olympia, WA	$269	$322	Seattle	84%	15
Marietta, OH	$111	$132	Charleston, WV	84%	15
Casper, WY	$193	$229	Denver	84%	15
Palm Springs, CA	$297	$346	Los Angeles	86%	18
Greenville, SC	$172	$200	Charlotte	86%	18
Coos Bay, OR	$181	$207	Eugene	87%	20
Galveston, TX	$141	$161	Houston	88%	21
Boise, ID	$192	$219	Salt Lake City	88%	21
Vancouver, WA	$221	$245	Portland	90%	23
Rochester, MN	$168	$185	Minneapolis-St Paul	91%	24
Springfield, MO	$133	$146	Kansas City	91%	24
Colorado Springs, CO	$215	$229	Denver	94%	26
Melbourne, FL	$149	$158	Orlando	94%	26
Bellingham, WA	$308	$322	Seattle	96%	28
Great Falls, MT	$156	$155	Boise	101%	29
Clarksville, TN	$144	$142	Knoxville	101%	29
Provo, UT	$223	$219	Salt Lake City	102%	31
Tyler, TX	$155	$151	Dallas	103%	32
Fort Collins, CO	$239	$229	Denver	104%	33
Bowling Green, KY	$156	$142	Knoxville	110%	34
Oak Ridge, TN	$159	$142	Knoxville	112%	35
Monterey, CA	$635	$566	San Jose	112%	35
Half Moon Bay, CA	$613	$538	San Francisco Bay area	114%	37
Georgetown, TX	$216	$189	Austin	114%	37
Valdosta, GA	$167	$146	Tallahassee	114%	37
Fargo, ND	$182	$157	Bismarck	116%	40
Newport, RI	$413	$348	Boston	119%	41
Bend, OR	$253	$207	Eugene	122%	42
Boone, NC	$248	$200	Charlotte	124%	43
Missoula, MT	$224	$178	Spokane	126%	44
Stamford, CT	$493	$389	NYC/North. NJ	127%	45
Newnan, GA	$166	$129	Atlanta	129%	46
Burlington, VT	$252	$195	Albany	129%	46
Gatlinburg, TN	$184	$142	Knoxville	130%	48
Gainesville, FL	$190	$146	Jacksonville	130%	48
Carolina Beach, NC	$272	$208	Raleigh	131%	50
Port Townsend, WA	$423	$322	Seattle	131%	50


		Nearest	Nearest
	Current	Large City	Large	Affordability	GPTR
City/Town	Home Prices	Home Prices	City	Index*	Rank
Fayetteville, AR	$179	$132	Tulsa	136%	52
Reno, NV	$256	$187	Sacramento	137%	53
San Luis Obispo, CA	$474	$346	Los Angeles	137%	53
Provincetown, MA	$478	$348	Boston	137%	53
Kailua, Oahu, HI	$788	$570	Honolulu	138%	56
Iowa City, IA	$205	$146	Cedar Rapids	140%	57
Athens, GA	$182	$129	Atlanta	141%	58
Wenatchee, WA	$223	$158	Yakima	141%	58
Las Cruces, NM	$188	$133	El Paso	141%	58
Naples, FL	$310	$217	Miami	143%	61
Middleton, WI	$313	$218	Madison	144%	62
Pinehurst, NC	$299	$208	Raleigh	144%	62
Cambridge, MA	$508	$348	Boston	146%	64
St. George, UT	$204	$139	Las Vegas	147%	65
The Woodlands, TX	$240	$161	Houston	149%	66
Williamsburg, VA	$322	$215	Virginia Beach/Norfolk	150%	67
Bloomington, IN	$185	$120	Indianapolis	154%	68
Chandler, AZ	$225	$143	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	157%	69
Lake Placid, NY	$310	$195	Albany	159%	70
Henderson, NV	$224	$139	Las Vegas	161%	71
Hot Springs Village, AR	$216	$133	Little Rock	162%	72
Durango, CO	$299	$184	Albuquerque	163%	73
Coeur d'Alene, ID	$252	$155	Boise	163%	73
Santa Fe, NM	$304	$184	Albuquerque	165%	75
Boca Raton, FL	$363	$217	Miami	167%	76
Chapel Hill, NC	$360	$208	Raleigh	173%	77
Bigfork, MT	$313	$178	Spokane	176%	78
Annapolis, MD	$464	$261	Baltimore	178%	79
Naperville, IL	$375	$210	Chicago	179%	80
Sarasota, FL	$245	$137	Tampa/StPetersburg	179%	80
Bishop, CA	$347	$192	Reno	181%	82
South Lake Tahoe, CA	$348	$192	Reno	181%	82
Champaign, IL	$163	$89	Decatur	183%	84
Park City, UT	$405	$219	Salt Lake City	185%	85
Ann Arbor, MI	$249	$133	Detroit	187%	86
Boulder, CO	$445	$229	Denver	194%	87
Gulf Shores, AL	$250	$128	Mobile	195%	88
Key West, FL	$427	$217	Miami	197%	89
Prescott, AZ	$282	$143	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	197%	89
Princeton, NJ	$607	$291	Trenton	209%	91
Hilton Head, SC	$468	$195	Charleston	240%	92
Newport Beach, CA	$1,252	$499	Anaheim/Santa Ana	251%	93
Ocean City, NJ	$592	$228	Philadelphia	260%	94
Sedona, AZ	$425	$143	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	297%	95
Southampton, NY	$1,385	$389	NYC/North. NJ	356%	96
Vail, CO	$1,061	$229	Denver	463%	97
Aspen, CO	$1,101	$195	Colorado Springs	565%	98
Paradise Valley, AZ	$1,159	$143	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	810%	99

* Affordability Index = Percentage of the City Average Home Price to the Nearest Large City Average
Home Price
GPTR Rank = Lower index is better (may indicate homes selling at bargain prices in the
profiled city)

Current Home Prices as of December 2009. Large City Prices as of National Assocation of Realtors
2009 3rd Quarter Report for U.S. Metropolitan Areas.