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.

Kingston, New York and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 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	$194	$390	NYC/North. NJ	50%	1
Fond du Lac, WI	$99	$195	Milwaukee	51%	2
Concord, NH	$193	$336	Boston	57%	3
Pocatello, ID	$146	$225	Salt Lake City	65%	4
Green Bay, WI	$140	$195	Milwaukee	72%	5
Galveston, TX	$103	$142	Houston	73%	6
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA	$245	$336	Boston	73%	6
Winter Haven, FL	$128	$175	Orlando	73%	6
Hanover, PA	$192	$260	Baltimore	74%	9
San Marcos, TX	$138	$185	Austin	75%	10
Portland, ME	$251	$336	Boston	75%	10
Medford, OR	$204	$265	Portland	77%	12
Lynchburg, VA	$154	$199	Richmond	77%	12
Boise, ID	$186	$225	Salt Lake City	83%	14
Napa, CA	$409	$487	San Francisco Bay area	84%	15
Olympia, WA	$276	$326	Seattle	85%	16
Vancouver, WA	$225	$265	Portland	85%	16
Coos Bay, OR	$183	$213	Eugene	86%	18
Melbourne, FL	$151	$175	Orlando	86%	18
Palm Springs, CA	$308	$354	Los Angeles	87%	20
Columbia, SC	$162	$186	Charlotte	87%	20
Marietta, OH	$110	$125	Charleston, WV	88%	22
Rochester, MN	$168	$189	Minneapolis-St Paul	89%	23
Greenville, SC	$169	$186	Charlotte	91%	24
Great Falls, MT	$156	$169	Boise	92%	25
Bellingham, WA	$304	$326	Seattle	93%	26
Casper, WY	$193	$201	Denver	96%	27
Oak Ridge, TN	$137	$142	Knoxville	96%	27
Provo, UT	$225	$225	Salt Lake City	100%	29
Clarksville, TN	$143	$142	Knoxville	101%	30
Tyler, TX	$140	$138	Dallas	101%	30
Springfield, MO	$133	$131	Kansas City	102%	32
Colorado Springs, CO	$211	$201	Denver	105%	33
Boone, NC	$204	$186	Charlotte	110%	34
Fargo, ND	$182	$164	Bismarck	111%	35
Stamford, CT	$437	$390	NYC/North. NJ	112%	36
St. George, UT	$205	$182	Las Vegas	113%	37
Georgetown, TX	$211	$185	Austin	114%	38
Bowling Green, KY	$162	$142	Knoxville	114%	38
Kailua, Oahu, HI	$696	$610	Honolulu	114%	38
Half Moon Bay, CA	$557	$487	San Francisco Bay area	114%	38
Carolina Beach, NC	$265	$231	Raleigh	115%	42
Missoula, MT	$221	$186	Spokane	119%	43
Gainesville, FL	$193	$161	Jacksonville	120%	44
Valdosta, GA	$181	$150	Tallahassee	121%	45
Bend, OR	$258	$213	Eugene	121%	45
Fort Collins, CO	$246	$201	Denver	122%	47
Pinehurst, NC	$285	$231	Raleigh	123%	48
Newport, RI	$422	$336	Boston	126%	49
Gatlinburg, TN	$182	$142	Knoxville	128%	50



		Nearest	Nearest
	Current	Large City	Large	Affordability	GPTR
City/Town	Home Prices	Home Prices	City	Index*	Rank
Port Townsend, WA	$423	$326	Seattle	130%	51
Newnan, GA	$169	$129	Atlanta	131%	52
Burlington, VT	$253	$193	Albany	131%	52
Naples, FL	$308	$234	Miami	132%	54
Athens, GA	$171	$129	Atlanta	133%	55
Henderson, NV	$245	$182	Las Vegas	135%	56
Las Cruces, NM	$191	$141	El Paso	135%	56
Provincetown, MA	$465	$336	Boston	138%	58
Middleton, WI	$316	$227	Madison	139%	59
San Luis Obispo, CA	$493	$354	Los Angeles	139%	59
Fayetteville, AR	$197	$140	Tulsa	141%	61
Bishop, CA	$328	$231	Reno	142%	62
Reno, NV	$267	$188	Sacramento	142%	62
Cambridge, MA	$480	$336	Boston	143%	64
Chandler, AZ	$230	$156	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	147%	65
Coeur d'Alene, ID	$252	$169	Boise	149%	66
Monterey, CA	$791	$525	San Jose	151%	67
Iowa City, IA	$208	$137	Cedar Rapids	152%	68
Boca Raton, FL	$361	$234	Miami	154%	69
Sarasota, FL	$235	$152	Tampa/StPetersburg	155%	70
Williamsburg, VA	$348	$222	Virginia Beach/Norfolk	157%	71
The Woodlands, TX	$226	$142	Houston	159%	72
Chapel Hill, NC	$369	$231	Raleigh	160%	73
Princeton, NJ	$401	$248	Trenton	162%	74
Santa Fe, NM	$298	$184	Albuquerque	162%	74
Durango, CO	$299	$184	Albuquerque	163%	76
South Lake Tahoe, CA	$378	$231	Reno	164%	77
Naperville, IL	$365	$218	Chicago	167%	78
Bigfork, MT	$313	$186	Spokane	168%	79
Wenatchee, WA	$246	$146	Yakima	168%	79
Hot Springs Village, AR	$223	$125	Little Rock	178%	81
Prescott, AZ	$279	$156	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	179%	82
Park City, UT	$405	$225	Salt Lake City	180%	83
Ann Arbor, MI	$245	$133	Detroit	184%	84
Key West, FL	$440	$234	Miami	188%	85
Bloomington, IN	$193	$100	Indianapolis	193%	86
Annapolis, MD	$512	$260	Baltimore	197%	87
Gulf Shores, AL	$261	$125	Mobile	209%	88
Champaign, IL	$167	$79	Decatur	211%	89
Lake Placid, NY	$423	$193	Albany	219%	90
Boulder, CO	$485	$201	Denver	241%	91
Hilton Head, SC	$475	$194	Charleston	245%	92
Newport Beach, CA	$1,199	$465	Anaheim/Santa Ana	258%	93
Ocean City, NJ	$599	$213	Philadelphia	281%	94
Sedona, AZ	$439	$156	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	281%	94
Southampton, NY	$1,440	$390	NYC/North. NJ	369%	96
Aspen, CO	$999	$187	Colorado Springs	534%	97
Paradise Valley, AZ	$897	$156	Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale	575%	98
Vail, CO	$1,550	$201	Denver	771%	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 May 2009. Large City Prices as of National Assocation of Realtors
2008 4th Quarter Report for U.S. Metropolitan Areas.