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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 Concord, New Hampshire 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 | $171 | $380 | NYC/North. NJ | 45% | 1 |
| Concord, NH | $197 | $322 | Boston | 61% | 2 |
| Green Bay, WI | $136 | $204 | Milwaukee | 67% | 3 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | $144 | $204 | Milwaukee | 71% | 4 |
| Hanover, PA | $168 | $235 | Baltimore | 71% | 4 |
| Pocatello, ID | $146 | $204 | Salt Lake City | 72% | 5 |
| Napa, CA | $373 | $518 | San Francisco Bay area | 72% | 5 |
| Portland, ME | $251 | $322 | Boston | 78% | 8 |
| Lynchburg, VA | $167 | $211 | Richmond | 79% | 9 |
| Medford, OR | $189 | $237 | Portland | 80% | 10 |
| San Marcos, TX | $146 | $183 | Austin | 80% | 10 |
| Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA | $258 | $322 | Boston | 80% | 10 |
| Coos Bay, OR | $157 | $195 | Eugene | 81% | 13 |
| Olympia, WA | $251 | $303 | Seattle | 83% | 14 |
| Casper, WY | $193 | $225 | Denver | 86% | 15 |
| Monterey, CA | $495 | $560 | San Jose | 88% | 16 |
| Vancouver, WA | $215 | $237 | Portland | 91% | 17 |
| Boise, ID | $187 | $204 | Salt Lake City | 92% | 18 |
| Winter Haven, FL | $122 | $132 | Orlando | 92% | 18 |
| Columbia, SC | $159 | $171 | Charlotte | 93% | 20 |
| Palm Springs, CA | $311 | $331 | Los Angeles | 94% | 21 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $213 | $225 | Denver | 95% | 22 |
| Bellingham, WA | $291 | $303 | Seattle | 96% | 23 |
| Rochester, MN | $161 | $162 | Minneapolis-St Paul | 99% | 24 |
| Springfield, MO | $133 | $131 | Kansas City | 102% | 25 |
| Greenville, SC | $177 | $171 | Charlotte | 104% | 26 |
| Marietta, OH | $122 | $117 | Charleston, WV | 104% | 26 |
| Melbourne, FL | $140 | $132 | Orlando | 106% | 28 |
| Clarksville, TN | $144 | $135 | Knoxville | 107% | 29 |
| Provo, UT | $224 | $204 | Salt Lake City | 110% | 30 |
| Valdosta, GA | $174 | $154 | Tallahassee | 113% | 31 |
| Oak Ridge, TN | $154 | $135 | Knoxville | 114% | 32 |
| Galveston, TX | $172 | $150 | Houston | 115% | 33 |
| Fargo, ND | $182 | $158 | Bismarck | 115% | 33 |
| Great Falls, MT | $156 | $135 | Boise | 116% | 35 |
| Tyler, TX | $166 | $142 | Dallas | 117% | 36 |
| Pinehurst, NC | $261 | $223 | Raleigh | 117% | 36 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $264 | $225 | Denver | 117% | 36 |
| Georgetown, TX | $215 | $183 | Austin | 117% | 36 |
| Carolina Beach, NC | $263 | $223 | Raleigh | 118% | 40 |
| Gatlinburg, TN | $162 | $135 | Knoxville | 120% | 41 |
| Bowling Green, KY | $163 | $135 | Knoxville | 121% | 42 |
| St. George, UT | $166 | $137 | Las Vegas | 121% | 42 |
| Boone, NC | $211 | $171 | Charlotte | 123% | 44 |
| Bend, OR | $241 | $195 | Eugene | 124% | 45 |
| Gainesville, FL | $190 | $145 | Jacksonville | 131% | 46 |
| Stamford, CT | $498 | $380 | NYC/North. NJ | 131% | 46 |
| Reno, NV | $236 | $179 | Sacramento | 132% | 48 |
| Missoula, MT | $229 | $170 | Spokane | 135% | 49 |
| Newport, RI | $441 | $322 | Boston | 137% | 50 |
| Nearest | Nearest | ||||
| Current | Large City | Large | Affordability | GPTR | |
| City/Town | Home Prices | Home Prices | City | Index* | Rank |
| Burlington, VT | $254 | $184 | Albany | 138% | 51 |
| Port Townsend, WA | $423 | $303 | Seattle | 140% | 52 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $465 | $331 | Los Angeles | 140% | 52 |
| Half Moon Bay, CA | $734 | $518 | San Francisco Bay area | 142% | 54 |
| Kailua, Oahu, HI | $896 | $621 | Honolulu | 144% | 55 |
| Newnan, GA | $159 | $110 | Atlanta | 145% | 56 |
| Iowa City, IA | $199 | $136 | Cedar Rapids | 146% | 57 |
| Henderson, NV | $201 | $137 | Las Vegas | 147% | 58 |
| Provincetown, MA | $477 | $322 | Boston | 148% | 59 |
| Fayetteville, AR | $188 | $125 | Tulsa | 150% | 60 |
| Middleton, WI | $321 | $213 | Madison | 151% | 61 |
| Wenatchee, WA | $235 | $155 | Yakima | 152% | 62 |
| Williamsburg, VA | $297 | $195 | Virginia Beach/Norfolk | 152% | 62 |
| Athens, GA | $169 | $110 | Atlanta | 154% | 64 |
| Chandler, AZ | $220 | $141 | Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale | 156% | 65 |
| Chapel Hill, NC | $348 | $223 | Raleigh | 156% | 65 |
| Bloomington, IN | $175 | $109 | Indianapolis | 161% | 67 |
| Las Cruces, NM | $214 | $129 | El Paso | 166% | 68 |
| Cambridge, MA | $539 | $322 | Boston | 167% | 69 |
| The Woodlands, TX | $256 | $150 | Houston | 171% | 70 |
| Durango, CO | $299 | $174 | Albuquerque | 172% | 71 |
| Santa Fe, NM | $303 | $174 | Albuquerque | 174% | 72 |
| Bishop, CA | $327 | $181 | Reno | 181% | 73 |
| Hot Springs Village, AR | $237 | $130 | Little Rock | 182% | 74 |
| Gulf Shores, AL | $212 | $116 | Mobile | 183% | 75 |
| Naples, FL | $355 | $194 | Miami | 183% | 75 |
| Bigfork, MT | $313 | $170 | Spokane | 184% | 77 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | $252 | $135 | Boise | 187% | 78 |
| Annapolis, MD | $444 | $235 | Baltimore | 189% | 79 |
| Prescott, AZ | $268 | $141 | Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale | 190% | 80 |
| South Lake Tahoe, CA | $356 | $181 | Reno | 197% | 81 |
| Park City, UT | $405 | $204 | Salt Lake City | 199% | 82 |
| Sarasota, FL | $267 | $134 | Tampa/StPetersburg | 199% | 82 |
| Naperville, IL | $354 | $176 | Chicago | 201% | 84 |
| Boca Raton, FL | $397 | $194 | Miami | 205% | 85 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $274 | $133 | Detroit | 206% | 86 |
| Key West, FL | $403 | $194 | Miami | 208% | 87 |
| Boulder, CO | $485 | $225 | Denver | 216% | 88 |
| Lake Placid, NY | $415 | $184 | Albany | 226% | 89 |
| Champaign, IL | $171 | $73 | Decatur | 234% | 90 |
| Princeton, NJ | $574 | $230 | Trenton | 250% | 91 |
| Hilton Head, SC | $488 | $195 | Charleston | 250% | 91 |
| Ocean City, NJ | $571 | $210 | Philadelphia | 272% | 93 |
| Newport Beach, CA | $1,360 | $487 | Anaheim/Santa Ana | 279% | 94 |
| Sedona, AZ | $417 | $141 | Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale | 296% | 95 |
| Southampton, NY | $1,470 | $380 | NYC/North. NJ | 387% | 96 |
| Vail, CO | $1,137 | $225 | Denver | 505% | 97 |
| Paradise Valley, AZ | $1,131 | $141 | Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale | 802% | 98 |
| Aspen, CO | $1,541 | $185 | Colorado Springs | 833% | 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 June 2010. Large City Prices as of National Assocation of Realtors | |||||
| 2010 1st Quarter Report for U.S. Metropolitan Areas. | |||||
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