The average household income in Phoenix is about $63,000, rent is about $1,100 a month, and the median price of a house is $280,000 — that's $350,000 less than in the LA metropolitan area.
In the Las Vegas area, the rent ($1,000) will only consume 21 percent of the average salary ($57,000) and purchasing a house would set a buyer back about $273,000.
The analysis found that housing is about two times cheaper in the top markets that attracted people than in the areas that are losing the most in terms of population.
Chicago appears to be an exception. People are leaving the Windy City to get away from high taxes. Property taxes are higher there than almost anywhere else in the United States.
It is not as though the places that are losing people are suffering due to the exodus. Eight of the 10 counties with the biggest net population losses are still growing overall because of births and immigration.
为了寻求更好的生活质量,越来越多的美国人搬到了较小的城市。
美国人口普查局的数据显示,这些人正离开洛杉矶、芝加哥和纽约,搬到中等规模的城市,例如凤凰城、拉斯维加斯和达拉斯。
对这些二线城市来说,一个巨大的吸引力是住房成本在工资中占的比例小了很多。根据美国人口普查局的统计,有超过一半的人因住房原因搬迁,他们要寻找一个新的或更好的家,更便宜的住房,或买房而不是租房。
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