Department of Numbers

Jacksonville, Florida Home Affordability

The data below measures home affordability for the Jacksonville, Florida metropolitan area using price-to-income and price-to-rent metrics. The maximum affordable loan amount for the median household income is also calculated.

Jacksonville, Florida Home Price-to-Income Index

The current price-to-income ratio for Jacksonville is 2.55 as determined by June 2010 Realtor median sales prices. The chart below shows a history of the ratio as an index calculated from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Jacksonville HPI series.1 Median household income data for Jacksonville is from the Census American Community Survey.2

Price-to-Income: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Jacksonville, Florida Home Price-to-Income Index History

Date FHFA
June 2010 119.4
March 2010 124.4
December 2009 125.9
September 2009 131.6
June 2009 135.4

Jacksonville, Florida Home Price-to-Rent Index

The current price-to-rent ratio for Jacksonville is 14.05 as determined by June 2010 Realtor median sales prices. This ratio is calculated using household size adjusted median contract rent for Jacksonville. The chart below shows an index of the rent ratio calculated from the metro FHFA HPI series and the Jacksonville median contract rent data from the Census ACS.

Price-to-Rent: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Jacksonville, Florida Home Price-to-Rent Index History

Date FHFA
June 2010 107.0
March 2010 111.5
December 2009 112.8
September 2009 118.0
June 2009 121.4

Jacksonville, Florida Inferred Affordable Mortgage

The inferred affordable mortgage is determined by taking the median household income for Jacksonville, Florida and calculating the mortgage 30% of that income could afford. Traditionally, 30% of income is the maximum amount a homeowner could use towards a home loan. Inferred affordable loan values are calculated from ACS median household income and average monthly mortgage rates.

Inferred Affordable Mortgage

Date Inferred Mortgage
July 2010 $267,130
June 2010 $261,599
May 2010 $257,121
April 2010 $251,045
March 2010 $254,780
February 2010 $254,200
January 2010 $253,046
December 2009 $255,946
November 2009 $257,416
October 2009 $255,362
September 2009 $252,185
August 2009 $248,508
July 2009 $247,671

1. Specifically, FHFA data is from the non seasonally adjusted, all-transactions quarterly series.

2. Income data for the previous year is carried into the following year prior to the release of new income data.