Department of Numbers

Jacksonville, North Carolina Home Affordability

The data below measures home affordability for the Jacksonville, North Carolina metropolitan area using price-to-income and price-to-rent metrics.1 The maximum affordable loan amount for the median household income is also calculated. You can also compare Jacksonville home affordability to other cities.

Jacksonville, North Carolina Home Price-to-Income Ratios

The second chart shows a history of the ratio as an index calculated from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Jacksonville HPI series. Median household income data for Jacksonville is from the Census American Community Survey.

Price-to-Income Index Ratio: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Jacksonville, North Carolina Home Price-to-Income Ratio History

Date FHFA (Index Ratio)
September 2011 133.0
June 2011 137.4
March 2011 138.3
December 2010 139.4
September 2010 141.4
June 2010 140.5
March 2010 139.7
December 2009 141.8
September 2009 142.0

Jacksonville, North Carolina Home Price-to-Rent Ratios

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 Index Ratio: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Jacksonville, North Carolina Home Price-to-Rent Ratio History

Date FHFA (Index Ratio)
September 2011 85.9
June 2011 88.8
March 2011 89.4
December 2010 90.1
September 2010 91.4
June 2010 90.8
March 2010 90.3
December 2009 101.3
September 2009 101.5

Jacksonville, North Carolina Inferred Affordable Mortgage

The inferred affordable mortgage value is determined by taking the median household income for Jacksonville, North Carolina 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

Jacksonville, North Carolina Inferred Affordable Mortgage History

Date Inferred Mortgage
November 2011 $219,083
October 2011 $216,980
September 2011 $215,940
August 2011 $211,853
July 2011 $204,974
June 2011 $205,936
May 2011 $202,834
April 2011 $198,198
March 2011 $198,198
February 2011 $195,716
January 2011 $200,033
December 2010 $201,193
November 2010 $211,100

1. Specifically, home prices are from the non seasonally adjusted FHFA all-transactions quarterly series. Dollar ratios are calculated using NAR metro prices when available. Rent and income data are from the Census ACS and are carried forward into the following year prior to release of the new data.