Department of Numbers

Killeen, Texas Home Affordability

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

Killeen, Texas Home Price-to-Income Index

The chart below shows a history of the ratio as an index calculated from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Killeen HPI series.1 Median household income data for Killeen is from the Census American Community Survey.2

Price-to-Income: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Killeen, Texas Home Price-to-Income Index History

Date FHFA
June 2010 103.8
March 2010 104.7
December 2009 104.2
September 2009 105.5
June 2009 106.0

Killeen, Texas Home Price-to-Rent Index

The chart below shows an index of the rent ratio calculated from the metro FHFA HPI series and the Killeen median contract rent data from the Census ACS.

Price-to-Rent: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Killeen, Texas Home Price-to-Rent Index History

Date FHFA
June 2010 104.1
March 2010 105.0
December 2009 104.6
September 2009 105.9
June 2009 106.4

Killeen, Texas Inferred Affordable Mortgage

The inferred affordable mortgage is determined by taking the median household income for Killeen, Texas 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 $243,843
June 2010 $238,794
May 2010 $234,706
April 2010 $229,160
March 2010 $232,569
February 2010 $232,040
January 2010 $230,986
December 2009 $233,634
November 2009 $234,975
October 2009 $233,101
September 2009 $230,201
August 2009 $226,844
July 2009 $226,080

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.