Most expensive states by home value
Ranked by median home value (Census ACS B25077). Higher means homes typically appraise for more.
Median home value is what owners say their home is worth, not what it would sell for tomorrow. The Census American Community Survey collects this number from millions of households every year and publishes a five-year average for every state in table B25077. That makes it the most comparable cross-state measure of what housing costs at the high end of the market. This ranking sorts states by that figure. States at the top combine a few different things at once: desirable coastal and mountain metros, scarce buildable land near job centers, and limited housing construction relative to demand. The list does not normalize for local income, so a high rank does not automatically mean housing is unaffordable for residents who earn local wages; that question lives on a separate ranking. It also does not capture listing prices, which run higher than ACS values in fast markets and lower in slow ones. Every entry links to a state page with the underlying property tax, owner cost, and homeownership data.
Top 20: highest median home value
Bars show median home value reported in the Census ACS five-year average.
Top 50 sortable table
Click any column to sort. Click a state name for full housing data.
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| 1 | Hawaii | $707,525 | $1,694 | 65.1% | 37.8% |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $705,000 | $3,957 | 41.4% | 5.4% |
| 3 | Massachusetts | $543,707 | $4,980 | 66.7% | 41.3% |
| 4 | California | $534,350 | $3,834 | 63.6% | 28.8% |
| 5 | Rhode Island | $399,980 | $5,170 | 68.9% | 54.8% |
| 6 | New Jersey | $378,657 | $8,423 | 68.1% | 58.3% |
| 7 | Washington | $361,767 | $2,867 | 70.5% | 34.2% |
| 8 | Colorado | $359,531 | $1,450 | 72.0% | 28.7% |
| 9 | Utah | $337,238 | $1,677 | 76.4% | 41.3% |
| 10 | Connecticut | $335,222 | $6,350 | 68.4% | 56.1% |
| 11 | Maryland | $333,004 | $3,246 | 71.9% | 32.3% |
| 12 | Oregon | $323,097 | $2,629 | 68.0% | 27.1% |
| 13 | Delaware | $302,900 | $1,594 | 73.3% | 48.4% |
| 14 | Wyoming | $291,909 | $1,571 | 73.7% | 43.0% |
| 15 | New Hampshire | $287,100 | $5,531 | 73.3% | 57.2% |
| 16 | Idaho | $273,573 | $1,449 | 74.6% | 39.6% |
| 17 | Nevada | $266,259 | $1,388 | 70.9% | 40.3% |
| 18 | Virginia | $261,678 | $1,894 | 70.3% | 44.3% |
| 19 | Vermont | $254,557 | $4,543 | 76.8% | 59.9% |
| 20 | New York | $253,185 | $4,612 | 69.1% | 50.9% |
| 21 | Alaska | $252,357 | $2,068 | 64.5% | 33.8% |
| 22 | Florida | $231,560 | $1,757 | 73.5% | 50.7% |
| 23 | Montana | $229,793 | $1,734 | 72.6% | 51.7% |
| 24 | Arizona | $217,293 | $1,295 | 69.7% | 45.3% |
| 25 | Maine | $215,438 | $2,525 | 75.9% | 60.5% |
| 26 | Minnesota | $207,495 | $2,043 | 77.9% | 32.3% |
| 27 | Wisconsin | $202,124 | $3,022 | 75.5% | 52.4% |
| 28 | North Carolina | $194,595 | $1,373 | 71.2% | 54.4% |
| 29 | Pennsylvania | $187,894 | $2,606 | 73.9% | 43.8% |
| 30 | Tennessee | $182,359 | $979 | 73.5% | 51.9% |
| 31 | Ohio | $169,108 | $2,053 | 73.2% | 49.7% |
| 32 | New Mexico | $169,015 | $993 | 72.3% | 41.7% |
| 33 | Michigan | $168,482 | $2,018 | 79.5% | 47.8% |
| 34 | Georgia | $165,626 | $1,447 | 69.7% | 49.8% |
| 35 | South Carolina | $165,220 | $893 | 72.3% | 58.4% |
| 36 | Indiana | $164,273 | $1,131 | 75.7% | 47.1% |
| 37 | North Dakota | $162,140 | $1,411 | 73.7% | 34.6% |
| 38 | Texas | $158,253 | $2,075 | 72.3% | 35.6% |
| 39 | Louisiana | $154,388 | $708 | 71.7% | 22.2% |
| 40 | South Dakota | $152,567 | $1,700 | 71.9% | 46.3% |
| 41 | Missouri | $151,083 | $1,157 | 73.4% | 47.0% |
| 42 | Iowa | $149,558 | $2,073 | 75.6% | 39.1% |
| 43 | Nebraska | $141,087 | $1,863 | 73.9% | 42.2% |
| 44 | Alabama | $140,207 | $485 | 72.9% | 44.4% |
| 45 | Illinois | $139,829 | $2,720 | 75.4% | 48.5% |
| 46 | Kentucky | $139,648 | $1,050 | 73.1% | 44.6% |
| 47 | West Virginia | $133,593 | $683 | 77.8% | 37.4% |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $132,219 | $911 | 72.2% | 42.9% |
| 49 | Kansas | $124,449 | $1,877 | 73.5% | 45.0% |
| 50 | Arkansas | $124,300 | $680 | 70.7% | 49.0% |
Methodology
- Source: Census ACS 5-year B25077, median value of owner-occupied housing units.
- State value here is the average of county medians, computed across counties in the state.
- Median home value reflects what owners report and what comparable homes appraise for, not active listing prices. Listings can run materially higher in fast markets and lower in slow ones.
- The list does not normalize for local income or wages. A high-cost state is not automatically unaffordable for residents who earn local wages.
- For a ranking that does normalize cost against income, see most affordable counties.