P04Monthly · % of median household income
Share of median household income needed to buy the typical home (Redfin)
A modeled cost of buying the median home as a share of median household income. It is not the bill current owners pay.
Kind of fucked
Worse than its 2017–19 range · improvingJudged on “California”. A bigger share of income to own is bad. Scored reading: Cost to own vs income 51.58 % of income.
How verdicts work →California
52.4% of income · Sep 2026Los Angeles County
69.4% of income · Sep 2026Dashed / hollow = preliminary or estimate
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Where this sits in the reading
51.58% of income
Modeled cost of owning the median-priced home, share of median household income
▾Worse than 2017–19↗ImprovingConfirmed ×2
69.14% of income
LA County: modeled ownership cost share of income
▾Worse than 2017–19↗ImprovingConfirmed ×2
Position versus 2017–19 is descriptive. “Within range” doesn’t mean acceptable — 2017–19 may itself have been strained.
What this is
As reported; 20% down-payment scenario selected (Redfin also publishes 3.5%-15%).
- Unit
- % of median household income
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Geography
- Los Angeles County; California
- Coverage
- From 1 Jan 2012 · latest observation 1 Sep 2026
- Release
- Quarterly release of monthly data
- Typical lag
- ~1 month
- Source
- Redfin Housing Affordability Tracker · www.redfin.com ↗
- Vintage
- 2026-10-16
- Pipeline
- automated download
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