Out of Reach


Out of Reach 2001: America’s Growing Wage-Rent Disparity

Combined Nonmetro Areas with Largest Changes in Housing Wage, 2000 - 2001


 
State
Percentage Increase in Two Bedroom Housing Wage, 2000 - 2001
Rhode Island
11.92%
Colorado
7.29%
Vermont
7.11%
South Dakota
6.40%
Massachusetts
6.23%
Alaska
5.67%
Oklahoma
5.62%
Maryland
5.35%
Utah
5.27%
Wyoming
5.25%

 
State
Percentage Decrease in Two Bedroom Housing Wage, 2000 - 2001
Connecticut
-0.70%
Alabama
-0.80%
New Hampshire
-1.72%


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