The Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com “Emerging Housing Markets Index” ranks the 300 biggest metro areas in the US. In addition to housing-market indicators, the index incorporates economic and lifestyle data, including unemployment rate, wages, commute time and small-business loans.
Home prices in the top 20 markets in the index have risen 13.7% on average in the past year, outpacing an 8% rise for all 300 areas, and the top 20 areas still had lower median listing prices than the market overall according to Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com
Here’s the top 300:
- Billings, MT
- Coeur D’Alene, ID
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Rapid City, SD
- Raleigh, NC
- Portland-South Portland, ME
- Waco, TX
- Johnson City, TN
- Bangor, ME
- Huntsville, AL
- Topeka, KS
- Jefferson City, MO
- Elkhart-Goshen, IN
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA
- Springfield, OH
- Manchester-Nashua, NH
- Concord, NH
- Burlington, NC
- Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
- Yuma, AZ
- Visalia-Porterville, CA
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
- Yuba City, CA
- Fresno, CA
- Saginaw, MI
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT
- Columbus, OH
- Kennewick-Richland, WA
- Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
- Decatur, AL
- Worcester, MA-CT
- Grand Junction, CO
- Columbia, SC
- Canton-Massillon, OH
- Columbia, MO
- Prescott, AZ
- Rochester, NY
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Boulder, CO
- Monroe, MI
- Springfield, MA
- Reno, NV
- Akron, OH
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
- Appleton, WI
- Pueblo, CO
- South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
- Dayton, OH
- Evansville, IN-KY
- Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA
- North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
- Yakima, WA
- Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN
- Knoxville, TN
- Salinas, CA
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Stockton-Lodi, CA
- Boise, ID
- Fort Collins, CO
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
- Ogden-Clearfield, UT
- Merced, CA
- Hartford-East Hartford-West Hartford CT
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
- Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
- Modesto, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Norwich-New London, CT
- Provo-Orem, UT
- Janesville-Beloit, WI
- Gainesville, GA
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC
- Clarkesville, TN-KY
- Springfield, MO
- Bend-Redmond, OR
- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
- Lubbock, TX
- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
- Tyler, TX
- Chattanooga, TN-GA
- Barnstable, MA
- Dothan, AL
- Pottsville, PA
- Traverse City, MI
- Wilmington, NC
- Rocky Mount, NC
- Joplin, MO
- Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Salem, OR
- Killen-Temple, TX
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
- New Haven-Milford, CT
- Lebanon, PA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA
- Duluth, MN-WI
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
- Madison, WI
- Fort Smith, AR-OK
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
- Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
- Olympia-Tumwater, WA
- Homosassa Springs, FL
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Toledo, OH
- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
- Racine, WI
- Panama City, FL
- Eugene, OR
- Erie, PA
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Rockford, IL
- Greenville, NC
- Longview, TX
- Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
- Redding, CA
- Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
- Asheville, NC
- Greeley, CO
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Ann Arbor, MI
- St. Cloud, MN
- Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
- Amarillo, TX
- Green Bay, WI
- Fayetteville, NC
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Mobile, AL
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Athens- Clarke County, GA
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Spartanburg, SC
- Warner Robins, GA
- Claremont-Lebanon, NH-VT
- Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
- Abilene, TX
- Terre Haute, IN
- Chico, CA
- The Villages, FL
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Lansing-East Lansing, MI
- Lynchburg, VA
- Jacksonville, NC
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Port St. Lucie, FL
- Bloomington, IN
- Morgantown, WV
- Bellingham, WA
- Reading, PA
- Bismarck, ND
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Battle Creek, MI
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
- Bowling Green, KY
- Auburn-Opelika, AL
- State College, PA
- Johnstown, PA
- Lancaster, PA
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
- Anchorage, AK
- Columbus, GA-AL
- Lake Charles, LA
- Cleveland-Elyria, OH
- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
- Tucson, AZ
- Santa Fe, NM
- Dover, DE
- Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
- Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
- Fargo, ND-MN
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
- Jacksonville, FL
- Albuquerque, NM
- Flint, MI
- Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Roanoke, VA
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Salisbury, MD-DE
- Savannah, GA
- Wichita, KS
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Texarkana, TX-AR
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Muskegon, MI
- Jackson, MI
- Richmond, VA
- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
- Wausau, WI
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Gainesville, FL
- Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Medford, OR
- Pittsfield, MA
- Birmingham-Hoover, AL
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
- Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
- Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
- Torrington, CT
- Binghamton, CT
- College Station-Bryan, TX
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA
- Wheeling, WV-OH
- York-Hanover, PA
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Eau Clair, WI
- Kansas City, MO-KS
- Hilo, HI
- Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Tupelo, MS
- East Stroudsburg, PA
- Syracuse, NY
- Tallahassee, FL
- Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
- Monroe, LA
- Trenton, NJ
- Charlottesville, VA
- Macon, GA
- Tulsa, OK
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Rochester, MN
- Las Cruces, NM
- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Ottawa-Peru, IL
- Montgomery, AL
- Jackson, MS
- El Paso, TX
- Charleston, WV
- Houston-The Woolands-Sugar Land, TX
- Lafayette, LA
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- St. Louis, MO-IL
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
- Florence, SC
- Alexandria, LA
- Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
- Champaign-Urbana, IL
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Iowa City, IA
- Laredo, TX
- Bloomington, IL
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Albany, GA
- Lincoln, NE
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Peoria, IL
- Mcallen-Edinburg-Missioon, TX
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
- Midland, TX
- Urban Honolulu, HI
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Houma-Thibodaux, LA
- Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
- Ocala, FL
- Utica-Rome, NY
- Springfield, IL
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
- Kingston, NY
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Odessa, TX