Percent of homes that are affordable to the local middle class:

The 25 most affordable markets (top shaded area) are mostly politically red, or rust-belt cities that are politically blue.

Kansas City, Mo.−Kan.

Dayton, Ohio

Indianapolis

Rochester

Akron, Ohio

Cincinnati

80%

Columbia, S.C.

Little Rock, Ark.

Louisville, Ky.

Gary, Ind.

Toledo, Ohio

Birmingham

St. Louis

Cleveland

Camden, N.J.

Detroit

Tulsa

Baton Rouge

New Orleans

Wilmington, Del.

Columbus, Ohio

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Palm Bay−Melbourne−Titusville, Fla.

Lakeland− Winter Haven, Fla.

Greensboro, N.C.

Las Vegas

Buffalo

Oklahoma City

Worcester

70%

Pittsburgh

Jacksonville

Warren−Troy−Farmington Hills, Mich.

Atlanta

Greenville, S.C.

Minneapolis−St. Paul

Tampa−St. Petersburg

Memphis

Syracuse

Omaha

Springfield, Mass.

Chicago

Knoxville, Tenn.

Raleigh

Baltimore

Richmond, Va.

Bethesda−Rockville−Frederick, Md.

Milwaukee

Hartford

Charlotte, N.C.

Albuquerque

Colorado Springs

Philadelphia

El Paso

Allentown, Pa.

Orlando

Va. Beach−Norfolk

Salt Lake City

Washington

Tacoma, Wash.

New Haven

Fort Worth

60%

Phoenix

New Brunswick, N.J.

Bakersfield, Calif.

Tucson

Albany

Providence, R.I.

Charleston

Fort Lauderdale

Cape Coral−Fort Myers, Fla.

Lake−Kenosha counties, Ill.–Wis.

Nashville, Tenn.

West Palm Beach

Most homes are affordable

Newark

Long Island

Seattle

Bradenton−Sarasota, Fla.

50%

Fresno, Calif.

Portland, Ore.

Middlesex County, Mass.

Most homes are not affordable

Peabody, Mass.

Sacramento

Dallas

Houston

Boston

Denver

Riverside− San Bernardino, Calif.

San Antonio

Fairfield County, Conn.

40%

Miami

Oakland

Only four of the 20 least affordable markets (bottom shaded area) are politically red.

Austin, Tex.

Honolulu

Ventura County, Calif.

30%

San Jose

Orange County, Calif.

San Diego

New York

Los Angeles

20%

Politically blue areas

Politically red areas

San Francisco

60

40

20

TIE

20

2012 vote margin for Obama (percentage points)