Key points from the map
- The map shows the median home price by state in July 2024, measured as the median price sellers were asking for listed homes.
- The US median listing price was about $440,000.
- Hawaii is the most expensive state at $830,000, followed by Massachusetts ($817,475) and California ($777,900).
- West Virginia is the cheapest at $242,450, followed by Louisiana ($279,997) and Ohio ($286,500).
- Hawaii’s median is about 3.4 times West Virginia’s (our calculation).
Median home price by state in text
Title: House Prices Across U.S. States (July 2024). Subtitle: Median Listing Prices by State (Seller-Listed Prices, Thousand US$). Legend: Median House Listing Price (Thousand US$), a colour scale from light orange to dark red marked 240, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 and 830, with a marker at U.S.: 440. The ten most expensive states carry numbered badges. Footer: Source: National Association of Realtors. Research and visualization: Ehsan Soltani, www.econovis.net, @econovisuals.
All 50 states, most to least expensive. The map rounds to thousands of dollars; the exact figures come from the dataset the creator published with the same chart on Voronoi [1].
| State | On the map (thousand US$) | Exact, from the creator’s dataset (US$) | Top 10 badge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 830 | 830,000 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 817 | 817,475 | 2 |
| California | 778 | 777,900 | 3 |
| New York | 682 | 682,000 | 4 |
| Montana | 672 | 672,400 | 5 |
| Washington | 660 | 659,925 | 6 |
| Colorado | 625 | 624,950 | 7 |
| Utah | 616 | 615,900 | 8 |
| Rhode Island | 607 | 607,450 | 9 |
| New Jersey | 599 | 599,000 | 10 |
| New Hampshire | 597 | 596,500 | |
| Idaho | 585 | 585,000 | |
| Oregon | 585 | 584,999 | |
| Connecticut | 552 | 552,225 | |
| Vermont | 537 | 537,000 | |
| Delaware | 509 | 509,247 | |
| Nevada | 502 | 502,222 | |
| Arizona | 500 | 499,998 | |
| Wyoming | 499 | 499,275 | |
| Maine | 457 | 457,000 | |
| Florida | 450 | 449,900 | |
| Virginia | 450 | 449,900 | |
| Tennessee | 444 | 443,950 | |
| Alaska | 435 | 435,000 | |
| Maryland | 432 | 432,000 | |
| North Carolina | 424 | 424,319 | |
| Minnesota | 415 | 414,900 | |
| Georgia | 400 | 399,925 | |
| Wisconsin | 400 | 399,900 | |
| South Dakota | 400 | 399,600 | |
| New Mexico | 399 | 399,250 | |
| Texas | 380 | 380,000 | |
| North Dakota | 377 | 377,000 | |
| South Carolina | 360 | 360,000 | |
| Nebraska | 360 | 359,900 | |
| Illinois | 339 | 339,450 | |
| Alabama | 339 | 339,200 | |
| Pennsylvania | 325 | 325,000 | |
| Kentucky | 315 | 315,000 | |
| Kansas | 314 | 313,500 | |
| Missouri | 310 | 310,000 | |
| Indiana | 309 | 309,450 | |
| Michigan | 308 | 308,450 | |
| Iowa | 307 | 307,000 | |
| Oklahoma | 303 | 302,500 | |
| Mississippi | 300 | 299,900 | |
| Arkansas | 299 | 299,250 | |
| Ohio | 287 | 286,500 | |
| Louisiana | 280 | 279,997 | |
| West Virginia | 242 | 242,450 | |
| United States | 440 |
Where homes cost the most and least
Ten states have a median listing price of $599,000 or more. They are spread across three regions: Hawaii and California on the Pacific, Washington, Montana, Colorado and Utah in the West, and Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and New Jersey in the Northeast. Montana, fifth at $672,400, is higher than every state on the West Coast except California.
At the other end, 23 states are below $400,000, almost all in the Midwest and the South. Below $300,000 are Mississippi ($299,900), Arkansas ($299,250), Ohio ($286,500), Louisiana ($279,997) and West Virginia ($242,450). Texas ($380,000) sits below the national median and Florida ($449,900) just above it.
What a median listing price measures
The figures are median listing prices: the middle asking price among homes listed for sale in each state during the month. Realtor.com’s research data library defines the median listing price as the median listing price within the specified geography during the specified month, and publishes it alongside related measures such as price per square foot [2]. The creator’s Voronoi post lists Realtor.com’s research data as its source [1].
A listing price is what sellers ask, not what buyers pay, and the mix of homes on the market changes from month to month. A state with many large new homes listed will show a higher median even if prices for the same house have not moved.
Notes on this infographic
- Source wording. The map prints “Source: National Association of Realtors”, while the creator’s Voronoi post with the same chart lists Realtor.com research data [1][2].
- Rounding. The map shows thousands, so Arizona’s $499,998 appears as 500 and Wyoming’s $499,275 as 499.
- Asking prices. These are seller listing prices for July 2024, not sale prices, and they change every month.
- No D.C. Washington, D.C. is not labelled on the map.
Questions about house prices by state
How much is a house in the US?
On this map the US median listing price in July 2024 was about $440,000, meaning half of the homes listed for sale were asking more and half less. By state it ranged from $242,450 in West Virginia to $830,000 in Hawaii [1].
What state has the cheapest houses?
West Virginia, with a median listing price of $242,450 in July 2024. Louisiana ($279,997), Ohio ($286,500), Arkansas ($299,250) and Mississippi ($299,900) were the only other states below $300,000 [1].
Which state has the most expensive houses?
Hawaii, with a median listing price of $830,000 in July 2024, about 3.4 times West Virginia's $242,450. Massachusetts ($817,475) and California ($777,900) were next, followed by New York ($682,000) and Montana ($672,400) [1]. Ten states had a median listing price of $599,000 or more, spread across the Pacific, the West and the Northeast.
What is a median listing price?
A median listing price is the middle asking price among homes listed for sale in an area during a given month. Realtor.com's research data library defines it as the median listing price within the specified geography during the specified month [2]. It is what sellers ask, not what buyers pay, and it can rise when more large new homes are listed even if prices for the same house have not moved.
Sources
- Ehsan Soltani, House Prices Across U.S. States (July 2024), Voronoi (14 August 2024), with the dataset for this map.
- Realtor.com, Residential real estate data library.
- Econovis, the creator’s website.
Last reviewed 30 October 2026
