Affluent suburbs of major metros where roughly 38% of adults hold bachelor's degrees or higher. Inventory is tight, days-on-market are short, and housing prices grow modestly but consistently. These are functioning, high-demand markets where supply-demand balance favors sellers.
Bachelors-plus above 35%, months of supply below 3, days on market below 30, large-metro concentration.
Average values across the 110 counties in this profile.
Sorted by BoomTown Index score. Click any county for its full profile.
Market profiles describe each county's housing-market character, derived empirically from 24 housing, labor, and demographic features across 987 U.S. counties using hierarchical clustering. Counties whose BoomTown Score diverges sharply from a profile's typical range are moved to Idiosyncratic Markets and get a custom narrative instead. Read the methodology →