[01] What This Profile Means
Counties with off-the-charts amenity scores and the highest housing costs in the country (income-to-home ratio near 0.19). Concentrated in California (~40%), the Pacific Northwest (Oregon + Washington, ~33%), and the Mountain West (Colorado, Utah, Nevada, ~21%). These markets saw substantial pandemic-era price growth and are now correcting, though housing remains profoundly unaffordable relative to local incomes.
Amenity score above +4 (well above 95th percentile), income-to-home ratio below 0.25, current ZHVI in correction.
[02] Typical Profile
Average values across the 78 counties in this profile.
[03] Largest Counties in This Profile
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POP 9,936,690 BTI 15
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POP 3,289,701 BTI 7
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POP 3,175,227 BTI 15
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POP 2,429,487 BTI 26
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POP 2,254,371 BTI 3
[04] All 78 Counties in This Profile
Sorted by BoomTown Index score. Click any county for its full profile.
[05] Other Market Profiles
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 →