$750k is a price point, not a household answer. The useful question is how that price compares with the local source row and how fast that row has moved.
Aspire's rates.json keeps Zillow ZHVI rows for major metros. This page compares a $750k budget with those rows. The table does not include mortgage rates, down payment constraints, taxes, insurance, HOA fees, repairs, closing costs, school districts, commute tradeoffs, or inventory quality.
Use it as a first pass. If a metro's ZHVI row is below $750k, the budget is above that broad metro row. If the row is above $750k, the budget is below that broad metro row. Then take the starting price into Future Home Affordability and change the assumptions.
The trailing 10-year CAGR column is there because the same housing row can be used to model what the goal may cost later, at these assumptions. A high CAGR does not make a metro good or bad. It shows how quickly that source row moved over the visible source window.
Metro comparison table
The table compares $750,000 with each Zillow ZHVI metro source row already committed in Aspire's rates.json. The CAGR column is source-derived and shown only as a trailing-rate assumption, at these assumptions.
| Metro | Current ZHVI source row | Budget position | Budget / ZHVI | Trailing 10-year CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | $1,145,541 | $395,541 above $750,000 | 0.65x | 3.67% at these assumptions |
| Los Angeles, CA | $969,589 | $219,589 above $750,000 | 0.77x | 6.06% at these assumptions |
| San Diego, CA | $943,055 | $193,055 above $750,000 | 0.80x | 6.21% at these assumptions |
| Seattle, WA | $755,116 | $5,116 above $750,000 | 0.99x | 6.69% at these assumptions |
| Boston, MA | $736,881 | $13,119 below $750,000 | 1.02x | 5.78% at these assumptions |
| New York, NY | $718,397 | $31,603 below $750,000 | 1.04x | 5.19% at these assumptions |
| Riverside, CA | $586,623 | $163,377 below $750,000 | 1.28x | 6.62% at these assumptions |
| Washington, DC | $582,461 | $167,539 below $750,000 | 1.29x | 4.07% at these assumptions |
| Sacramento, CA | $581,956 | $168,044 below $750,000 | 1.29x | 5.04% at these assumptions |
| Denver, CO | $575,130 | $174,870 below $750,000 | 1.30x | 5.03% at these assumptions |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $568,981 | $181,019 below $750,000 | 1.32x | 7.32% at these assumptions |
| Portland, OR | $551,941 | $198,059 below $750,000 | 1.36x | 4.85% at these assumptions |
| Miami, FL | $473,725 | $276,275 below $750,000 | 1.58x | 6.91% at these assumptions |
| Nashville, TN | $455,068 | $294,932 below $750,000 | 1.65x | 7% at these assumptions |
| Phoenix, AZ | $448,933 | $301,067 below $750,000 | 1.67x | 6.73% at these assumptions |
| Raleigh, NC | $438,344 | $311,656 below $750,000 | 1.71x | 6.06% at these assumptions |
| Las Vegas, NV | $430,838 | $319,162 below $750,000 | 1.74x | 7.22% at these assumptions |
| Austin, TX | $430,490 | $319,510 below $750,000 | 1.74x | 4.11% at these assumptions |
| Baltimore, MD | $402,887 | $347,113 below $750,000 | 1.86x | 4.10% at these assumptions |
| Hartford, CT | $394,221 | $355,779 below $750,000 | 1.90x | 6.03% at these assumptions |
| Richmond, VA | $393,943 | $356,057 below $750,000 | 1.90x | 6.23% at these assumptions |
| Minneapolis, MN | $391,192 | $358,808 below $750,000 | 1.92x | 4.91% at these assumptions |
| Charlotte, NC | $388,846 | $361,154 below $750,000 | 1.93x | 7.48% at these assumptions |
| Orlando, FL | $386,582 | $363,418 below $750,000 | 1.94x | 6.87% at these assumptions |
| Atlanta, GA | $381,835 | $368,165 below $750,000 | 1.96x | 7% at these assumptions |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $371,148 | $378,852 below $750,000 | 2.02x | 4.98% at these assumptions |
| Dallas, TX | $366,743 | $383,257 below $750,000 | 2.05x | 5.89% at these assumptions |
| Tampa, FL | $359,150 | $390,850 below $750,000 | 2.09x | 7.23% at these assumptions |
| Jacksonville, FL | $351,554 | $398,446 below $750,000 | 2.13x | 6.67% at these assumptions |
| Chicago, IL | $349,901 | $400,099 below $750,000 | 2.14x | 5.18% at these assumptions |
| Columbus, OH | $329,878 | $420,122 below $750,000 | 2.27x | 6.96% at these assumptions |
| Kansas City, MO | $326,895 | $423,105 below $750,000 | 2.29x | 6.95% at these assumptions |
| Houston, TX | $308,211 | $441,789 below $750,000 | 2.43x | 4.42% at these assumptions |
| Cincinnati, OH | $308,063 | $441,937 below $750,000 | 2.43x | 6.74% at these assumptions |
| Indianapolis, IN | $293,854 | $456,146 below $750,000 | 2.55x | 7.23% at these assumptions |
| Buffalo, NY | $282,896 | $467,104 below $750,000 | 2.65x | 7.21% at these assumptions |
| Louisville, KY | $280,366 | $469,634 below $750,000 | 2.68x | 6.13% at these assumptions |
| San Antonio, TX | $280,170 | $469,830 below $750,000 | 2.68x | 4.54% at these assumptions |
| St. Louis, MO | $273,427 | $476,573 below $750,000 | 2.74x | 5.52% at these assumptions |
| Detroit, MI | $266,496 | $483,504 below $750,000 | 2.81x | 6.77% at these assumptions |
| New Orleans, LA | $261,919 | $488,081 below $750,000 | 2.86x | 1.63% at these assumptions |
| Cleveland, OH | $248,141 | $501,859 below $750,000 | 3.02x | 6.64% at these assumptions |
| Memphis, TN | $245,951 | $504,049 below $750,000 | 3.05x | 6.59% at these assumptions |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $245,682 | $504,318 below $750,000 | 3.05x | 5.27% at these assumptions |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $228,113 | $521,887 below $750,000 | 3.29x | 4.61% at these assumptions |