Housing vs Household Income
How the median new home price has moved against median household income.
Median new home sale price
+1,813.9%
U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Median US household income
+1,072.2%
U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey ASEC
One median new home sale price, priced in median us household income
5.10
was 3.12 in January 1967
Both series start at the same point, so the vertical distance between them is the whole story.
The comparison begins in January 1967 because that is the first period in which both series exist. Values before then are not estimated. One median new home sale price bought $3.12 of median us household income at the start of this period and $5.10 at the end.