A six-figure income may be needed to afford a house in a large or coastal city, but there are huge swaths of the US where housing is not nearly as expensive as

A six-figure income may be needed to afford a house in a large or coastal city, but there are huge swaths of the US where housing is not nearly as expensive as this article suggests. For example, the typical home value in Ohio is ~$215k: https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-house-price-state/#:~:text=Typical%20home%20price%20in%20the%20United%20States https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-house-price... As someone from the midwest, I push back on the assumption that paying $400k for a house is the typical US experience.