3 of rural Northwest Alabama's 10 most common jobs can buy a home in Detroit
The typical house costs $142,656. At today's 7.32% mortgage rate, buying it takes $47,208 a year.
ESTIMATEHome price for Detroit. Rent from HUD for Marion County, scaled to Zillow, jobs for rural Northwest Alabama, and tax for Marion County. How the estimate works
RURAL NORTHWEST ALABAMA'S 10 MOST COMMON JOBS, BY MEDIAN PAY
MEDIAN PAY
Rent apt $38K
Rent house $47K
Buy $47K
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Registered nurses
$64,540Can buy
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
$62,400Can buy
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
$56,840Can buy
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators
$42,260Rent an apt
Secretaries and administrative assistants
$39,430Rent an apt
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
$36,870Rent over 30%
Stockers and order fillers
$31,420Rent over 30%
Retail salespersons
$29,000Rent over 30%
Cashiers
$26,390Rent over 30%
Fast food and counter workers
$22,570Rent over 30%
Each line is the yearly pay where that home fits the rule: rent at 30% of pay or less, and the mortgage, tax, insurance, and HOA at 28% of pay or less.