Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · Housing
Which big U.S. cities have the most expensive homes?
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Of the 332 U.S. cities with 100,000 people or more, the typical owner-occupied home was worth the most in Sunnyvale, CA, $1,801,800, followed by San Mateo, CA ($1,618,700) and Santa Clara, CA ($1,582,600), in the Census Bureau's 5-year survey ending in 2024. It was worth the least in Detroit, MI, $83,900; the U.S. median was $332,700. Search any city. Values are what owners estimate their homes would sell for, over five years, and each has a margin of error.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (Public domain (U.S. government work). This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.) · Data as of Dec 31, 2024
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