In 2023 housing affordability in the United States bounced off the 2022 low but is still 9.15 points off the more affordable levels of the 1980s

 The median income in 2022 bought just 17.22% of the median house, the all-time low in the most up-to-date data.

In 2023 that rose to 18.89%.

Peak affordability in the data was in 1984 at 28.04%.