In Pittsburgh, Cleveland, St. Louis and Cincinnati, you could afford a home while making less than $34,000, The Washington Post reports.
At the other end of the spectrum are New York, Los Angeles and San Diego, which require salaries of nearly $90,000 to afford the principal, interest, taxes and insurance payments on a median-priced home.
But the most expensive city by far is San Francisco, which requires an estimated $142,448, making it the only metro area requiring a six-figure salary to afford a median-priced home.