10 cities where home prices have more than doubled in 10 years

The median single-family home cost $315,500 in October 2014 in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area of Colorado. By October 2024, that figure had risen 107.5% to $654,600.

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area, which is shared between Oregon and Washington, saw home prices increase 109.1%. A decade ago, the median single-family home was priced at $291,300. As of October, it was $609,000.

In North and South Carolina, the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area saw median single-family home prices climb 109.3%, to $421,800, from $201,500 a decade ago.

Median single-family homes in California’s Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metro area cost $590,000 in October, up 114% from $275,700 10 years earlier.

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro in Washington state has seen some of the largest price growth in the country. While the median single-family home in the area cost $359,900 in October 2014, that price tag grew 122.9% in the past decade to $802,300.

In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, the median single-family home now comes in at $382,900 — up 128.6% from $167,500 in 2014.

Florida has become a hotspot for domestic migration, particularly from the Northeast, sending prices soaring. In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area, median single-family home prices jumped 133.3% to $630,000 from $270,000 a decade ago.

Also a popular Sun Belt destination, the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metro has seen prices surge 134.2% between October 2014 and October 2024. A median single-family home in the area now costs $469,500, up from $200,500.

Another Florida hotspot, median single-family home prices in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford grew 145.8% in the past decade, to $442,500, from $180,000.

Of the largest metropolitan areas in the country, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater experienced the biggest jump in median single-family home prices. In the metro area, prices skyrocketed 182.8% to $410,000 in October 2024, up from $145,000 10 years earlier.