The cost of country living keeps climbing. Statistics from real estate company Redfin show rural communities are struggling the most with housing affordability following the COVID-19 pandemic. Must Read In rural America, median home prices between the third quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of 2025 increased an average of 61.5% to $280,900. Despite this jump, the median household income in these communities is only up 33.3% over the same period (from $52,002 to $69,307). Using the traditional 30% r ...