- It’s the start of hurricane season, and with it comes the risk of home damage.
- Cotality ranked states with the biggest risk of hurricane damage, and some of the results were surprising.
- Gulf states have more homes susceptible to hurricane wind damage, but the Northeast’s damage can hit harder.
In total, more than 32.2 million homes across the United States are at moderate or greater risk from hurricane winds alone, accounting for over $12.26 trillion in reconstruction cost value, according to Cotality.
Below, see the states where homeowners are at the highest risk of hurricane damage.
Median home price data is from Redfin.
15. Maryland
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 479,881
Reconstruction cost value: $179.6 billion
Median home price: $446,900
- Alabama
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 768,390
Reconstruction cost value: $232.7 billion
Median home price: $299,000
- Pennsylvania
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 781,797
Reconstruction cost value: $360 billion
Median home price: $308,500
- Connecticut
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 813,066
Reconstruction cost value: $426 billion
Median home price: $445,100
- Georgia
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 836,172
Reconstruction cost value: $243.1 billion
Median home price: $373,700
- Mississippi
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 837,860
Reconstruction cost value: $241.8 billion
Median home price: $265,200
- Virginia
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 1,146,781
Reconstruction cost value: $426.4 billion
Median home price: $462,400
- South Carolina
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 1,482,345
Reconstruction cost value: $476.9 billion
Median home price: $397,600
- Louisiana
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 1,657,255
Reconstruction cost value: $515.7 billion
Median home price: $260,300
- Massachusetts
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 1,785,383
Reconstruction cost value: $1 trillion
Median home price: $645,400
- New Jersey
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 2,208,651
Reconstruction cost value: $1.2 trillion
Median home price: $545,300
- New York
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 2,213,104
Reconstruction cost value: $1.2 trillion
Median home price: $595,900
- North Carolina
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 3,165,030
Reconstruction cost value: $1.1 trillion
Median home price: $381,700
- Texas
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 4,763,476
Reconstruction cost value: $1.5 trillion
Median home price: $341,800
- Florida
Number of homes with moderate or greater risk: 8,249,592
Reconstruction cost value: $2.3 trillion
Median home price: $416,800
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