Affordability in just three of the U.S.'s 50 top metro areas is such that households that make the median income can scoop up a home that won’t go above 30% of their earnings, Realtor.com found.

The combination of creating four new locality pay areas and a broad update to underlying maps means that around 33,300 federal workers will see larger pay raises beginning next year.

More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.

The population has kept growing in many of Florida's metropolitan areas, including South Florida and Central Florida — putting them in national Top Ten lists, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.