Where home insurance costs the most — and least

Data: Bankrate; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/AxiosExtreme weather is driving sky-high home insurance prices in some especially storm-prone parts of the country, a new analysis finds.Why it matters: Climate change is supercharging extreme weather events like hurricanes, increasing the odds of losses and claims and driving up insurance premiums.Driving the news: The national average for annual home insurance premiums is up 9% since 2023, per a new Bankrate breakdown, hitting $2,470 as of July.That's based on quotes for married male-female homeowners with an eight-year-old $300,000 home, a clean claim history, and good credit.Zoom in: Nebraska ($6,425), Louisiana ($6,274) and Florida ($5,735) are just some of the states with shockingly higher-than-average premiums, Bankrate found.All three are vulnerable to extreme weather, including hurricanes, tornadoes, wind, hail and more.Caveat: These figures don't include flood insurance.Stunning stats: Homeowners in the New Orleans metro spend nearly 17.5% of the area's median annual income on home coverage, Bankrate found.Those in the Miami metro spend nearly 13.4%.Yes, but: Some places with relatively high average homeowner premiums also have higher median incomes.In the Denver metro, for example, "the average $300,000 home insurance policy costs $3,644 per year ... but homeowners there earn a median annual income of $103,055, resulting in just 3.54% of their pay going toward premiums," Bankrate says.The other side: Florida lawmakers' attempts to address the climate-driven insurance crisis there appear to be working."From 2023 to 2025, home insurance costs in Florida decreased by an average of $579, representing a 9% drop," per the analysis.Between the lines: Climate change is driving non-renewals in some areas, a Dec. 2024 Senate Budget Committee report found. Non-renewals are correlated with higher premiums and are "often an early warning sign of market destabilization," per the report."Premiums are skyrocketing, insurers are non-renewing customers or pulling out of risky markets altogether. As climate change gets worse, insurance availability and affordability will also get worse."Reality check: The amount you'll actually pay for home insurance depends on many factors — not least of which is your credit score, but also the cost of your home, its materials, and other variables.Go deeper: Soaring home insurance rates are acting as a "stealth inflation driver," Axios' Emily Peck reports.

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