15
to Buy a House
of the Cheapest Places
in the U.S.
Median home price: $188,300
15. Joplin, Missouri
Median household income: $46,849
Cost of living index: 74.6
Median home price: $180,000
14. Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
Median household income: $39,928
Cost of living index: 78.9
13. Davenport-Moline- Rock Island, Iowa-Illinois
Median household income: $55,659
Cost of living index: 75.7
Median home price: $177,200
12. Toledo, Ohio
Median household income: $41,671
Cost of living index: 77.4
Median home price: $176,300
11. Rockford, Illinois
Median household income: $47,002
Cost of living index: 79.0
Median home price: $173,500
10. Charleston, West Virginia
Median household income: $54,101
Cost of living index: 81.3
Median home price: $171,500
9. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
Median household income: $49,430 (Waterloo), $66,838 (Cedar Falls)
Cost of living index: 75.7
Median home price: $169,000
8. Erie, Pennsylvania
Median household income: $40,201
Cost of living index: 80.8
7. Springfield, Illinois
Median household income: $57,596
Cost of living index: 78.4
Median home price: $160,000
6. Binghamton, New York
Median household income: $39,012
Cost of living index: 80.7
Median home price: $157,300
5. Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pennsylvania
Median household income: $54,506
Cost of living index: 75.8
Median home price: $156,600
4. Peoria, Illinois
Median household income: $58,426
Cost of living index: 75.6
Median home price: $145,400
3. Cumberland, Maryland
Median household income: $43,699
Cost of living index: 73.2
Median home price: $144,500
2. Elmira, New York
Median household income: $84,916
Cost of living index: 77.8
Median home price: $133,400
1. Decatur, Illinois
Median household income: $45,111
Cost of living index: 72.9
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