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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