Cheapest Places To Buy a Home in Every State

According to Zillow, the typical home value in the United States is $259,906. Depending on the home, the state, the neighborhood, and the market, however, that amount can be far from typical.

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Despite the pandemic and the economic fallout it created, the early pessimism expressed by so many housing experts has been largely unfounded. In much of the country, the housing market is sizzling — a red-hot seller’s market. Although many are still bracing for what they consider to be the inevitable crash, inventory is not staying on the market for long despite the fact that prices have been on the rise throughout the summer.

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Despite all that, every state is home to at least a handful of places where buyers can expect to scoop up a house on the cheap. In order to find the least expensive places to buy a home, GOBankingRates used data from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau to analyze every significant city in all 50 states and chose three to five places where houses are a steal. Here’s where homebuyers on a budget should start their search.

Last updated: July 20, 2021

Alabama

Gadsden
- 2020 typical home value: $38,732
Birmingham
- 2020 typical home value: $67,873
Montgomery
- 2020 typical home value: $95,112
Phenix City
- 2020 typical home value: $103,668
- 2020 typical home value: $121,775Florence

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Alaska

Fairbanks
- 2020 typical home value: $256,870

Knik-Fairview
- 2020 typical home value: $260,105

Tanaina
- 2020 typical home value: $266,258

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Arizona

San Luis
- 2020 typical home value: $145,303

Yuma
- 2020 typical home value: $176,767

Sierra Vista
- 2020 typical home value: $202,295

Casa Grande
- 2020 typical home value: $206,492
Bullhead City
- 2020 typical home value: $206,781

Arkansas

Pine Bluff
- 2020 typical home value: $50,026

Texarkana
- 2020 typical home value: $104,409

North Little Rock
- 2020 typical home value: $107,141

Fort Smith
- 2020 typical home value: $120,235
Benton
- 2020 typical home value: $151,799

California

Oildale
- 2020 typical home value: $175,243

Porterville
- 2020 typical home value: $212,873

Tulare
- 2020 typical home value: $225,149
Delano
- 2020 typical home value: $225,217

Adelanto
- 2020 typical home value: $238,261

Colorado

Pueblo
- 2020 typical home value: $197,640

Grand Junction
- 2020 typical home value: $267,293

Security-Widefield
- 2020 typical home value: $283,342

Greeley
- 2020 typical home value: $325,339

Colorado Springs
- 2020 typical home value: $328,934

Connecticut

Hartford
- 2020 typical home value: $117,984

Waterbury
- 2020 typical home value: $135,610

Torrington
- 2020 typical home value: $150,724

Norwich
- 2020 typical home value: $159,056

New Britain
- 2020 typical home value: $161,762

Delaware

Dover
- 2020 typical home value: $195,329

Wilmington
- 2020 typical home value: $208,863

Milford
- 2020 typical home value: $223,466

Newark
- 2020 typical home value: $252,119

Smyrna
- 2020 typical home value: $267,920

Florida

University (Hillsborough County)
- 2020 typical home value: $87,827

Lauderdale Lakes
- 2020 typical home value: $100,924

Lauderhill
- 2020 typical home value: $147,393

Ocala
- 2020 typical home value: $161,871

Pensacola
- 2020 typical home value: $163,161

Georgia

Albany
- 2020 typical home value: $88,310
Macon
- 2020 typical home value: $94,410
Columbus
- 2020 typical home value: $108,456
Augusta
- 2020 typical home value: $114,106
Valdosta
- 2020 typical home value: $121,288

Hawaii

Hilo
- 2020 typical home value: $363,678
Waipahu
- 2020 typical home value: $678,779
Kahului
- 2020 typical home value: $681,117
Honolulu
- 2020 typical home value: $713,275
Pearl City
- 2020 typical home value: $738,623

Idaho

Pocatello
- 2020 typical home value: $190,853
Twin Falls
- 2020 typical home value: $223,075
Idaho Falls
- 2020 typical home value: $247,141
Caldwell
- 2020 typical home value: $252,446
Lewiston
- 2020 typical home value: $259,540

Illinois

Danville
- 2020 typical home value: $65,457
Galesburg
- 2020 typical home value: $71,291
Decatur
- 2020 typical home value: $77,549
Peoria
- 2020 typical home value: $88,766
Belleville
- 2020 typical home value: $93,025

Indiana

Gary
- 2020 typical home value: $38,280
Anderson
- 2020 typical home value: $71,683
Muncie
- 2020 typical home value: $87,784
Richmond
- 2020 typical home value: $95,930
Terre Haute
- 2020 typical home value: $101,017

Iowa

Waterloo
- 2020 typical home value:$106,352
Sioux City
- 2020 typical home value: $123,007
Davenport
- 2020 typical home value:$136,621
Council Bluffs
- 2020 typical home value:$141,185
Cedar Rapids
- 2020 typical home value: $146,737

Kansas

Hutchinson
- 2020 typical home value: $101,445
Kansas City
- 2020 typical home value: $119,497
Topeka
- 2020 typical home value: $124,847
Salina
- 2020 typical home value: $128,843

Wichita
- 2020 typical home value: $138,582

Kentucky

Hopkinsville
- 2020 typical home value: $106,587
Covington
- 2020 typical home value: $122,056
Owensboro
- 2020 typical home value: $137,454
Bowling Green
- 2020 typical home value: $175,610
Louisville
- 2020 typical home value: $182,300

Louisiana

Shreveport
- 2020 typical home value: $106,869
Alexandria
- 2020 typical home value: $110,939
Monroe
- 2020 typical home value: $116,895
Marrero
- 2020 typical home value: $161,358
Bossier City
- 2020 typical home value: $164,343

Maine

Waterville
- 2020 typical home value: $134,700
Augusta
- 2020 typical home value: $154,878
Bangor
- 2020 typical home value: $162,197
Lewiston
- 2020 typical home value: $168,273
Auburn
- 2020 typical home value: $181,285

Maryland

Dundalk
- 2020 typical home value: $147,823
Hagerstown
- 2020 typical home value: $152,915
Baltimore
- 2020 typical home value: $153,526
Salisbury
- 2020 typical home value: $166,959
Parkville
- 2020 typical home value: $201,783

Massachusetts

Springfield
- 2020 typical home value: $179,834
Pittsfield
- 2020 typical home value: $187,662
Chicopee
- 2020 typical home value: $205,927
Holyoke
- 2020 typical home value: $214,584
Fitchburg
- 2020 typical home value: $241,086

Michigan

Flint
- 2020 typical home value: $30,698
Detroit
- 2020 typical home value: $38,633
Bay City
- 2020 typical home value: $66,553
Saginaw
- 2020 typical home value: $70,218
Pontiac
- 2020 typical home value: $79,488

Minnesota

St. Cloud
- 2020 typical home value: $180,195
Duluth
- 2020 typical home value: $205,887
Moorhead
- 2020 typical home value: $206,761
Mankato
- 2020 typical home value: $228,903
Brooklyn Center
- 2020 typical home value: $233,910

Mississippi

Jackson
- 2020 typical home value: $41,133
Greenville
- 2020 typical home value: $76,577
Meridian
- 2020 typical home value: $91,271
Gulfport
- 2020 typical home value: $130,713
Tupelo
- 2020 typical home value: $132,305

Missouri

St. Joseph
- 2020 typical home value: $104,790
Florissant
- 2020 typical home value: $115,525
Joplin
- 2020 typical home value: $115,741
Independence
- 2020 typical home value: $132,835
St. Louis
- 2020 typical home value: $134,609

Montana

Great Falls
- 2020 typical home value: $200,578
Billings
- 2020 typical home value: $262,755
Helena
- 2020 typical home value: $291,306

Nebraska

Beatrice
- 2020 typical home value: $109,183
Lexington
- 2020 typical home value: $121,261
Hastings
- 2020 typical home value: $131,389
Scottsbluff
- 2020 typical home value: $131,714
South Sioux City
- 2020 typical home value: $145,819

Nevada

Pahrump
- 2020 typical home value: $258,611
North Las Vegas
- 2020 typical home value: $274,460
Fernley
- 2020 typical home value: $275,376
Mesquite
- 2020 typical home value: $285,150
Las Vegas
- 2020 typical home value: $291,207

New Hampshire

Berlin
- 2020 typical home value: $82,799
Claremont
- 2020 typical home value: $140,913
Keene
- 2020 typical home value: $193,273
Rochester
- 2020 typical home value: $230,819
Laconia
- 2020 typical home value: $240,043

New Jersey

Camden
- 2020 typical home value: $67,371
Atlantic City
- 2020 typical home value: $120,457
Vineland
- 2020 typical home value: $165,937
Trenton
- 2020 typical home value: $185,885
Toms River
- 2020 typical home value: $247,827

New Mexico

Roswell
- 2020 typical home value: $111,148

Alamogordo
- 2020 typical home value: $135,825

Farmington
- 2020 typical home value: $155,664

Clovis
- 2020 typical home value: $163,670

South Valley
- 2020 typical home value: $165,281

New York

Niagara Falls
- 2020 typical home value: $103,760
Syracuse
- 2020 typical home value: $107,034
Buffalo
- 2020 typical home value: $110,800
Rome
- 2020 typical home value: $113,973
Utica
- 2020 typical home value: $120,590

North Carolina

Rocky Mount
- 2020 typical home value: $91,894
Fayetteville
- 2020 typical home value: $125,741
Wilson
- 2020 typical home value: $128,157
Burlington
- 2020 typical home value: $132,179
Goldsboro
- 2020 typical home value: $137,606

North Dakota

Jamestown
- 2020 typical home value: $167,642
Minot
- 2020 typical home value: $198,256
Grand Forks
- 2020 typical home value: $222,432
Fargo
- 2020 typical home value: $231,949
Mandan
- 2020 typical home value: $244,480

Ohio

Youngstown
- 2020 typical home value: $27,937
Warren
- 2020 typical home value: $42,307
Dayton
- 2020 typical home value: $65,325
Marion
- 2020 typical home value: $65,514
Cleveland
- 2020 typical home value: $71,484

Oklahoma

Muskogee
- 2020 typical home value: $69,512
Lawton
- 2020 typical home value: $82,949
Shawnee
- 2020 typical home value: $83,636
Enid
- 2020 typical home value: $85,434
Bartlesville
- 2020 typical home value: $107,695

Oregon

Springfield
- 2020 typical home value: $295,138
Salem
- 2020 typical home value: $299,546
Medford
- 2020 typical home value: $302,491
Albany
- 2020 typical home value: $304,660
Grants Pass
- 2020 typical home value: $310,879

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg
- 2020 typical home value: $60,442
Wilkes-Barre
- 2020 typical home value: $72,049
Altoona
- 2020 typical home value: $93,167
Scranton
- 2020 typical home value: $101,362
Erie
- 2020 typical home value: $123,391

Rhode Island

Central Falls
- 2020 typical home value: $220,686
Woonsocket
- 2020 typical home value: $233,146
Pawtucket
- 2020 typical home value: $239,978
Providence
- 2020 typical home value: $248,393
Warwick
- 2020 typical home value: $253,797

South Carolina

Sumter
- 2020 typical home value: $126,110
Spartanburg
- 2020 typical home value: $139,588
Florence
- 2020 typical home value: $148,963
Columbia
- 2020 typical home value: $149,191
Myrtle Beach
- 2020 typical home value: $170,296

South Dakota

Huron
- 2020 typical home value: $133,763
Mitchell
- 2020 typical home value: $165,923
Aberdeen
- 2020 typical home value: $172,378
Vermillion
- 2020 typical home value: $182,435
Yankton
- 2020 typical home value: $182,464

Tennessee

Memphis
- 2020 typical home value: $99,592
Jackson
- 2020 typical home value: $127,844
Kingsport
- 2020 typical home value: $144,135
Johnson City
- 2020 typical home value: $170,011
Cleveland
- 2020 typical home value: $177,790

Texas

Port Arthur
- 2020 typical home value: $68,370
Wichita Falls
- 2020 typical home value: $98,188
Brownsville
- 2020 typical home value: $104,513
Pharr
- 2020 typical home value: $109,151
Harlingen
- 2020 typical home value: $110,346

Utah

Ogden
- 2020 typical home value: $239,766
Cedar City
- 2020 typical home value: $239,820
Logan
- 2020 typical home value: $248,885
Tooele
- 2020 typical home value: $271,551
Clearfield
- 2020 typical home value: $274,286

Vermont

Rutland
- 2020 typical home value: $184,712
South Burlington
- 2020 typical home value: $324,145
Burlington
- 2020 typical home value: $351,387

Virginia

Danville
- 2020 typical home value: $86,674
Petersburg
- 2020 typical home value: $133,980
Lynchburg
- 2020 typical home value: $161,688
Roanoke
- 2020 typical home value: $173,692
Portsmouth
- 2020 typical home value: $176,001

Washington

Yakima
- 2020 typical home value: $252,085
Spokane
- 2020 typical home value: $265,899
Spokane Valley
- 2020 typical home value: $281,930
Walla Walla
- 2020 typical home value: $283,556
Longview
- 2020 typical home value: $283,649

West Virginia

Bluefield
- 2020 typical home value: $58,002
Clarksburg
- 2020 typical home value: $73,934
Beckley
- 2020 typical home value: $75,956
Huntington
- 2020 typical home value: $87,692
Weirton
- 2020 typical home value: $90,793

Wisconsin

Beloit
- 2020 typical home value: $106,642

Manitowoc
- 2020 typical home value: $122,245
Racine
- 2020 typical home value: $128,661
Fond du Lac
- 2020 typical home value: $130,081
Milwaukee
- 2020 typical home value: $136,820

Wyoming

Evanston
- 2020 typical home value: $187,843
Riverton
- 2020 typical home value: $193,598
Casper
- 2020 typical home value: $211,879
Rock Springs
- 2020 typical home value: $238,702
Green River
- 2020 typical home value: $244,810

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Methodology: In order to find the cheapest places to buy a home in every state, GOBankingRates looked at every city in each state with a population over 30,000 (10,000 in select states due to low population or limited data availability), as sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Then, GOBankingRates identified the 3 to 5 qualifying cities in each state with the lowest average 2020 typical home value, sourced from Zillow’s home value index. All data were collected on and is up to date as of Oct. 7, 2020.

Researcher’s note: Because cities were selected for the final ranking based solely on their home values compared to others in their state, some cities may have prices above the national average or other economic problems that drive home prices down.