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

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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

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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.

About the Author

Andrew Lisa

Andrew Lisa has been writing professionally since 2001. An award-winning writer, Andrew was formerly one of the youngest nationally distributed columnists for the largest newspaper syndicate in the country, the Gannett News Service. He worked as the business section editor for amNewYork, the most widely distributed newspaper in Manhattan, and worked as a copy editor for TheStreet.com, a financial publication in the heart of Wall Street's investment community in New York City.

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