Cheapest Places To Buy a Home in Every State

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According to Zillow, the typical home value in the United States is about $350,091. Depending on the home, the state, the neighborhood, your local cost of living and the market, the amount varies widely.

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And with housing prices that keep rising — with last year’s average housing cost reaching about $327,000 — combined with high interest rates, some prospective homeowners might be looking to move to another city or state to find the home of their dreams. But where will they go?

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. To find the least expensive places to buy a home, GOBankingRates used data from the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) and the U.S. Census Bureau regarding population in order to analyze every significant city in all 50 states and chose one place in each locale where houses are a steal.

Here’s where homebuyers on a budget should start their search.

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Alabama

  • Cheapest Place: Selmont-West Selmont

  • 2023 ZHVI: $26,907.01

  • Total Population: 1,995

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Alaska

  • Cheapest Place: Ninilchik

  • 2023 ZHVI: $203,976.93

  • Total Population: 964

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Arizona

  • Cheapest Place: Bowie

  • 2023 ZHVI: $82,555.38

  • Total Population: 320

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Arkansas

  • Cheapest Place: Grubbs

  • 2023 ZHVI: $36,023.51

  • Total Population: 416

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California

  • Cheapest Place: Johannesburg

  • 2023 ZHVI: $95,686.53

  • Total Population: 90

Colorado

  • Cheapest Place: Las Animas

  • 2023 ZHVI: $93,021.01

  • Total Population: 2,564

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Connecticut

  • Cheapest Place: Hartford

  • 2023 ZHVI: $229,199,63

  • Total Population: 121,562

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Delaware

  • Cheapest Place: Little Creek

  • 2023 ZHVI: $188,307.07

  • Total Population: 248

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District of Colombia

  • Cheapest Place: Washington, D.C.

  • 2023 ZHVI: $722,785.93

  • Total Population: 683,154

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Florida

  • Cheapest Place: Gretna

  • 2023 ZHVI: $83,913.77

  • Total Population: 1,247

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Georgia

  • Cheapest Place: Lumpkin

  • 2023 ZHVI: $41,536.21

  • Total Population: 862

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Hawaii

  • Cheapest Place: Pahoa

  • 2023 ZHVI: $279,815.53

  • Total Population: 1,336

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Idaho

  • Cheapest Place: Pierce

  • 2023 ZHVI: $185,619.88

  • Total Population: 481

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Illinois

  • Cheapest Place: Cairo

  • 2023 ZHVI: $19,759.71

  • Total Population: 1,694

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Indiana

  • Cheapest Place: Jasonville

  • 2023 ZHVI: $69,864.45

  • Total Population: 1,935

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Iowa

  • Cheapest Place: Mystic

  • 2023 ZHVI: $53,950.55

  • Total Population: 337

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Kansas

  • Cheapest Place: Sedan

  • 2023 ZHVI: $39,922.63

  • Total Population: 873

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Kentucky

  • Cheapest Place: Wheelwright

  • 2023 ZHVI: $40,091.90

  • Total Population: 777

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Louisiana

  • Cheapest Place: Rodessa

  • 2023 ZHVI: $51,729.93

  • Total Population: 150

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Maine

  • Cheapest Place: Van Buren

  • 2023 ZHVI: $112,255.80

  • Total Population: 1,596

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Maryland

  • Cheapest Place: Kitzmiller

  • 2023 ZHVI: $70,155.67

  • Total Population: 229

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Massachusetts

  • Cheapest Place: North Adams

  • 2023 ZHVI: $231,801.34

  • Total Population: 13,024

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Michigan

  • Cheapest Place: Beecher

  • 2023 ZHVI: $35,217.92

  • Total Population: 9,171

Minnesota

  • Cheapest Place: Elmore

  • 2023 ZHVI: $66,721

  • Total Population: 398

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Mississippi

  • Cheapest Place: Clarksdale

  • 2023 ZHVI: $47,648.91

  • Total Population: 15,124

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Missouri

  • Cheapest Place: Hillsdale

  • 2023 ZHVI: $37,847.55

  • Total Population: 934

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Montana

  • Cheapest Place: Browning

  • 2023 ZHVI: $133,406.20

  • Total Population: 851

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Nebraska

  • Cheapest Place: Walthill

  • 2023 ZHVI: $53,750.74

  • Total Population: 880

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Nevada

  • Cheapest Place: Austin

  • 2023 ZHVI: $72,914.97

  • Total Population: 18

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New Hampshire

  • Cheapest Place: Groveton

  • 2023 ZHVI: $153,511.01

  • Total Population: 892

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New Jersey

  • Cheapest Place: Camden

  • 2023 ZHVI: $111,456.76

  • Total Population: 72,381

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New Mexico

  • Cheapest Place: Tucumcari

  • 2023 ZHVI: $79,381

  • Total Population: 5,221

New York

  • Cheapest Place: Lyon Mountain

  • 2023 ZHVI: $54,356.54

  • Total Population: 256

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North Carolina

  • Cheapest Place: Roxobel

  • 2023 ZHVI: $37,497.18

  • Total Population: 224

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North Dakota

  • Cheapest Place: Drake

  • 2023 ZHVI: $86,510.78

  • Total Population: 339

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Ohio

  • Cheapest Place: Drexel

  • 2023 ZHVI: $43,850.55

  • Total Population: 1,732

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Oklahoma

  • Cheapest Place: Grandfield

  • 2023 ZHVI: $36,349.68

  • Total Population: 936

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Oregon

  • Cheapest Place: Condon

  • 2023 ZHVI: $160,483.04

  • Total Population: 763

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Pennsylvania

  • Cheapest Place: Girardville

  • 2023 ZHVI: $32,587.41

  • Total Population: 1,360

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Rhode Island

  • Cheapest Place: Central Falls

  • 2023 ZHVI: $322,266.99

  • Total Population: 22,192

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South Carolina

  • Cheapest Place: Wagener

  • 2023 ZHVI: $43,440.76

  • Total Population: 1,357

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South Dakota

  • Cheapest Place: Lemmon

  • 2023 ZHVI: $92,496.39

  • Total Population: 1,252

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Tennessee

  • Cheapest Place: Ridgely

  • 2023 ZHVI: $88,515.45

  • Total Population: 1,950

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Texas

  • Cheapest Place: Rochester

  • 2023 ZHVI: $48,611.98

  • Total Population: 315

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Utah

  • Cheapest Place: Emery

  • 2023 ZHVI: $189,196.44

  • Total Population: 375

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Vermont

  • Cheapest Place: North Troy

  • 2023 ZHVI: $156,570.38

  • Total Population: 570

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Virginia

  • Cheapest Place: Appalachia

  • 2023 ZHVI: $38,627.02

  • Total Population: 1,472

Washington

  • Cheapest Place: Lind

  • 2023 ZHVI: $183,774.44

  • Total Population: 486

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West Virginia

  • Cheapest Place: Northfork

  • 2023 ZHVI: $26,217.91

  • Total Population: 367

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Wisconsin

  • Cheapest Place: Montreal

  • 2023 ZHVI: $105,546.61

  • Total Population: 749

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Wyoming

  • Cheapest Place: Midwest

  • 2023 ZHVI: $66,513.74

  • Total Population: 193

Andrew Lisa and Jami Farkas contributed to the reporting of this article.

Methodology: To find the cheapest place to buy a home in every state, GOBankingRates analyzed every state to find the cities with the cheapest median home values, the city, and the state as sourced from Zillow Home Value Index. For each city, the total population was sourced from the US Census American Consumer Survey as supplemental data. All data was collected and is up-to-date as-of May 24, 2024.

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