Special Report

Cities With the Cheapest Housing

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30. Niagara Falls, New York
> Median home value: $78,500
> Homes worth less than $10,000: 1.0% — 588th highest of 1,788 cities
> Share of housing units with a mortgage: 48.1% — 67th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Homeownership rate: 58.6% — 782nd lowest of 1,788 cities
> Median household income: $41,137 — 124th lowest of 1,788 cities

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29. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
> Median home value: $78,000
> Homes worth less than $10,000: 3.1% — 49th highest of 1,788 cities
> Share of housing units with a mortgage: 48.2% — 68th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Homeownership rate: 48.5% — 340th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Median household income: $40,505 — 110th lowest of 1,788 cities

28. Marion, Ohio
> Median home value: $77,800
> Homes worth less than $10,000: 1.2% — 440th highest of 1,788 cities
> Share of housing units with a mortgage: 62.2% — 516th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Homeownership rate: 55.0% — 601st lowest of 1,788 cities
> Median household income: $40,223 — 102nd lowest of 1,788 cities

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27. Muskegon, Michigan
> Median home value: $77,200
> Homes worth less than $10,000: 1.0% — 564th highest of 1,788 cities
> Share of housing units with a mortgage: 54.0% — 150th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Homeownership rate: 49.9% — 388th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Median household income: $35,323 — 42nd lowest of 1,788 cities

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26. York, Pennsylvania
> Median home value: $77,100
> Homes worth less than $10,000: 0.5% — 650th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Share of housing units with a mortgage: 60.6% — 421st lowest of 1,788 cities
> Homeownership rate: 41.7% — 155th lowest of 1,788 cities
> Median household income: $36,320 — 51st lowest of 1,788 cities

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