The 10 Cheapest States To Live In America

Broke? Want a new start? Tired of the rat race? Well, then, it might be time to move to a new state.

In this video, we explore the states where you can move if you want a cheap cost of living. This includes the places in America where housing costs are low, and where the living wage is also low - meaning you don't have to work as hard to survive.

We take into account other factors as well, such as food costs, the cost of child care, and the cost of owning a vehicle.

Hopefully, you'll have a better sense of what options you have if you're looking to move. And if you live in a cheap state already, good for you! You're living a much less stressful life.

Our goal is to combine recent data, fun videos, and thoughts about local culture into bite-sized snacks of shareable information. We call it bite-sized regional infotainment. We try to paint a picture of what’s happening in a region based on “Friday Night Science” — how’d you argue at a bar. To do that, we gather data from around the web to help determine a wide array of factors about where you live, things like safety, desirability, and culture.

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[missayawk]

I live in the Bronx so almost anywhere I move to is gonna be cheaper.If you can stretch a dollar in NYC you can survive ANYWHERE

[NickyNick]

“Our cheapest state in America is...Mississippi”

*shows a picture of the New Orleans skyline*

[kyleroberts]

I mean, I'd rather live somewhere cheap, and have the extra money for adventures and experiences. I've never needed or wanted an extravagant apartment.

[humbledservant]

So basically conservative states are affordable.

[binozia-old-]

In australia $250, 000 gets you a hole in the ground

[johnbarton]

Most people are broke as a joke because we don't pay wages that people can live off of - we are a credit card dependent nation.

[speedfiend]

I would be interested in him covering the cheapest cities in the US.

[Bmoreflow]

I just came to tell yall maryland is overpriced asf and its not even nice

[marijolivitzky]

The most expensive states in America is California and New York.

[harpomarx]

Is it a coincidence that the cheapest places are also the least desirable? Maybe not. It's called market economics.

[cherij]

I lived in Tennessee for 3 years and the sales tax there is 10% for everything including food not as cheap as people think

[mbell]

$93, 000 is the poverty line here in Hawaii. Cali got nothing on high pricing

[tangerinesarebetterthanora]

The big cities in the Midwest are a good trade off but a lot of people don't like the weather and how far away you are from the ocean.

[Musication]

10 Indiana 9 Ohio 8 South Carolina 7 Kentucky 6 Alabama 5 South Dakota 4 Tennessee 3 West Virginia 2 Arkansas 1 Mississippi...I have either lived in or visited all these states [and more] except SD and Arkansas. What each offers would be according to what you are looking for. If you love the great outdoors all are great places to live. If you don't have to have every new item that comes out you'll do OK in any of them.

[Talkwithtina]

I live in Hawaii!!! And this place is expensive

[madelyn]

finally Indiana is on a list, and you said something good abt Indiana 🙃

[zbennett]

As someone who is born and raised in Mississippi, my mother paid $60 a WEEK for my brother and I to go to the babysitter from 7:30 am-5:00 pm. Mississippi is a really great place that does not get enough credit!

[frank]

I just want to point out how much overlap there is with the lists of Dumbest/Poorest/Cheapest states. Special congrats to Mississippi for for sweeping the first place spot on all three lists 🎉

[JohnDaker_singer]

I watch these house hunting shows on Tv and see young couples looking at $800, 000 houses in California and other expensive states. How the hell does a 28 year old couple afford a house like that? I know damn well they're making 60K each max.

[thegodhoward]

Hey in Montana you can rent an apartment for 400$ a month