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Affordable homes
None are on the Best Places to Retire list this year, but here are cities from the Best Places to Live database with the lowest median home price.
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| Rank |
City |
Median home
sale price 2005 |
| 1 |
Reading, PA |
$42,850 |
| 2 |
Buffalo, NY |
$45,000 |
| 3 |
Niagara Falls, NY |
$47,000 |
| 4 |
Camden, NJ |
$55,000 |
| 4 |
Youngstown, OH |
$55,000 |
| 6 |
Utica, NY |
$58,000 |
| 7 |
Flint, MI |
$59,000 |
| 8 |
Rochester, NY |
$60,000 |
| 9 |
Saginaw, MI |
$62,000 |
| 10 |
Dayton, OH |
$63,000 |
| 11 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
$64,500 |
| 12 |
Syracuse, NY |
$64,650 |
| 13 |
Canton, OH |
$65,000 |
| 14 |
Odessa, TX |
$66,700 |
| 15 |
Pharr, TX |
$67,600 |
| 16 |
Port Arthur, TX |
$69,142 |
| 17 |
Decatur, IL |
$69,500 |
| 18 |
Detroit, MI |
$69,900 |
| 18 |
Erie, PA |
$69,900 |
| 20 |
Springfield, OH |
$70,000 |
| 21 |
Akron, OH |
$74,900 |
| 22 |
Birmingham, AL |
$75,000 |
| 22 |
Midwest City, OK |
$75,000 |
| 22 |
Lancaster, PA |
$75,000 |
| 25 |
Union, NY |
$76,750 |
Source: OnBoard, Actual sales collected from county and municipal assessors' offices. Only includes sales within city boundaries.
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