The most affordable cities to live in (and why the West did the worst)

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Green Bay, Wisconsin – the state’s third largest city located 120 miles north of Milwaukee – topped the list. With a median monthly rent of $870, grocery costs 15 per cent lower than the national average, and a median home price of $245,000, the medium-sized city proved the least inexpensive. open image in gallery A panorama view of South Dakota’s Rapid City, located just down the road from Mount Rushmore Rapid City, South Dakota rounded out the top three, with the lowest county unemployment rate in the country, at 1.5 per cent, and a median household income of $81,183. open image in gallery Main Street in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, an affordable town in Tulsa County Rounding out the top five was Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, a manufacturing city which had the highest median income across the top ten cities, at $102,700.