20 Cheapest States to Live in the US

2. Kansas

Cost Of Living Index: 86.8

Median Home Price: $167,540

Average Healthcare Cost: $7,001

Average College Tuition: $9,209

Tax Friendliness: Moderately Friendly

Kansas City’s suburbs like Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, and Johnson County are known as the counties with the highest income per capita in the United States. Kansas offers affordable housing and healthcare facilities. You can own a house for about $167,540 in the state and the average healthcare cost for an adult is about $7,000. The cost of 1 year of college tuition in the state averages out at $9,209. Childcare is relatively expensive, for infants child care costs are an average of $935 per month and for a four-year-old child, the cost of care averages out to $733 per month.

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