5 Cheapest States to Live In

3. Kansas

Average Weighted Cost of Living Index: 87.07

Kansas is the last of the seven Midwestern US states on our list of the 15 cheapest states to live in. Amongst the 15 states on this list, the Sunflower State has the second lowest population density of only 36.24 people per square mile with a total population of 2.96 million. The state has the seventh lowest cost of groceries which is 6.3% lower than the national average. Meanwhile, housing prices are the fifth lowest amongst all the states and 28.9% lower than the US average. The unemployment rate in Kansas is one of the lowest across the nation at around 2.9% as of January 2023, as opposed to the overall unemployment rate of 3.4% in the US.