If we are being honest, everyday living costs can be expensive. The cost of living considers many things such as housing, food, childcare, educational costs, transportation costs, and medical costs. Depending on where you live in the US, your living costs vary. For example, living in Los Angeles is going to be way more expensive than living in a rustic town in Utah. The cheapest of the 50 states to live in is Mississippi; the average cost of a house in Mississippi is $128,000. The second cheapest state to live in is Oklahoma; the average house cost in Oklahoma is $130,001. The cost of transportation in Oklahoma is also very low with regular gas costing $2.262 per gallon as of January 2020. The third cheapest state would be Arkansas. In Arkansas, transportation, healthcare, and housing costs are all well below the national average. For a family to live comfortably in Arkansas, a family would need to make $44,571, which is also well below the national average. The fourth cheapest state to live in would be Kansas. Houses in Kansas, on average, cost around $137,700. Kansas also has fairly low transportation costs, with regular gas costing $2.278 per gallon in January 2020. The livable wage in Kansas is $48,054, with most families making $57,422. The fifth and final cheapest state to live in is Missouri. In some parts of Missouri, one can get a four-bedroom house for a little over $200,000. Missouri also has the lowest regular gas prices of any state coming in at $2.209 per gallon as of January 2020. The livable wage for a family of four in Missouri is $53,078. The average household income comes in slightly above, at $53,560. These statistics are from 2020 and may have changed since then. These are the cheapest states to live in as of 2020.

Cheapest States To Live

1. Mississippi
2. Oklahoma
3. Arkansas
4. Kansas
5. Missouri