4. Jonesboro, Arkansas
If you’re touring the US up and down and riding the Cash Highway, you might notice that you’ll be spending a lot of money on the way. However, if you end up in Jonesboro, you’ve made a terrific choice – you really, really don’t need a whole lot of cash there. Pretty much everything you can think of has a price tag that is well below average, including food, drinks, small appliances, utilities, and apartments.
Even the trip to the doctor, a thing many people dread because of both the horrors of going to the doctor and the bill you will have to pay afterward, ends up being relatively cheap. A dental checkup in Jonesboro will cost you 28% less than the national average while a trip to the optometrist is 27% cheaper than what you will find anywhere else in the US. If you find a place to do it cheaper, by all means, do let us know.
The cost of living is about 13.3% below what is average in the US while the median home value stands at $135,000. The average family income is slightly less than $40,000, which is more than enough to get you almost anything in this small city.
