Californias 10 cheapest cities to buy homes charming mountain town with $325K homes takes top spot
The Golden State doesn’t come cheap — but these 10 cities come closer.As the cost of living soars and residents flee for places like Tennessee or Texas, cities all across California are becoming a bit more affordable.The Post recently reported that the state’s luxury housing saw million-dollar homes flying off the market.Last month, the report from Realtor.com found that four California metros topped charts with the largest year-over-year drops in luxury home prices.Well, another new report is in and making those sticking around the Bear State even happier as it has revealed 10 of the cheapest cities in California that won’t entirely break your wallet. The report from Houzeo, a home buying and selling platform, proved the California dream might be easier to achieve than you think.
The data comes from analyzing hundreds of cities and comparing them with the median home prices, median rent and overall cost of living.Six spending categories were covered, according to the site: housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, healthcare, and miscellaneous goods.Taking the top spot for the most affordable city in California to live in is a place you might not have heard of — Porterville.The city is the primary economic hub of the Southern Sierra foothills and a gateway to the Sequoia National Forest. The average home price in this charming area is $325,000 while the median rent price is just $1,358.
Data found that Porterville is 12% less costly than the state’s average.Residents are along Highway 65 and near Highway 99 — which runs 425 miles long through the Central Valley and connecting Bakersfield to Red Bluff.It also offers easy access to the neighbouring towns like Tulare County.Jobs are largely driven service and community rather than industrial which means folks typically make a steady income by working in agriculture, healthcare and education.Coming in at number two is Fresno.
The average home price here is $388,567 while the median rent price is...