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Cheapest Asking Prices by State, West Virginia Leads (2026)
West Virginia has the cheapest asking prices of the 50 states we rank, at a $259,997 median asking price (realtor.com, September 2026). Louisiana is next, at a $270,000 median asking price.
By The Honest Local · 50 states · every value links to its public source
$259,997West Virginia leads on the list, the lowest reading of all 50 statesThe median asking price for a home, straight from the tape.
The top five states
No. 1West Virginia$259,997asking price
No. 2Louisiana$270,000asking price
No. 3Ohio$284,000asking price
No. 4Iowa$284,900asking price
No. 5Mississippi$292,250asking price
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Cheapest Asking Prices by State, all 50
The full ranking
| Place | asking price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | $259,997 |
| 2 | Louisiana | $270,000 |
| 3 | Ohio | $284,000 |
| 4 | Iowa | $284,900 |
| 5 | Mississippi | $292,250 |
| 6 | Kansas | $296,000 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | $296,643 |
| 8 | Indiana | $299,000 |
| 9 | Michigan | $299,900 |
| 10 | Missouri | $300,000 |
| 11 | Kentucky | $307,775 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | $309,000 |
| 13 | Arkansas | $318,743 |
| 14 | Illinois | $324,950 |
| 15 | Alabama | $325,000 |
| 16 | Nebraska | $335,000 |
| 17 | Texas | $355,765 |
| 18 | South Carolina | $359,945 |
| 19 | North Dakota | $370,700 |
| 20 | South Dakota | $375,000 |
| 21 | Minnesota | $379,900 |
| 22 | Georgia | $389,750 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $389,900 |
| 24 | New Mexico | $399,475 |
| 25 | North Carolina | $400,000 |
| 26 | Florida | $409,950 |
| 27 | Maryland | $425,000 |
| 28 | Tennessee | $429,450 |
| 29 | Alaska | $435,000 |
| 30 | Maine | $450,000 |
| 31 | Virginia | $455,953 |
| 32 | Arizona | $459,900 |
| 33 | Nevada | $480,000 |
| 34 | Delaware | $484,998 |
| 35 | Wyoming | $496,500 |
| 36 | Vermont | $499,450 |
| 37 | Connecticut | $522,500 |
| 38 | Oregon | $550,000 |
| 39 | New Jersey | $559,500 |
| 40 | Colorado | $564,000 |
| 41 | Rhode Island | $569,900 |
| 42 | Utah | $579,000 |
| 43 | New Hampshire | $590,000 |
| 44 | Idaho | $593,000 |
| 45 | New York | $605,000 |
| 46 | Montana | $635,000 |
| 47 | Washington | $639,475 |
| 48 | Massachusetts | $714,250 |
| 49 | California | $725,000 |
| 50 | Hawaii | $732,450 |
Sources and method
How we got this. The median asking price is Realtor.com's monthly figure, read through the Federal Reserve's FRED service, one series per metro area for cities and one per state. Cities and states each rank on their own list, cheapest to priciest. The US Virgin Islands has no series, so it's left off rather than guessed. It refreshes monthly, when Realtor.com publishes.
Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.
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