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You see, these are the places in Ohio where the cost of living is the lowest; where your salary goes the furthest. And when if you have the luxury of choosing where to live in the Buckeye State for you job, then the cost of living should play a role in the decision.
So we did the hard for you and crunched the numbers to find the cities that have lower food, energy, and housing costs. After the dust settled on our analysis of the 285 largest places in Ohio, we were left with this set of the best value for your money:
- Youngstown
- Warren
- Campbell
- Struthers
- Girard
- Salem
- Niles
- Conneaut
- Austintown
- Greenville
Read on to see how we crunched the numbers in detail because we know you work so hard for it honey and we don’t want it to go to waste.
How we determined the most affordable places to live in the Buckeye State
There are basic necessities that you have to buy no matter where in the country you live. Those things include:
- Housing
- Food
- Gas
- Health Insurance
- Utilities
- Transportation
You can then compare the cost of these things in each of the places in Ohio to figure out which is the least expensive.
What you are left with is a “Cost of Living Index” that normalizes to 100 for an average place in the United States. And lucky for us, Sperling’s Best Places has such an index for us.
So we used that cost of living index in order to rank all of the 285 places in Ohio that have more than 5,000 people.
And just so you can better understand how the cost of living index works, 100 is the average cost of a place in the United States. A score of 90 means that the place cost 10% less than average. A score of 90 means it’s 10% less expensive.
San Francisco has a score of 243 meaning it’s almost 2.5 times as expensive as the average place in the country.
1. Youngstown
Population: 67,093
2. Warren
Population: 41,569
3. Campbell
Population: 8,252
4. Struthers
Population: 10,711
5. Girard
Population: 9,940
6. Salem
Population: 12,311
7. Niles
Population: 19,274
8. Conneaut
Population: 12,824
9. Austintown
Population: 29,806
10. Greenville
Population: 13,185
Author
Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.
