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Cheapest Counties to Buy a House in the United States (2026)

McDowell has the lowest home prices of any county in the United States, at $40,208, followed by Phillips and Coahoma (data vintage Zillow 2026-04). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated April 2026 - Source: Zillow Research

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Cheapest counties for home prices in the United States

Top 25 of 3144 counties with data.

Ranked by typical home value (Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-04), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in the United States
RankCountyValue
1McDowell$40,208
2Phillips$47,683
3Coahoma$52,373
4Cochran$53,582
5Bertie$56,513
6Tillman$57,375
7Washington$57,775
8East Carroll$59,322
9Knott$60,617
10Alexander$64,587
11Harmon$64,717
12Wyoming$65,303
13Hardeman$66,738
14Cimarron$70,464
15Letcher$70,591
16King$71,230
17Greer$71,684
18Cottle$71,910
19Brooks$73,019
20Kiowa$74,640
21Leslie$75,200
22Buchanan$75,745
23Harlan$76,215
24Harper$77,621
25Leflore$77,805

How this ranking works

This page ranks every US county by typical home value, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For home prices, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh home prices against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of typical home value.

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