Looking for one of the best bargains for a hometown?

Looking for a place with the most affordable cost of living?

Looking for a spot to get a great home for a cheap price?

You’re living in a place where you can find all of the above — the Quad-Cities.

US News and World Report has ranked the Quad-Cities number three overall in the cheapest places to live in the United States.

The ranking was based on the median gross rent and annual housing costs for mortgage-paying homeowners of each metro area, and these are the cities with the lowest cost of living in the country.

For more information on how the rankings were compiled, read the Best Places to Live methodology.

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Sean Leary Director of Digital Media

Sean Leary is an author, director, artist, musician, producer and entrepreneur who has been writing professionally since debuting at age 11 in the pages of the Comics Buyers Guide. An honors graduate of the University of Southern California masters program, he has written over 50 books including the best-sellers The Arimathean, Every Number is Lucky to Someone and We Are All Characters.