Arkansas Town Makes Top 16 for Hot Job Market & Affordable Homes in The US

Arkansas is moving up in the world. We know it's a great state but more and more people are starting to find out it's a great place to live and it's affordable.

Business Insider.com took a look at cities all across the country to find the ones that have a growing job market and great homes that are way below the national average of $445,000 and unemployment rates under 4%.

They used information from Realtor.com and The Wall Street Journal. These towns' average house costs are a good $150,000 less than the national average. Some of the towns making the list include a few in Pennsylvania and New York. Plus there is a town in Texas that made the list too!

The List of Top 16 Towns With Great Job Markets & Houses Below The National Average

# 1 Charleston, West Virginia

# 2 Binghampton, New York

#3 Lansing, Michigan

#4 Evansville, Indiana

#5 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#6 Dayton, Ohio

#7 Erie Pennsylvania

#8 Scranton, Pennsylvania

#9 Akron, Ohio

#10 Utica, New York

#11 Columbus, Georgia

#12 Lubbock, Texas

#13 Mobile, Alabama

#14  Detroit, Michigan

And what town in Arkansas made this list?

Fort Smith came in at number 15.

Here is what the stats for Fort Smith said:

Median Home Price: $279,000
Discount vs National Average: $166,000
Unemployment Rate: 3.7%
Difference vs National Average: 0.4 percentage points lower

And rounding off the list is:

#16 Cleveland, Ohio

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