This Is The Cheapest Town In WI To Buy A House, Study Says

MONTREAL, WI — Could you live in Montreal, a town in Wisconsin with a small population of 800?

Would your answer change if moving to Montreal meant you could shave tens of thousands of dollars off the price of a home?

The personal finance website GOBankingRates used data from the Zillow Home Value Index and U.S. Census Bureau population data to find the places in all 50 states where houses are a steal.

According to Zillow, the average single-family home in the United States is valued at about $367,711.

Compare that to $123,337 in Montreal, Wisconsin.

Montreal currently has several affordable listings. A four-bedroom home with plenty of shade is listed at just $99,900, while a larger four-bed, three-bath property is going for $239,000.

Other options include a three-bedroom with a detached garage at $150,000 and a cozy three-bedroom with a functional kitchen listed for $119,900.

There’s even a wooded 1.29-acre lot available for under $20,000.

The smallest place on the list is Brian Head, Utah. Originally known as Monument Peak, a town of 49 with a history rooted in exploration and logging. Also with populations under 100 are a pair of former mining towns often described as “living ghost towns”: Austin, Nevada, population 47, and Johannesburg, California, population 77.

Other specks on the map with populations under 500 include Bly, Oregon (population 123); Davidson, Oklahoma (159); Medicine Lake, Montana (190); Kitzmiller, Maryland (192); Lyon Mountain, New York (240); Drake North Dakota (245); Mystic, Iowa (257); Roxobel, North Carolina (347); Whiteface, Texas (390); Bowie, Arizona (399); Elmore, Minnesota (442); Pierce, Idaho (465); and Lind, Washington (491).