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America's Most Affordable Cities

Wondering where you can get the most bang for your buck? Forbes indentified U.S. metro areas with solid housing markets, relatively stable employment, enviable cost of living and quick commutes. Did your city make the list? Read on to find out... (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Most Bang for th... Wondering where you can get the most bang for your buck? Forbes indentified U.S. metro areas with solid housing markets, relatively stable employment, enviable cost of living and quick commutes. Did your city make the list? Read on to find out... (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
10. Ogden-Clearf... The Ogden-Clearfield metro area places No. 2 in Forbes vacancies ranking, helping it earn a spot in the top 10 overall. (iStock Photo)
9. Colorado Spri... Forbes ranks Colorado Springs No. 11 in both real-estate taxes and home-price forecast. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
8. Chattanooga, ... Residents of the Chattanooga metro area enjoy the ninth-best commute in the U.S., according to Forbes' travel-time ranking. (AP/Photo Mark Gilliland)
7. McAllen-Edinb... Despite placing No. 82 among metro areas in terms of unemployment, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area holds the top spot in terms of its job forecast and places No. 5 in average commute travel time. (AP Photo/Alex Jones)
6. Wichita, Kan. Wichita ranks No. 6 in terms of foreclosures, and No. 7 in both vacancies and average commuting travel time. (AP Photo/Larry W. Smith)
5. Augusta-Richm... The Augusta-Richmond County metro area provides the second-best commute, in terms of average travel time, according to Forbes. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
4. Des Moines-We... Though its residents may not enjoy Des Moines-West Des Moines' rank when it comes to real-estate taxes (No. 60), they benefit from living in the No. 4 city in terms of vacancies. (AP Photo/Kevin Sanders)
3. Jackson, Miss... The Jackson metro area ranks No. 4 in real-estate taxes, helping it earn the No. 3 spot overall from Forbes. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis)
2. Little Rock-N... The Little Rock-North Little Rock metro area ranks solidly across nearly all of Forbes' categories; its best showing is its No. 4 unemployment rank. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
1. Omaha-Council... Omaha earns the No. 1 overall ranking from Forbes based largely on the strength of its No. 1 unemployment rank. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Best of the Rest For the full list of most-affordable cities, as well as all of the details on how Forbes compiled its rankings, check out America's Best Bang-For-The-Buck Cities. (AP Photo/Ed Koskey Jr.)