• Median home price: $114,000
• Median income: $66,900
• Affordability score: 91.7%

The economy in Indianapolis has staged a comeback, as the revival of the Big Three U.S. automakers has helped boost the region's many auto-industry related business.

It's a sprawling city, however, and many working people have moved to the outskirts in search of lower housing costs.

The new developments, built on cheap land in those far-flung neighborhoods, have kept price increases in check. Even as the metro area continues to grow -- the population is up 1% from 2000 to 2010 -- homebuyers can still find inexpensive places to live.

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