6 Affordable cities.

• Position: Forbes Most Affordable Cities list, 2015 - Stateline - Brief article

Paychecks in Birmingham, Alabama, go further than they do in any of America's 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, according to Forbes magazine's Most Affordable Cities list for 2015. The median family income of $61,000 is below the national average ($63,900), but so are prices for just about everything. The median sales price for a home was $130,000 during the fourth quarter of 2014, and about 81.5 percent of homes were affordable to...