Conway, AR Cost of living index: 86.2
Located in central Arkansas some 30 miles north of Little Rock, Conway offers the nation's second-lowest health care costs (17.3% below national average) and third-best deal on miscellaneous goods (15.1% less than average).
Additionally, the community has cut-rate costs for housing (21% below average), utilities (11.7% less than average) and groceries (8.6% under the U.S. average) and the best university in Arkansas.
That more than offsets transportation costs expenses that run 2.2% above the national average.
Realtor.com has about 440 Conway listings, from a $34,000 two-bedroom house to a $1.2 million 5-acre estate.
{OK, so I edited a little..still, there is a reason I40 is so busy bewteen Cway and LRock....}