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A $250,000 home for sale in Phoenix, Arizona.
- A $250,000 home can range from a small city condo to a house in a spacious suburban culdesac.
- We teamed up with Trulia to see what a $250,00 home looks like in the 25 most populous cities in the US.
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With $250,000, you can buy a sprawling suburban home in Dallas, Houston, or Austin. In San Jose and Los Angeles, you can buy a mobile home.
We teamed up with Trulia to look at similarly-priced homes in the 25 most populous cities in the US, from notoriously-expensive San Francisco to Indianapolis and Columbus, two of the most affordable cities for millennials to buy a home. The most populous city, New York, is also the priciest. Previous reporting from Business Insider's Hillary Hoffower shows the Big Apple is even getting too expensive for millionaires.
Read more: What a $250,000 home looks like in the biggest city in every state
We ordered cities based on population data from the National League of Cities, in order from least to greatest. When possible, we looked at single-family homes over apartments and condos. In addition, some cities' markets only listed homes slightly higher or lower than $250,000.
It's also important to note that even within the same city, the cost of living can vary significantly from neighborhood to neighborhood - but these photos should give you a better idea of what a quarter million dollars will get you in 25 major US cities.
Keep reading for a look at what a $250,000 home looks like in the 25 most populous US cities: