USA Today says Jasper is one of America’s best cities to live in.
The newspaper ranks the Dubois County community 14th.
It says Jasper is one of the most affordable places to live in Indiana.
The cost of living in the city is just 83.6 percent of what the typical American pays.
The median household income in Jasper of $55,209 is higher than Indiana’s median of $50,433.
USA Today says the combination of relatively high income and low costs, as compared to the rest of the state, makes Jasper residents more able to afford homes
compared to those in most other areas of Indiana.
The median home price in Jasper is $148,200, compared to Indiana’s median home price of $126,500.
The newspaper says Jasper residents are much less likely to struggle with money than the average Indiana resident.
Statewide, 15 percent of Indiana residents live in poverty.
In Jasper, the poverty rate is less than half that, at 7.1 percent.
