cschuldt@nujournal.com
NEW ULM–The City of New Ulm recently took the number one spot on a list of most affordable small towns in the United States.
The list was released by Realtor.com. The list was created using median home list prices, ownership costs, unemployment rates and crime rates to determine the most affordable. Since this was a list of small towns, Realtor.com only surveyed communities with a population under 50,000. The survey also listed one small town per state for geographic diversity.
Real.com website did acknowledge a pattern with the top 10 small towns. The midwest was heavily represented.