Indiana is one of those blessed states where you'll be paying less than five figures for both the roof over your head, and the food on your table. $9,600 is the going rate within the housing market, and $6,900 on top of that should mean that you're not going hungry. Indiana is where you can head to if you want to live the American Dream on a budget.
While you can feed yourself for a reasonable price here, Indiana is also doing all it can to put food on the table for the rest of the United States, too. Only four states in the country produce more corn for grain purposes than Indiana, which makes sense given that it's located firmly within 'The Corn Belt.' Interestingly, although plenty of people know that Indiana is called the 'Hoosier State,' nobody can actually put their finger on why that is, or when it started.