ABILENE, TEXAS
Total Monthly Expenditures: $1,401
Livability Score: 83
Abilene has some of the lowest grocery costs in the study. It’s one of nine cities where you can expect to spend less than $300 a month with costs 8.6 percent lower than the national average. What’s more, putting all money questions aside, its Livability Score of 83 is the highest in the study.