1. West Virginia 2,185 square feetHarper's Ferry, West Virginia. Ryan Smith/Ascend WV West Virginia has the lowest cost of living in the US and was the only state in the GOBankingRate analysis to have a home larger than 2,000 square feet.While that is a good deal smaller than the modern average newly built home size of 2,500 square feet, it's about as large as homes were back in the 1990s, according to Huts.com.2. Kansas 1,894 square feetWichita, Kansas. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Kansas placed second in the rankings, with a low price per square foot of $158 and a relatively low cost of living.3. Alabama 1,876 square feetHuntsville, Alabama. Davel5957/Getty Images Alabama and Mississippi ranked right next to one another in the rankings, thanks in part to similar costs of living.4. Mississippi 1,855 square feetJackson, Mississippi. SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images Mississippi has a comparatively low median price per square foot of $162.5. Oklahoma 1,793 square feetTulsa, Oklahoma. Davel5957/Getty Images Oklahoma and its neighbor Arkansas also share several similarities, which result in their placement next to one another in the ranking.6. Arkansas 1,781 square feetFayetteville, Arkansas. Michael Warren/Getty Images With 1,781 square feet, the $300,000 Arkansas home is just about the size that newly built homes were in the 1980's.7. Iowa 1,776 square feetDes Moines, Iowa. f11photo / Getty Images A $300,000 home in Iowa would start to feel snug for the modern family, but it's still quite a bit larger than typical homes were in the 1970s.8. Indiana 1,733 square feetFort Wayne, Indiana. Getty Images Another pair of neighbors join the list Indiana and Kentucky, clocking in with remarkably similar prices and living costs.9. Kentucky 1,721 square feetFrankfort, Kentucky. DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Kentucky's median price per square foot of $174 still offers a fair amount of living space for $300,000.10. Michigan 1,706 square feetHoughton, Michigan. Haizhan Zheng/Getty Images Michigan is the northernmost state to make it into the top ten, with a median price per square foot of $176.11. Missouri 1,704 square feetSt. Louis, Missouri. Art Wager/Getty Images At 1,704 square feet, a household of four would have 426 square feet per person. That's quite cozy by modern standards, but still more spacious than was the norm in the 1960's.Beyond these top 11, the other 39 US states come in below 1,700 square feet at $300,000, so buyers would likely need to up their budgets to get the same space.Read the full list at GOBankingRates.