I make $30k and live alone comfortably in my own home, BUT I was very blessed to be able to buy a foreclosure in Jan 2020 for $92k. If you can save up a down payment you should be able to afford a house, but with current rent in the area you would have to be frugal, and it all depends on how the market goes. I have two cousins in single income households and both have managed to buy houses in the last year with kids, and another single cousin below $50k who bought a house, but all purchased outside of Springfield.