Transportation tends to cost 9.91% higher. Homes tend to cost 44.22% lower. The cost of living in San Francisco, CA is 35.39% lower than your current city. Utilities tend to cost 43.52% higher.

Cost of living comparison: Renting vs. buying by state In the U.S., the median rent is $1,406 and the median monthly mortgage payment is $1,904. Here's what those numbers look like on the state level.

Cost of living index scores compare a certain area to the national average. There isn’t one federal index, and not every index calculates the cost of living the same, according to Investopedia.

Cost-of-living index scores compare a certain area to the national average. There isn’t one federal index, and not every index calculates the cost of living the same, according to Investopedia.

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The median cost of living in the U.K. ($2,827) is comparable to both Colorado and New Jersey, where a single person with no kids spends $2,843 and $2,798 per month, respectively.

Data showed that Asheville's average monthly cost of living was more than $400 higher than NC's. Here's how both compare to the rest of the nation.

Knoxville has a composite index of 86.5, meaning on average, according to the index's data, a consumer good or service will cost 13.5% less in Knoxville than the national average. Knoxville had ...

Connecticut Total annual expenditures: $82,307 Connecticut has dropped from the seventh most expensive state to 12th. In all, the cost of living is 12.8% higher there than in the rest of the country.

Since mid-2020, average prices in the U.S. have climbed more than 20%. Yet, the total Social Security cost-of-living adjustment has increased just 17.8% over the same period.