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Compare your home area costs to US average

W

WildHorse

Diamond Member
Inspired by mjuszczak's "should I move to Boston?" thread where he gives a link to "Sperling's Best Places" database.

Plug your zip code in
Here
& then click "Cost of Living."

Post how your costs compare to the US national average for "Overall," "Food," & "Housing":

Mine:
  • INDEX..................Central Calif....US Average
  • Overall........................605.0.........100
  • Food...........................114.9.........100
  • Housing..................1,485.6.........100
Please say where you are.
 
Where I grew up:
Naples, FL (34109) Live Weather:71 Degrees Clear

COSTLIV..........Naples, 34109....United States
Overall..............156.2...................100
Food..................104.4...................100
Housing.............248.9...................100
Utilities..............101.6...................100
Health...............109.7...................100
Transportation...109.9...................100
Miscellaneous.....100.3..................100
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Where I live now:
Tallahassee, FL (32304) Live Weather:47 Degrees Clear

COSTLIV.........Tallahassee, 32304....United States
Overall..............89.1...........................100
Food.................108.1..........................100
Housing.............56.9...........................100
Utilities.............109.8..........................100
Health..............101.6...........................100
Transportation...103.6..........................100
Miscellaneous....108.8..........................100
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wow, i'm gonna spend the next 3 hours playing with this... thanks for giving me a vehicle in which to procrastinate
 
I thought this was interesting....

HOUSING..............Naples, 34109........United States
Apartment Rent......$861.....................$653
Property Tax Rate...$10.12..................$0.00
Median Home Age...4.9.......................27.2
Median Home Cost..$519,000.............$208,500
Home Appreciation..23.57%...............13.62%
Homes Owned........56.33%...............64.07%
Homes Rented.......23.93%...............21.45%
Housing Vacant......19.74%...............14.48%
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😛

edit: actually that's misleading. that's only for 34109. For all of Naples, FL the median home value is $873,500. :Q
 
Huntington Wv

Overall 80.7
Food 102.7
Housing 52.4
Utilities 77.7
Health 90.9
Transportation 100.5
Miscellaneous 98.6

Apartment Rent $503
Property Tax Rate $8.36
Median Home Age 35.9
Median Home Cost $109,300
Home Appreciation 4.25%

 
COSTLIV Dumas, 79029 United States
Overall 74.5....................100
Food 91.3....................100
Housing 40.5...................100
Utilities 90.2..............100
Health 93.4....................100
Transportation 99.9........100
Miscellaneous 93.4.........100

All in all, it's pretty damn cheap here.
 
Where I live now...

Wailuku, HI (96793) Live Weather:73 Degrees Fair
COSTLIV Wailuku, 96793 United States
Overall 164.2 100
Food 123.6 100
Housing 249.6 100
Utilities 82.5 100
Health 120.7 100
Transportation 120.3 100
Miscellaneous 119.2 100


Where I moved from...

Fairbanks, AK (99709) Live Weather:34 Degrees Light Rain
COSTLIV Fairbanks, 99709 United States
Overall 116.9 100
Food 116.8 100
Housing 96.7 100
Utilities 178.1 100
Health 165.3 100
Transportation 112.1 100
Miscellaneous 117.1 100
 
Boston, MA (02118) Live Weather:35 Degrees Cloudy
COSTLIV Boston, 02118 United States
Overall 330.5 100
Food 113.1 100
Housing 710.6 100
Utilities 131 100
Health 129 100
Transportation 115.7 100
Miscellaneous 111.6 100
 
Slidell, LA

Overall 91.4
Food 106.9
Housing 69.7
Utilities 104.6
Health 105
Transportation 106.2
Miscellaneous 98.9
 
COSTLIV Matthews, 28104
Overall 100.4
Food 99.2
Housing 104.9
Utilities 90.8
Health 101.9
Transportation 100
Miscellaneous 97.3
 
Used the location of a house I'm getting in about a month.

Buda, Tx (South of Austin, Tx)
Overall 92.6
Food 84.6
House 87.9
Utilities 89.2
Health 103.7
Transportation 98
Miscellaneous 101.8

 
HAHAHA I make almost 3 times the avg household income of my area... 23324

Yes some bits are quite ghetto.

for fun: 90210 - Median Home Cost $2,283,000
 
Brazil, Indiana 47834

overall: 80.8
food: 101.1
housing: 43.1
Utilities: 104.8
health: 98.2
transportation: 102.9


median home cost 89,900
Air Quality 73
Commute time 26.5
 
Escanaba, 49829

Overall 86
Food 101.4
Housing 53.2 (hahah sweet)
Utilities 101.5
Health 93.7
Transportation 113.3
Miscellaneous 106.6
 
COSTLIV Harrisburg, 17109 United States
Overall 89.3
Food 92.6
Housing 70
Utilities 108.1
Health 93.5
Transportation 109.1
Miscellaneous 100.4
 
COSTLIV Danville, 40422 United States
Overall 83.7 100
Food 104.2 100
Housing 59.7 100
Median Home Age 28.8 27.2
Median Home Cost $124,400 $208,500
 
COSTLIV Norcross, 30071 United States (suburb of Atlanta)
Overall 92.2 100
Food 98.4 100
Housing 80 100
Utilities 92 100
Health 104.7 100
Transportation 103.6 100
Miscellaneous 98.2 100

I'm actually surprised about the housing part. They've got some expensive homes around here. Even the townhomes start in the high 100s.
 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
COSTLIV Danville, 40422 United States
Overall 83.7 100
Food 104.2 100
Housing 59.7 100
Median Home Age 28.8 27.2
Median Home Cost $124,400 $208,500
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Good ol' Danville, KY. That seems about right, especially in housing. I guess it about a 45min-1hr drive to any bigger cities.

For Richmond, KY:

Overall............ 86.7..100
Food.............. 104.9..100
Housing........... 65.6..100
Utilities............ 89.8..100
Health............. 95.1..100
Transportation. 95.7..100
Miscellaneous.. 99.3..100

Median Home Cost.........$136,700.....$208,500

The data must be a bit old, because Richmond has been booming here as of late. I have a hard time believing our housing is that much lower than the national standard.
 
85340, Avondale. Pretty close to to averages.

Overall 105.6 100
Food 104.5 100
Housing 110.6 100
Utilities 103.4 100
Health 116.4 100
Transportation 106 100
Miscellaneous 96.1 100
 
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