LivingCostFacts / metrohub

Cost of living by metro area

Compare metropolitan price levels on the same U.S. = 100 scale. Multi-state metros appear once here.

BEA 2024 · HUD FY2027 · ACS 2020–2024 · CPI through 2026-10

Regional Price Parities (RPPs) compare prices across places in the same year. An index of 110 means prices are 10% above the U.S. level; 90 means 10% below. RPP measures relative price levels, while CPI measures price change over time.

Metro price comparison

BEA 2024, U.S. = 100. Rent is a population-weighted mean of member-county benchmarks where available.

Metro areaAll-items RPPHousing RPP2BR rent / month
Abilene, TX90.473.8$1,310
Akron, OH93.476.8$1,231
Albany, GA87.754.6$1,103
Albany, OR102.1101.1$1,726
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY99.6102.6$1,711
Albuquerque, NM95.589.2$1,384
Alexandria, LA85.753.7$995
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ100.0105.5$1,862
Altoona, PA89.555.0$1,151
Amarillo, TX91.878.4$1,107
Ames, IA88.869.2$1,041
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA100.297.5$2,034
Anchorage, AK105.4109.9$1,463
Ann Arbor, MI100.9125.3$1,804
Anniston-Oxford, AL85.954.7$1,010
Appleton, WI92.470.8$1,256
Asheville, NC96.593.4$1,866
Athens-Clarke County, GA93.376.8$1,285
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA100.1111.0$1,748
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ98.998.7$1,888
Auburn-Opelika, AL87.962.1$1,249
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC91.970.6$1,325
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX98.1120.4$1,817
Bakersfield-Delano, CA100.990.3$1,656
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD104.5118.2$2,006
Bangor, ME96.577.7$1,637
Barnstable Town, MA98.490.0$2,488
Baton Rouge, LA90.874.2$1,135
Battle Creek, MI90.561.0$1,233
Bay City, MI91.966.7$1,055
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX90.070.9$1,218
Beckley, WV88.452.2$968
Bellingham, WA103.3112.9$1,872
Bend, OR103.6110.0$1,775
Billings, MT93.577.4$1,424
Binghamton, NY92.969.7$1,219
Birmingham, AL91.671.9$1,339
Bismarck, ND91.084.0$1,067
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA92.774.4$1,216
Bloomington, IL93.574.7$1,287
Bloomington, IN95.185.6$1,220
Boise City, ID98.4105.6$1,528
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH108.3148.4$2,823
Boulder, CO105.2157.0$2,033
Bowling Green, KY90.263.4$1,159
Bozeman, MT102.5139.2$2,109
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA105.6129.6$1,967
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX86.057.7$1,042
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA87.756.3$1,378
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY95.881.0$1,423
Burlington, NC93.277.9$1,348
Burlington-South Burlington, VT100.9103.8$2,165
Canton-Massillon, OH89.458.1$1,049
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL102.3125.1$1,835
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL86.156.4$1,012
Carson City, NV98.1101.2$1,453
Casper, WY93.874.2$1,045
Cedar Rapids, IA89.071.4$1,038
Chambersburg, PA94.671.9$1,325
Champaign-Urbana, IL92.771.6$1,159
Charleston, WV88.751.4$1,037
Charleston-North Charleston, SC101.0119.8$1,884
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC97.397.6$1,670
Charlottesville, VA99.1107.0$1,642
Chattanooga, TN-GA91.576.5$1,340
Cheyenne, WY96.589.8$1,228
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN103.6112.0$1,963
Chico, CA101.291.9$1,509
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN95.487.6$1,428
Clarksville, TN-KY90.973.8$1,294
Cleveland, OH93.979.4$1,262
Cleveland, TN88.160.3$1,270
Coeur d'Alene, ID98.3105.6$1,507
College Station-Bryan, TX91.075.1$1,151
Colorado Springs, CO100.7116.2$1,616
Columbia, MO89.469.2$1,063
Columbia, SC93.779.5$1,204
Columbus, GA-AL89.361.2$1,205
Columbus, IN93.075.5$1,493
Columbus, OH95.587.9$1,585
Corpus Christi, TX92.784.9$1,420
Corvallis, OR104.0114.4$1,857
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL97.094.9$1,788
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX103.1117.9$1,781
Dalton, GA89.863.3$1,093
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL94.789.2$1,434
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL89.168.3$1,056
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH92.772.7$1,248
Decatur, AL87.258.1$1,023
Decatur, IL88.456.2$1,091
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL99.4108.4$1,688
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO105.8146.9$2,169
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA91.784.7$1,341
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI100.394.7$1,460
Dothan, AL83.846.9$961
Dover, DE97.595.9$1,629
Dubuque, IA87.364.0$1,131
Duluth, MN-WI88.871.1$1,207
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC97.698.9$1,697
Eagle Pass, TX83.853.7$1,014
Eau Claire, WI92.872.8$1,259
El Centro, CA95.266.3$1,347
El Paso, TX89.971.2$1,145
Elizabethtown, KY90.666.7$1,087
Elkhart-Goshen, IN90.364.3$1,253
Elmira, NY94.476.4$1,348
Enid, OK *84.351.4$997
Erie, PA91.056.8$1,091
Eugene-Springfield, OR101.698.3$1,546
Evansville, IN91.566.7$1,127
Fairbanks-College, AK103.292.6$1,553
Fargo, ND-MN90.981.1$1,104
Farmington, NM87.756.6$1,116
Fayetteville, NC92.073.1$1,431
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR91.476.9$1,256
Flagstaff, AZ100.3109.0$1,729
Flint, MI93.074.0$1,133
Florence, SC86.852.4$1,112
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL84.847.7$1,085
Fond du Lac, WI91.667.3$1,224
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO101.1120.6$1,759
Fort Smith, AR-OK85.953.4$979
Fort Wayne, IN92.672.3$1,239
Fresno, CA102.295.7$1,654
Gadsden, AL85.753.7$975
Gainesville, FL96.793.0$1,404
Gainesville, GA96.893.5$1,543
Gettysburg, PA95.473.9$1,354
Glens Falls, NY94.976.2$1,347
Goldsboro, NC88.557.7$1,261
Grand Forks, ND-MN86.759.7$1,014
Grand Island, NE86.761.7$1,174
Grand Junction, CO95.586.4$1,282
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI95.586.6$1,545
Grants Pass, OR97.879.9$1,331
Great Falls, MT96.897.1$1,308
Greeley, CO100.2112.6$1,647
Green Bay, WI93.174.7$1,254
Greensboro-High Point, NC92.974.5$1,241
Greenville, NC88.457.3$1,167
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC93.376.8$1,391
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS90.067.9$1,149
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV94.275.7$1,237
Hammond, LA84.548.2$1,097
Hanford-Corcoran, CA101.693.5$1,512
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA98.796.3$1,598
Harrisonburg, VA94.982.3$1,264
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT102.7110.2$1,933
Hattiesburg, MS87.660.1$1,316
Helena, MT95.790.1$1,628
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC88.559.6$1,147
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC98.0101.2$1,949
Hinesville, GA93.979.5$1,346
Homosassa Springs, FL93.578.4$1,194
Hot Springs, AR85.757.3$1,110
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA85.151.3$1,098
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX98.6104.5$1,485
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH88.451.3$1,011
Huntsville, AL93.177.9$1,341
Idaho Falls, ID94.484.0$1,272
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN95.788.9$1,521
Iowa City, IA91.584.0$1,158
Ithaca, NY103.3128.4$1,709
Jackson, MI91.867.1$1,201
Jackson, MS89.064.8$1,240
Jackson, TN85.556.6$1,247
Jacksonville, FL99.5109.8$1,684
Jacksonville, NC92.172.1$1,319
Janesville-Beloit, WI93.779.6$1,280
Jefferson City, MO88.062.1$1,010
Johnson City, TN87.963.2$1,211
Johnstown, PA85.942.3$1,014
Jonesboro, AR85.953.8$1,051
Joplin, MO-KS85.754.0$1,135
Kahului-Wailuku, HI109.4119.2$2,656
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI94.881.6$1,158
Kankakee, IL96.492.9$1,349
Kansas City, MO-KS92.586.6$1,543
Kennewick-Richland, WA100.194.8$1,487
Kenosha, WI101.195.8$1,441
Killeen-Temple, TX91.177.9$1,132
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA86.456.5$1,091
Kingston, NY100.7110.2$1,878
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY109.4115.8$2,131
Knoxville, TN92.682.8$1,406
Kokomo, IN89.659.3$1,179
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN91.869.4$1,298
Lafayette, LA87.258.8$1,039
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN93.476.4$1,241
Lake Charles, LA85.951.8$1,190
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ94.179.8$1,229
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL97.195.9$1,608
Lancaster, PA98.393.8$1,553
Lansing-East Lansing, MI95.083.5$1,323
Laredo, TX87.059.7$1,157
Las Cruces, NM90.263.0$1,073
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV100.2115.5$1,686
Lawrence, KS90.271.6$1,272
Lawton, OK85.957.4$972
Lebanon, PA93.266.0$1,353
Lewiston, ID-WA91.271.9$1,234
Lewiston-Auburn, ME94.769.0$1,677
Lexington Park, MD100.8103.8$1,833
Lexington-Fayette, KY92.977.1$1,416
Lima, OH89.757.3$1,179
Lincoln, NE91.684.2$1,221
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR89.468.3$1,116
Logan, UT-ID95.991.0$1,265
Longview, TX89.566.7$1,230
Longview-Kelso, WA97.582.5$1,398
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA113.6170.4$2,987
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN93.178.6$1,252
Lubbock, TX91.376.4$1,220
Lynchburg, VA89.463.9$1,117
Macon-Bibb County, GA88.558.9$1,289
Madison, WI97.399.7$1,483
Manchester-Nashua, NH105.7134.2$2,179
Manhattan, KS90.272.0$1,104
Mankato, MN91.079.9$1,230
Mansfield, OH88.954.9$1,035
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX85.955.9$1,017
Medford, OR101.497.7$1,539
Memphis, TN-MS-AR92.279.8$1,289
Merced, CA98.378.6$1,517
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL114.2155.6$2,434
Michigan City-La Porte, IN91.768.5$1,245
Midland, MI91.966.7$1,205
Midland, TX95.8101.5$1,794
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI96.997.1$1,263
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI104.8111.8$1,725
Minot, ND87.063.2$1,046
Missoula, MT96.494.9$1,678
Mobile, AL88.160.1$1,139
Modesto, CA104.1108.5$1,803
Monroe, LA83.642.8$1,000
Monroe, MI93.574.6$1,304
Montgomery, AL89.764.3$1,150
Morgantown, WV93.369.1$1,143
Morristown, TN86.459.0$1,153
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA102.4108.2$1,668
Muncie, IN88.157.5$1,145
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI92.574.2$1,285
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC93.683.1$1,504
Napa, CA112.6197.4$3,375
Naples-Marco Island, FL103.2129.4$2,036
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN96.3104.6$1,755
New Haven, CT104.6124.3$2,091
New Orleans-Metairie, LA92.686.0$1,474
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ112.6148.6$2,724
Niles, MI92.471.6$1,152
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL102.4128.0$2,188
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT100.493.7$1,902
Ocala, FL95.286.2$1,394
Odessa, TX93.989.7$1,522
Ogden, UT100.3117.9$1,591
Oklahoma City, OK90.473.9$1,246
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA103.7116.7$1,946
Omaha, NE-IA91.986.4$1,443
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL101.4123.4$1,959
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI92.974.4$1,195
Owensboro, KY88.655.7$1,138
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA110.5171.1$2,424
Paducah, KY-IL86.148.8$1,115
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL100.0111.7$1,779
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL97.396.4$1,577
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV87.145.9$974
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL97.798.8$1,548
Peoria, IL91.263.8$1,212
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD102.6113.1$1,860
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ103.3121.2$1,734
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC88.359.3$1,223
Pittsburgh, PA94.772.0$1,370
Pittsfield, MA95.173.5$1,726
Pocatello, ID88.966.4$1,251
Port St. Lucie, FL100.2113.6$2,069
Portland-South Portland, ME101.9105.2$2,130
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA105.4125.1$1,878
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ98.398.8$1,550
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA101.8103.9$1,917
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT98.2104.1$1,363
Pueblo, CO91.871.3$1,263
Punta Gorda, FL100.5113.3$1,575
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI96.092.0$1,283
Raleigh-Cary, NC98.2103.5$1,689
Rapid City, SD89.272.6$1,404
Reading, PA97.185.4$1,418
Redding, CA100.789.4$1,581
Reno, NV101.0123.5$1,776
Richmond, VA97.999.1$1,649
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA106.4129.3$2,103
Roanoke, VA93.678.5$1,397
Rochester, MN90.878.6$1,345
Rochester, NY97.087.5$1,416
Rockford, IL92.270.1$1,172
Rocky Mount, NC88.056.1$1,167
Rome, GA90.260.3$1,204
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA106.7130.2$2,195
Saginaw, MI90.963.6$1,141
Salem, OR103.6110.3$1,692
Salinas, CA109.0145.7$2,416
Salisbury, MD95.687.2$1,374
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT100.9123.3$1,586
San Angelo, TX92.581.4$1,350
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX94.794.6$1,433
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA111.9179.3$2,823
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA115.6194.7$3,157
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA110.4211.9$3,263
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA108.6144.4$2,720
Sandusky, OH89.359.5$1,217
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA109.9164.3$4,254
Santa Fe, NM98.8108.0$1,735
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA108.8151.4$3,106
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA107.8139.6$2,819
Savannah, GA95.286.0$1,679
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA93.667.0$1,363
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA111.1151.3$2,438
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL98.3101.6$1,542
Sebring, FL92.573.5$1,259
Sheboygan, WI94.080.5$1,168
Sherman-Denison, TX93.889.5$1,395
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA84.852.3$1,045
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ89.261.9$1,153
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD86.557.8$1,194
Sioux Falls, SD-MN90.677.6$1,221
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA92.785.4$1,354
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI92.974.6$1,247
Spartanburg, SC91.168.0$1,182
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA100.397.1$1,464
Springfield, IL92.771.6$1,237
Springfield, MA96.175.8$1,800
Springfield, MO88.665.6$1,097
Springfield, OH90.561.7$1,160
St. Cloud, MN87.665.1$1,233
St. George, UT97.398.1$1,657
St. Joseph, MO-KS86.455.4$1,101
St. Louis, MO-IL95.179.0$1,341
State College, PA96.885.7$1,537
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA91.168.2$1,199
Stockton-Lodi, CA105.1115.6$2,015
Sumter, SC88.060.8$1,338
Syracuse, NY95.780.7$1,493
Tallahassee, FL93.978.5$1,411
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL100.9125.8$1,917
Terre Haute, IN87.851.9$1,152
Texarkana, TX-AR84.049.9$1,101
Toledo, OH91.567.3$1,145
Topeka, KS88.865.0$1,172
Traverse City, MI93.478.1$1,372
Trenton-Princeton, NJ103.2135.1$2,242
Tucson, AZ96.991.8$1,405
Tulsa, OK89.268.2$1,214
Tuscaloosa, AL87.758.2$1,149
Twin Falls, ID *92.173.8$1,260
Tyler, TX92.279.9$1,277
Urban Honolulu, HI111.0135.5$2,542
Utica-Rome, NY92.766.1$1,210
Valdosta, GA88.358.8$1,179
Vallejo, CA108.5142.0$2,342
Victoria, TX89.869.3$1,428
Vineland, NJ96.083.9$1,704
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC97.999.8$1,663
Visalia, CA99.884.1$1,450
Waco, TX92.583.5$1,263
Walla Walla, WA98.586.6$1,561
Warner Robins, GA93.879.2$1,356
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV108.9151.1$2,413
Waterbury-Shelton, CT99.889.1$1,745
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA87.163.1$1,085
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY87.753.2$1,453
Wausau, WI92.771.5$1,217
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH89.052.4$1,007
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA103.9115.0$1,467
Wheeling, WV-OH88.351.4$1,009
Wichita Falls, TX89.568.2$1,145
Wichita, KS88.966.2$1,043
Wildwood-The Villages, FL85.451.7$1,324
Williamsport, PA92.364.4$1,217
Wilmington, NC96.493.2$1,588
Winchester, VA-WV96.590.0$1,505
Winston-Salem, NC92.071.4$1,271
Worcester, MA102.5113.0$2,057
Yakima, WA95.572.6$1,313
York-Hanover, PA96.079.8$1,327
Youngstown-Warren, OH87.453.4$1,003
Yuba City, CA104.2108.3$1,600
Yuma, AZ92.773.8$1,244