Cost of Living Index

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Comparison Cities — Top 40 Metro Markets
First Quarter 2010

Rank    
1 Nashville, TN 88.3
2 Indianapolis, IN 88.8
3 St. Louis, MO 90.1
4 Dallas, TX 90.8
5 Jacksonville, FL 91.3
6 Houston, TX 91.4
7 Pittsburgh, PA 91.5
8 Austin, TX 91.7
9 Tampa, FL 92.6
10 Columbus, OH 92.7
11 Charlotte, NC 93.5
12 Cincinnati, OH 93.7
13 Atlanta, GA 96.2
13 San Antonio, TX 96.2
15 Orlando, FL 97.4
16 Kansas City, MO 97.6
17 Phoenix, AZ 99.5
18 Cleveland, OH 100.6
19 Denver, CO 102
20 Detroit, MI 102.6
21 Milwaukee, WI 103.5
22 Las Vegas, NV 103.6
23 Miami, FL 104.7
24 Portland, OR 109.5
25 Minneapolis, MN 109.7
26 Riverside, CA 110.5
27 Virginia Beach, VA 112.6
28 Sacramento, CA 116.7
29 Chicago, IL 118.3
30 Baltimore, MD 119.1
31 Providence, RI 121.7
32 Seattle, WA 123.3
33 Philadelphia, PA 126.5
34 Boston, MA 131.1
35 San Diego, CA 132.3
36 Los Angeles, CA 136.2
37 Washington, DC 137.9
38 San Jose, CA 155
39 San Francisco, CA 162.1
40 New York, NY (Manhattan) 218

 

Sources:  Demographics USA, 2008;
First Quarter 2010 ACCRA Cost of Living Index

 

Cost of Living for Selected Southern Cities

Selected Southern Cities
Cost of Living, First Quarter 2010


    
GROCERY
HOUSING
UTILITIES
RANK (ALL)
CITY		 INDEX (ALL) INDEX RANK INDEX RANK INDEX RANK
1 Dallas, TX 90.8 95.9 3 71.9 1 105.4 8
2 Houston, TX 91.4 83.9 1 79.6 2 103.8 7
3 Tampa, FL 92.6 94.3 2 85.5 6 94.3 4
4 Winston-Salem, NC 93.0 98.4 5 84.2 5 88.1 1
5 Charlotte, NC 93.5 96.1 4 79.9 3 89.7 3
6 Atlanta, GA 96.2 98.4 5 91.0 9 88.9 2
7 Orlando, FL 97.4 99.7 7 86.5 7 109.0 10
8 Raleigh, NC 98.4 105.4 9 89.6 8 100.5 6
9 Wilmington, NC 100.0 114.1 10 91.3 10 98.8 5
10 Columbia, SC 101.5 103.2 8 81.3 4 108.2 9

 

 
RANK		  
TRANS.
HEALTHCARE		 MISC. GOODS
& SERV.
 (ALL) CITY INDEX RANK INDEX RANK INDEX RANK
1 Dallas, TX 97.9 4 103.4 7 97.1 2
2 Houston, TX 100.4 7 94.7 2 97.3 3
3 Tampa, FL 102.4 8 96.9 3 93.5 1
4 Winston-Salem, NC 87.7 1 102.3 6 101.1 4
5 Charlotte, NC 99.4 5 111.1 10 101.6 6
6 Atlanta, GA 96.6 3 100.9 5 101.7 7
7 Orlando, FL 103.6 9 92.3 1 101.1 5
8 Raleigh, NC 96.2 2 104.6 8 102.8 8
9 Wilmington, NC 99.6 6 98.9 4 102.8 8
10 Columbia, SC 103.7 10 108.0 9 115.3 10

SOURCE:  ACCRA Inter-City Cost of Living Indicators First Quarter 2010