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City Cost-of-Living Lookup

Type a city to see its median rent, home value and household income — and how each one compares to the typical large US city.

$1,425
Typical rent
$434,611
Typical home
$84,917
Typical income

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the rent, home-value and income figures here come from the American Community Survey 5-Year estimates released in December 2024, spanning 28,702 cities. Each city is read live from that data and compared against the typical large US city — see our methodology for details.

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How does the cost-of-living lookup work?

What does "typical" mean in this tool?

Typical is the median across large US cities (population 50,000+): about $1,425 median rent, $434,600 median home value and $84,900 median household income from Census ACS 5-Year estimates. Each city is compared against that yardstick.

Is this an official cost-of-living index?

The rent, home-value and income figures are official Census ACS data for each city. The "above/below typical" percentages are a simple comparison we compute against the national large-city median — they are a guide, not a substitute for a full regional price-parity index.

Why are some cities missing a number?

Census suppresses an estimate when a place is below the reporting threshold for that table. We show N/A for that value rather than estimate it.