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Cost of Living in Houston


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In Houston, your dollar has a much higher buying power than virtually any other major metropolitan area in the country.

  • The Q2/09 ACCRA Cost of Living Index shows that Houston's overall after-taxes living costs are 11% below the nationwide average, largely due to housing costs that are 26% below the average.
  • In the context of the 27 participating metropolitan areas with more than 2 million residents, Houston's cost-of-living advantage is even more pronounced. Houston's housing costs are 42% below the average for the large metro areas, and its overall costs are 20% below the average for this group.
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COST OF LIVING COMPARISONS

Third Quarter 2009

Average for 315 Urban Areas = 100

Metropolitan Statistical Area

Com­posite

Gro­ceries

Housing

Utilities

Trans­porta­tion

Health Care

Misc

Goods &  Svcs

New York-Newark-Edison NY-NJ-PA

153.4

120.5

232.2

144.3

109.4

114.9

118.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA

143.7

105.4

236.1

94.2

115.7

108.9

105.4

Washington-Arling­ton-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV

133.7

113.7

199.1

111.2

109.7

103.5

102.1

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH

130.6

118.6

146.7

147.8

100.9

125.7

126.4

Miami-Fort Lauder­dale-Miami Beach FL

109.5

107.4

125.1

92.3

109.7

107.3

101.8

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL-IN-WI

107.3

105.4

112.7

118.3

115.4

108.0

97.2

Denver-Aurora CO

104.3

99.4

106.6

105.0

96.5

105.4

106.4

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA

94.0

96.9

87.1

85.0

97.4

105.3

99.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX

93.0

97.2

77.0

110.2

97.2

99.8

98.0

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown TX

89.3

86.2

74.0

104.6

94.4

95.3

97.0

Source: Council for Community and Economic Research, ACCRA Cost of Living Index, Third Quarter 2009 (published November 2009)

Note: Data are unweighted averages for all reporting places in each metropolitan area.

 

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