Cost Of Living

2016 3rd Quarter

(National Average = 100) Metropolitan Area	Composite Index (100%)	Grocery Items (13.24%)	Housing (28.04%)	Utilities (10.31%)	Transpor- tation (11.16%)	Health Care (4.36%)	Misc. Goods & Services (32.89%)
Huntsville, AL	94.3	97.9	72.4	102.9	97.7	94.4	107.6
Comparable Technology Communities
Austin, TX	96.3	86.6	94.0	101.3	99.8	100.5	98.9
Charlotte, NC	95.9	96.8	85.9	91.1	95.6	103.7	104.5
Orlando, FL	93.7	99.2	91.3	100.4	97.5	84.7	91.4
Raleigh, NC	94.7	113.8	70.6	94.6	91.9	101.1	107.7
Richmond, VA	94.0	92.5	87.2	104.8	89.0	104.3	97.3
San Jose, CA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Major U.S. Metro Areas
Atlanta, GA	97.6	101.6	84.9	104.8	101.1	110.2	101.7
Boston, MA	146.4	107.9	203.2	150.2	113.3	132.7	125.3
Chicago, IL	117.6	103.5	140.9	87.1	133.0	103.3	109.7
Cincinnati, OH	91.1	90.8	74.1	87.5	107.3	95.8	100.7
Cleveland, OH	98.2	115.7	87.9	92.1	102.0	100.8	100.1
Dallas, TX	103.2	110.3	96.4	98.9	100.7	108.3	107.7
Denver, CO	112.6	110.4	134.3	94.7	104.1	107.8	104.2
Detroit, MI	97.2	93.4	86.6	107.7	108.3	96.7	100.9
Houston, TX	99.4	86.9	106.1	109.8	94.7	90.2	98.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA	143.6	112.9	225.2	106.7	130.6	110.0	106.8
Miami-Dade County, FL	108.7	101.7	129.1	96.3	104.6	101.1	100.4
New York (Manhattan), NY	232.0	127.4	482.3	123.1	122.5	114.7	147.6
Philadelphia, PA	115.9	115.8	130.2	118.5	108.4	105.7	106.7
Phoenix, AZ	98.6	94.6	98.6	95.2	102.1	95.3	100.5
Pittsburgh, PA	95.7	97.7	90.9	108.0	112.0	94.2	89.8
Portland, OR	128.2	117.2	175.1	80.9	109.0	108.3	116.6
San Diego, CA	145.7	114.7	235.1	117.4	127.0	108.0	102.3
San Francisco, CA	181.9	132.8	334.4	107.3	133.1	118.2	119.9
Seattle, WA	143.1	122.3	179.0	126.5	131.0	126.3	132.4
St. Louis, MO-IL	89.7	102.2	69.5	110.7	94.9	97.5	92.4
Tampa, FL	92.2	94.6	77.7	113.2	98.9	98.5	93.9
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA	151.6	114.3	243.7	121.8	97.9	100.1	122.5

Source: The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER)

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