US city compare · places & metros
Type where you live and where you’re going — any city, town, village, borough, CDP, or metro. See what salary keeps the same lifestyle — plus rent, home value, and take-home.
Filter by state, sort by price level or housing, then open a compare. Full national metro coverage — not a shortlist.
Same $90,000 starting salary. Figures update from the same engine as the form.
For agents — same numbers as structured data
Paycheck and housing stay one tap away.
Every figure is an estimate — not tax, legal, insurance, or housing advice.
BEA is the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — a federal stats agency. Their Regional Price Parities (RPP) say how expensive a metro is versus the US average (US = 100). We use the 2024 all-items / goods / housing indexes for all 387 metros.
Place and metro medians from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-year estimates — rent, home value, household income, poverty, and commute. Metro-wide or place-wide figures, not your block or ZIP.
IRS tax year 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction, plus Social Security & Medicare (FICA). State income tax from Tax Foundation (Jan 1, 2026). Local income tax included when matched to taxlocus-data (CC-BY-4.0); otherwise shown as none found. Sales tax uses state + statewide average local. Single filer.
Auto insurance uses NAIC 2023 state average expenditures (not a personal quote). Groceries use USDA Food Plans (July 2026, Moderate, 1-person), adjusted by the metro goods price index when available.
