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Cost of Living
The ACCRA cost of living index measures differences in areas in the cost of consumer goods and services, excluding taxes and non-consumer expenditures. It is based on 59 items, for which prices are collected quarterly by a chamber of commerce, economic development organization. The average for all participating places equals 100, and each participant’s index is read as the percentage of the average for all areas.
| ACCRA Cost of Living Index | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Area | Composite | Grocery | Housing | Utilities | Transportation | Health Care | Misc. |
| Philadelphia | 125.1 | 128.8 | 142.3 | 117.9 | 112.0 | 112.8 | 117.1 |
| Dallas | 94.4 | 101.9 | 76.2 | 111.9 | 108.6 | 101.1 | 96.2 |
| Denver | 104.7 | 105.6 | 110.4 | 111.8 | 96.6 | 102.8 | 100.3 |
| Austin | 95.3 | 90.5 | 87.3 | 87.5 | 100.7 | 99.1 | 103.7 |
| Shreveport | 92.8 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 89.7 | 95.6 | 93.2 | 98.6 |
| McAllen | 83.7 | 82.9 | 66.2 | 78.8 | 94.2 | 100.1 | 94.5 |
| Brownsville/ Harlingen | 86.4 | 81.7 | 68.3 | 102.6 | 101.9 | 94.1 | 92.8 |
| Mercedes | 85.1 | 81.5 | 65.3 | 90.7 | 98.1 | 101.2 | 93.7 |