The higher the cost of living in a state, the harder it can be to make ends meet. This metric is determined using regional price parity data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which measures ...

Although inflation does have a hand in determining the cost of living, low levels of inflation do not always mean lower costs of living. Data from the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key metric from ...

Core cost of living data is from The Cost of Living Index - COLI from the Council for Community and Economic Research. Price collection by city is conducted in strict conformance with standard ...