Cost of living rankings

U.S. states ranked by cost of living, 2024 data

The value is a price index where 100 is the U.S. average. A higher number means prices run above the national average, so the top of the list is the most expensive to live in and the bottom the least, not the most affordable.

Ranked by cost of living (a price index where 100 is the U.S. average). BEA publishes price parities for states and metro areas only, so counties are not ranked; county pages show the metro-or-state figure, labeled with its source. Source: BEA Regional Price Parities. These figures cover all residents, not tax filers, and say nothing about why anyone moved. See also the migration rankings.