About the Cost of Living Index:
C2ER produces the Cost of Living Index to provide a useful and reasonably accurate measure to compare cost of living differences among urban areas. Items on which the Index is based have been carefully chosen to reflect the different categories of consumer expenditures. Weights assigned to relative costs are based on government survey data on expenditure patterns for midmanagement households. All items are priced in each place at a specified time and according to standardized specifications. For more information on the ACCRA Cost of Living Index, please visit the website at http://www.coli.org/.
| 100% Composite Index |
13.36% Grocery Items |
28.64% Housing |
10.46% Utilities |
10.66% Transportation |
4.44% Health care |
32.44% Misc. Goods and Services |
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| Midland, TX | 91.7 | 89.9 | 98.2 | 88.0 | 96.1 | 95.2 | 86.1 |
| Austin, TX | 95.4 | 90.3 | 86.8 | 93.0 | 101.4 | 108.1 | 102.3 |
| Dallas, TX | 98.8 | 99.4 | 76.9 | 120.5 | 111.3 | 102.6 | 106.2 |
| San Antonio, TX | 87.9 | 81.9 | 83.5 | 84.1 | 92.7 | 96.5 | 92.8 |