States With The Lowest Cost Of Living Index, Grocery, Housing, Utilities, And Transportation Index
Video Overview & Insights
In this video we discuss the states with the lowest cost of living. We also look at the grocery index, the housing cost index, the utilities cost index and the transportation index.
This kind of looks like an election map. Red is Kamala… everywhere else that actually matters in the great USA is Trump. 🤔 hmm
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States with the lowest cost of living
Great video but would love to know who you are, where you found your data and what inspired you to do this work. "I am outta here" left me with um Who? What's your background, interests, are u a teacher etc....! Thanks!
The states with the lowest cost of living start with Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and New Mexico. And these numbers, for instance 86.1 for Mississippi, are the cost of living index. This index is based around 100, and takes into consideration the cost of housing, food, childcare, transportation and other items.
100 can be looked at like the average, so, in the case of Mississippi at 86.1, it is 100 minus 86.1, or 13.9% cheaper than the average. The states with the highest cost of living are Hawaii at 192.9, California at 151.7 and New York at 139.1. And here is the complete map with the index’s for each state.
Iowa is cheaper than Missouri
Now, here is a map with the grocery index, with the lowest states being Michigan, Texas and Idaho, and the highest states being Hawaii, Alaska, and New York. Again, this is based around 100, and has a much shorter range than the overall index.
Now here is a map with the housing cost index with the lowest states being Mississippi, Alabama and Kansas, and the highest states being Hawaii, New York and California. And the difference in housing costs is substantial, as the lowest 5 states have an average index of 70.62 and the highest 5 states have an average index of 218.7
What people have failed to see is the corelation between corralling citizens into cities and the dependency on others corporations governments that are working to forever increase and thus the people pay more. Very little chopping of wood, very little growing of own gardens and harvesting meat. As someone who has traveled a good bit of this country it's obvious they corralled the Native American and for the last 100 years have corralled the citizens into dependency. A nation founded on independence. Go figure
The next map here is the utilities cost index with the lowest states being Idaho, Louisiana, and Nevada, and the highest states being Hawaii, Alaska and Connecticut. Most of the states are within 20 points of each other in this category.
Now here is a map of the transportation index, with the lowest states being Tennessee, Virginia, and Mississippi, and the highest states being Hawaii, California and Oregon. The range in this category is smaller than most of the other categories.
POV me that lives in Hawaii 💀💀💀
One note, the cost of living is important, but it doesn’t take into account may other valuable things, such as the quality of life, are the school systems good, is there plenty of employment opportunities, and so on.
Timestamps
Alaska is expensive dang !
0:00 States with the lowest cost of living
0:11 Index explained
They may have The lowest cost of living but almost all of these also have the lowest pay so you're making less. You're basically going to be in the same spot you were before you left. Also, most of these rank in the lower percentile of overall best places to live according to many statisticians and surveys over the years
0:23 States with the highest cost of living
0:38 States with the lowest cost of grocery Index
Decent information if you disregard taxation.
0:53 States with the lowest housing cost index
1:14 States with the lowest utilities cost index
Dude Massachusetts is not more expensive to live in then Connecticut or Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine is actually higher overall too, New Hampshire and Massachusetts are the cheapest New England states to live in. You also have to factor draconian fees and rules that can add to the overall burden then other states.
1:28 States with the lowest transportation cost index
10 poorest in U.S. in 2023 based on statistical data n analysis:
Cost of living:
(1) Mississippi - 86.1
(2) Louisiana - 93.9
(3) W. Virginia - 91.1
(4) New Mexico - 87.5
(5) Alabama - 89.3
(6) Arkansas - 86.9
(7) Kentucky - 90.9
(8) S. Carolina - 95.9
(9) Nevada -108.5
(10) - Michigan - 88.9
More User Perspectives
I'm from MI. My husband's work has us in FL, but I really really wanna move back. We can afford a house there even if a tech job pays a bit less there than what he is currently making. We can't afford a house here.
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@little.pixiedollyou forgot to factor in minimum wages as well, texas should be in orange.
@lolomarstraight to the information, love it.
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