Index | Bear Creek | Alabama | National |
Cost of living | 77 | 88 | 100 |
Goods & Services | 90 | 96 | 100 |
Groceries | 94 | 96 | 100 |
Health care | 83 | 87 | 100 |
Housing | 46 | 72 | 100 |
Transportation | 90 | 91 | 100 |
Utilities | 95 | 102 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $34,286 | $2,857 | $800 | $1,029 |
Renters | $32,917 | $2,743 | $768 | $988 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
Alabama | 4% | 13.5% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
Alabama | 2% | 5% |
Item | Bear Creek | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $17.13 | $24.26 | 29.4% |
Beauty Salon | $32.58 | $45.56 | 28.5% |
Toothpaste | $3.74 | $3.70 | 0.9% |
Shampoo | $1.04 | $1.28 | 19.0% |
Movie | $13.50 | $12.13 | 11.2% |
Bowling | $17.50 | $18.00 | 2.8% |
Item | Bear Creek | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $5.67 | $5.84 | 2.9% |
Fried Chicken | $1.67 | $1.57 | 6.2% |
Milk | $4.49 | $4.67 | 4.0% |
Potatoes | $5.06 | $4.93 | 2.5% |
Pizza | $9.73 | $12.09 | 19.5% |
Beer | $10.23 | $10.41 | 1.7% |
Item | Bear Creek | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $80.87 | $125.68 | 35.7% |
Doctor | $90.50 | $135.78 | 33.3% |
Dentist | $94.28 | $113.29 | 16.8% |
Ibuprofen | $10.04 | $10.65 | 5.8% |
Lipitor | $519.93 | $468.60 | 11.0% |
Item | Bear Creek | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $60,200.00 | $184,700.00 | 67.4% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $1,703.27 | $2,346.69 | 27.4% |
Apartment Rent | $735.00 | $949.00 | 22.6% |
Item | Bear Creek | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $3.14 | $3.46 | 9.4% |
Tire Balancing | $52.00 | $59.92 | 13.2% |
Item | Bear Creek | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $180.93 | $193.99 | 6.7% |
Phone | $186.22 | $192.25 | 3.1% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Natural Bridge, AL | 8 | 91 | 9.0% |
Spruce Pine, AL | 73 | 91 | 9.0% |
Lynn, AL | 832 | 78 | 22.3% |
Hodges, AL | 359 | 77 | 23.2% |
Phil Campbell, AL | 935 | 77 | 22.6% |
Bear Creek, AL | 1,638 | 77 | 22.5% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Callender, CA | 1,638 | 173 | 73.3% |
Ahtahkakoop 104, SK | 1,638 | n/a | |
Shasta, CA | 1,639 | 130 | 30.0% |
Monona, IA | 1,639 | 88 | 11.7% |
Worthington, KY | 1,639 | 86 | 14.1% |
Bear Creek, AL | 1,638 | 77 | 22.5% |