Cost Of Living in Dahlgren, VA

The cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. For example, if the cost of living is 90, then it is 10% lower than average. If the cost of living is 110, then it is 10% higher than average. The breakdown for each index is as follows: goods & services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). If the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used.
Index	Dahlgren	Virginia	National
Cost of living	120	109	100
Goods & Services	110	100	100
Groceries	113	101	100
Health care	109	99	100
Housing	146	130	100
Transportation	111	95	100
Utilities	101	104	100

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The cost of living in Dahlgren is 10% higher than the Virginia average
The cost of living in Dahlgren is 20% higher than the national average
Dahlgren housing is 46% higher than the national average
Virginia general sales tax is 4% higher than the national average
Virginia state income tax is 23% lower than the national average

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

Median Income	Per Year	Per Month	Max Budget (28% DTI)	Max Budget (36% DTI)
Owners	$119,265	$9,939	$2,783	$3,578
Renters	$57,617	$4,801	$1,344	$1,729

Virginia Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Virginia	5.3%	6%

Virginia Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Virginia	2%	5.75%

Goods & Services

Item	Dahlgren	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$25.51	$24.26	5.1%
Beauty Salon	$47.63	$45.56	4.5%
Toothpaste	$3.62	$3.70	2.1%
Shampoo	$1.34	$1.28	4.4%
Movie	$13.08	$12.13	7.8%
Bowling	$24.34	$18.00	35.2%

Groceries

Item	Dahlgren	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$6.08	$5.84	4.1%
Fried Chicken	$1.41	$1.57	10.6%
Milk	$4.68	$4.67	0.2%
Potatoes	$5.30	$4.93	7.3%
Pizza	$12.49	$12.09	3.4%
Beer	$10.83	$10.41	4.0%

Health Care

Item	Dahlgren	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$120.12	$125.68	4.4%
Doctor	$135.82	$135.78	0.0%
Dentist	$98.77	$113.29	12.8%
Ibuprofen	$10.80	$10.65	1.4%
Lipitor	$485.49	$468.60	3.6%

Housing

Item	Dahlgren	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$285,700.00	$184,700.00	54.7%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,923.85	$2,346.69	18.0%
Apartment Rent	$1,187.00	$949.00	25.1%

Transportation

Item	Dahlgren	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.34	$3.46	3.6%
Tire Balancing	$64.70	$59.92	8.0%

Utilities

Item	Dahlgren	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$213.29	$193.99	9.9%
Phone	$184.83	$192.25	3.9%

Although the cost of living data is updated regularly, this cost of living information is to be used as estimates only as prices can change on an ongoing basis.

Nearby cities with low cost of living

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Rock Point, MD	63	109	9.3%
Port Tobacco Village, MD	4	109	9.3%
Quantico, VA	457	110	10.4%
Colonial Beach, VA	3,591	111	10.8%
Port Royal, VA	151	111	10.9%
Dahlgren, VA	3,528	120	20.3%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Studholm, NB	3,528	n/a
Hubbard, OR	3,527	121	21.2%
Camden, DE	3,529	111	10.9%
Hurley, NY	3,529	111	11.1%
Boardman, OR	3,529	92	8.4%
Dahlgren, VA	3,528	120	20.3%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2023 and was released from C2ER in January, 2024; this is the most current data available.

Cost of Living in Dahlgren, VA