Cost Of Living in Parowan, UT

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	Parowan	Utah	National
Cost of living	98	104	100
Goods & Services	97	102	100
Groceries	98	99	100
Health care	85	91	100
Housing	101	114	100
Transportation	104	105	100
Utilities	94	95	100

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Cost Of Living Quick Facts

The cost of living in Parowan is 6% lower than the Utah average
The cost of living in Parowan is 2% lower than the national average
Parowan housing is 1% higher than the national average
Utah general sales tax is 20% higher than the national average
Utah state income tax is 87% higher 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	$39,858	$3,322	$930	$1,196
Renters	$42,938	$3,578	$1,002	$1,288

Utah Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Utah	6.1%	8.35%

Utah Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Utah	4.85%	4.85%

Goods & Services

Item	Parowan	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$22.23	$24.26	8.4%
Beauty Salon	$32.57	$45.56	28.5%
Toothpaste	$3.61	$3.70	2.4%
Shampoo	$1.06	$1.28	17.0%
Movie	$11.81	$12.13	2.7%
Bowling	$14.33	$18.00	20.4%

Groceries

Item	Parowan	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$5.61	$5.84	4.0%
Fried Chicken	$1.72	$1.57	9.2%
Milk	$4.53	$4.67	3.0%
Potatoes	$4.62	$4.93	6.4%
Pizza	$12.39	$12.09	2.5%
Beer	$10.93	$10.41	5.0%

Health Care

Item	Parowan	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$97.25	$125.68	22.6%
Doctor	$100.33	$135.78	26.1%
Dentist	$91.12	$113.29	19.6%
Ibuprofen	$10.61	$10.65	0.4%
Lipitor	$513.30	$468.60	9.5%

Housing

Item	Parowan	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$187,100.00	$184,700.00	1.3%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$2,446.69	$2,346.69	4.3%
Apartment Rent	$957.00	$949.00	0.8%

Transportation

Item	Parowan	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.63	$3.46	5.0%
Tire Balancing	$59.97	$59.92	0.1%

Utilities

Item	Parowan	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$173.84	$193.99	10.4%
Phone	$191.46	$192.25	0.4%

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.
Brian Head, UT	43	97	3.0%
Paragonah, UT	511	100	0.4%
Cedar City, UT	33,404	101	1.4%
Enoch, UT	7,044	106	6.0%
Summit, UT	252	116	15.9%
Parowan, UT	3,104	98	1.7%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Harbour Grace, NL	3,104	n/a
Athabasca, AB	3,104	n/a
Homer, NY	3,103	94	5.6%
Westhampton, NY	3,105	177	77.1%
Trois-Pistoles, QC	3,105	n/a
Parowan, UT	3,104	98	1.7%

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 Parowan, UT