Cost Of Living in Prospect Park, NJ

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	Prospect Park	New Jersey	National
Cost of living	120	121	100
Goods & Services	107	106	100
Groceries	102	102	100
Health care	96	99	100
Housing	151	158	100
Transportation	108	103	100
Utilities	111	107	100

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The cost of living in Prospect Park is 1% lower than the New Jersey average
The cost of living in Prospect Park is 20% higher than the national average
Prospect Park housing is 51% higher than the national average
New Jersey general sales tax is 30% higher than the national average
New Jersey state income tax is 46% 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	$86,354	$7,196	$2,015	$2,591
Renters	$31,064	$2,589	$725	$932

The affordability of the housing market in Prospect Park, NJ as well as the overall cost of living can be predicted by what percent of the monthly income is spent on housing related costs. This is konwn as the debt-to-income ratio (DTI). The overall rule of thumb is that no more than 28% of your gross income should be spent on the overall costs related to housing and no more than 36% of gross income on all expenses and debts. Among Prospect Park homeowners, the median income is $86,354. This indicates that a monthly maximum of $2,015 should be spent by homeowners on all housing related costs. Renters have a median income of $31,064. This indicates that renters would have a maximum of $725 for their rent related monthly costs.

New Jersey Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
New Jersey	6.625%	12.625%

New Jersey Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
New Jersey	1.4%	10.75%

Goods & Services

Item	Prospect Park	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$25.62	$24.26	5.6%
Beauty Salon	$41.67	$45.56	8.6%
Toothpaste	$3.72	$3.70	0.4%
Shampoo	$1.48	$1.28	15.6%
Movie	$15.78	$12.13	30.1%
Bowling	$21.00	$18.00	16.7%

Groceries

Item	Prospect Park	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$5.65	$5.84	3.3%
Fried Chicken	$1.39	$1.57	11.4%
Milk	$4.71	$4.67	0.7%
Potatoes	$5.37	$4.93	8.8%
Pizza	$11.49	$12.09	4.9%
Beer	$11.33	$10.41	8.8%

Health Care

Item	Prospect Park	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$157.11	$125.68	25.0%
Doctor	$115.59	$135.78	14.9%
Dentist	$124.27	$113.29	9.7%
Ibuprofen	$11.15	$10.65	4.6%
Lipitor	$451.73	$468.60	3.6%

Housing

Item	Prospect Park	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$280,100.00	$184,700.00	51.7%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$3,568.94	$2,346.69	52.1%
Apartment Rent	$1,417.00	$949.00	49.3%

Transportation

Item	Prospect Park	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.41	$3.46	1.4%
Tire Balancing	$82.67	$59.92	38.0%

Utilities

Item	Prospect Park	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$236.04	$193.99	21.7%
Phone	$186.61	$192.25	2.9%

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.
East Orange, NJ	64,650	111	11.1%
Silver Lake CDP (Warren County), NJ	320	113	13.2%
Newark, NJ	281,917	114	14.0%
Paterson, NJ	145,484	115	15.3%
Haledon, NJ	8,298	119	19.2%
Prospect Park, NJ	5,853	120	19.7%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Bay Roberts, NL	5,853	n/a
Windcrest, TX	5,854	103	3.0%
Stirling-Rawdon, ON	5,854	n/a
Richmond, MI	5,851	98	1.5%
Luling, TX	5,850	88	11.9%
Prospect Park, NJ	5,853	120	19.7%

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 Prospect Park, NJ