Cost Of Living in East Central, WA

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	East Central	Spokane	Washington
Cost of living	104	105	118
Goods & Services	100	100	111
Groceries	111	111	110
Health care	112	112	120
Housing	102	106	135
Transportation	118	118	123
Utilities	97	97	92

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The cost of living in East Central is 12% lower than the Spokane average
The cost of living in East Central is 4% higher than the national average
East Central housing is 2% higher than the national average
Washington general sales tax is 27% higher than the national average
Washington state income tax is 100% lower than the national average

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Price difference in compared to

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

Median Income	Per Year	Per Month	Max Budget (28% DTI)	Max Budget (36% DTI)
Household	$53,837	$4,486	$1,256	$1,615

Washington Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Washington	6.5%	10.4%

Washington Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Washington	0%	0%

Goods & Services

Item	Spokane	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$27.83	$24.26	14.7%
Beauty Salon	$51.82	$45.56	13.7%
Toothpaste	$3.72	$3.70	0.4%
Shampoo	$1.29	$1.28	0.6%
Movie	$14.89	$12.13	22.7%
Bowling	$23.19	$18.00	28.8%

Groceries

Item	Spokane	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$6.17	$5.84	5.7%
Fried Chicken	$2.22	$1.57	41.0%
Milk	$4.92	$4.67	5.3%
Potatoes	$4.89	$4.93	0.9%
Pizza	$11.23	$12.09	7.1%
Beer	$11.57	$10.41	11.1%

Health Care

Item	Spokane	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$165.73	$125.68	31.9%
Doctor	$168.55	$135.78	24.1%
Dentist	$118.01	$113.29	4.2%
Ibuprofen	$11.49	$10.65	7.9%
Lipitor	$477.18	$468.60	1.8%

Housing

Item	Spokane	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$205,500.00	$184,700.00	11.3%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$2,282.29	$2,346.69	2.7%
Apartment Rent	$905.00	$949.00	4.6%

Transportation

Item	Spokane	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$4.30	$3.46	24.2%
Tire Balancing	$60.58	$59.92	1.1%

Utilities

Item	Spokane	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$178.20	$193.99	8.1%
Phone	$201.25	$192.25	4.7%

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.
Rockford, WA	418	101	0.9%
Millwood, WA	1,742	103	2.5%
Medical Lake, WA	4,950	103	2.8%
Airway Heights, WA	8,885	104	3.9%
Cheney, WA	12,455	108	8.0%
Spokane, WA	219,185	105	5.3%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Spring Valley, NV	218,697	112	11.7%
San Bernardino, CA	216,784	119	18.9%
Baton Rouge, LA	222,191	97	2.7%
Richmond, BC	222,489	n/a
Tacoma, WA	215,766	128	27.6%
Spokane, WA	219,185	105	5.3%

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 East Central, Spokane, WA