Cost Of Living in Talty, TX

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	Talty	Texas	National
Cost of living	138	92	100
Goods & Services	108	96	100
Groceries	100	96	100
Health care	108	94	100
Housing	218	83	100
Transportation	89	92	100
Utilities	111	104	100

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The cost of living in Talty is 50% higher than the Texas average
The cost of living in Talty is 38% higher than the national average
Talty housing is 118% higher than the national average
Texas general sales tax is 22% higher than the national average
Texas state income tax is 100% 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	$127,708	$10,642	$2,980	$3,832
Renters	$0	$0	$0	$0

Texas Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Texas	6.25%	8.25%

Texas Income Tax

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

Goods & Services

Item	Talty	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$33.29	$24.26	37.2%
Beauty Salon	$65.85	$45.56	44.5%
Toothpaste	$3.57	$3.70	3.6%
Shampoo	$1.30	$1.28	1.3%
Movie	$14.60	$12.13	20.3%
Bowling	$24.53	$18.00	36.3%

Groceries

Item	Talty	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$5.23	$5.84	10.4%
Fried Chicken	$1.74	$1.57	10.8%
Milk	$4.65	$4.67	0.5%
Potatoes	$4.93	$4.93	0.0%
Pizza	$11.30	$12.09	6.5%
Beer	$10.93	$10.41	5.0%

Health Care

Item	Talty	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$143.73	$125.68	14.4%
Doctor	$140.69	$135.78	3.6%
Dentist	$130.53	$113.29	15.2%
Ibuprofen	$10.62	$10.65	0.3%
Lipitor	$499.87	$468.60	6.7%

Housing

Item	Talty	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$353,800.00	$184,700.00	91.6%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$2,258.00	$2,346.69	3.8%
Apartment Rent	$2,643.00	$949.00	178.5%

Transportation

Item	Talty	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.09	$3.46	10.7%
Tire Balancing	$52.04	$59.92	13.2%

Utilities

Item	Talty	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$219.02	$193.99	12.9%
Phone	$208.71	$192.25	8.6%

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.
Mesquite CDP, TX	629	85	14.7%
Oak Ridge town (Cooke County), TX	121	88	11.8%
Elmo, TX	1,729	94	5.9%
Kaufman, TX	7,646	94	5.9%
Balch Springs, TX	25,123	96	3.7%
Talty, TX	2,597	138	38.3%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Holyoke, CO	2,596	97	2.8%
Pocasset, MA	2,596	133	32.9%
Barnum Island, NY	2,596	165	65.3%
Seville, OH	2,596	93	7.2%
Red Hill, PA	2,596	104	3.5%
Talty, TX	2,597	138	38.3%

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 Talty, TX