Demographics:   Population Growth    Household Size   Race   Hispanic Origin   Age   Segregation   Relgious Groups by Family   Relgious Groups by Tradition   Ancestry   Foreign-Born Population   Marital Status   Male/Female Ratio  
Economy:   Gross Metropolitan Product  
Income:   Income   Household Income Distribution   Poverty Rate   Personal Bankruptcy Filing Rate  
Residental Real Estate:   Building Permits   Homeownership Rates   Housing Vacancy Rates  
Employment & Earnings:   Employment by Industry   Labor Force, Employment and Job Growth   Unemployment Rate  
Average Hourly Wages: Occupations A-C   Average Hourly Wages: Occupations C-E   Average Hourly Wages: Occupations E-I  
Average Hourly Wages: Occupations J-N   Average Hourly Wages: Occupations N-R   Average Hourly Wages: Occupations R-T  
Average Hourly Wages: Occupations T-Z   Means of Transportation to Work   Travel Time to Work   
Election Results:   2012 Presidential Election Results  
Housing:   House Price Index   Year Housing Structure Built  
Education:   Highest Level of Education   School Enrollment by Grade & Control   Educational Attainment by Race  
Cost of Living:   Cost of Living Index   Grocery Prices   Housing and Utility Costs  
Health Care:   Health Care, Transportation and Other Costs   Distribution of Physicians and Dentists   Health Insurance Coverage  
Public Safety:   Crime Rate  
Climate:   Temperature & Precipitation: Yearly Averages and Extremes   Weather Conditions  
Air Quality:   Air Quality Index   Air Quality Index Pollutants   Air Quality Index Trends  
Maximum Air Pollutant Concentrations: Particulate Matter, Ozone, CO and Lead   Maximum Air Pollutant Concentrations: Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide  

Housing and Utility Costs

Note: New Home Price (2,400 sf living area, 8,000 sf lot, in urban area with full utilities); Apartment Rent (950 sf 2 befroom/1.5 or 2 bath, unfurnished, excluding all utilities except water); All Electric (average monthly cost for an all-electric home); Part Electric (average monthly cost for a part-electric home); Other Energy (average monthtly cost for natural gas, fuel oil, coal, wood, and any other forms of energy except electricity); Telephone (price includes basic monthly rate for a private residential line plus additional local usage charges incurred by a family of four); (*) Values for the local area are compared with the average, minimum, and maximum values for all 329 areas in the Cost of Living Index report; n/a not available; In cases where data is not available for the city, data for the metro area or for a neighboring city has been provided and noted below: (1) Rio Rancho NM; (2) Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA; (3) Denver CO; (4) Seattle WA; (5) Tulsa OK; (6) Boston MA; (7) San Diego CA; (8) Raleigh NC; (9) Baltimore MD; (10) Fort Lauderdale FL; (11) Middlesex-Monmouth NJ; (12) Fort Wayne-Allen County IN; (13) Oakland CA; (14) Dallas TX; (15) Phoenix AZ; (16) Winston-Salem NC; (17) Las Vegas NV; (18) Orange County CA; (19) Milwaukee-waukesha WI; (20) Riverside City CA; (21) Joliet-Will County IL; (22) Slidell-ST.Tammany Parish LA; (23) Kansas City MO-KS; (24) Kansas City MO-KS; (25) Nassau County NY; (26) Sacramento CA; (27) Phoenix AZ; (28) Nassau County NY; (29) Detroit MI; (30) San Jose CA; (31) Hampton Roads-SE Virginia VA; (32) Salt Lake City UT; (33) Middlesex-Monmouth NJ
Source: The Council for Community and Economic Research (formerly ACCRA), Cost of Living Index, 2012