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Quality living with lower living costs

 
The Greater Des Moines area is an affordable place to live, work and run a business.  See how our cost of living compares to urban areas nationwide in the table below.                    

URBAN AREA
COMPOSITE INDEX
New York (Manhattan) NY
218.0
Honolulu HI
163.0
San Francisco CA
162.1
New York (Queens) NY
159.5
Orange County CA
146.5
Stamford CT
145.9
Fairbanks AK
139.9
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA
137.9
Los Angeles-Long Beach CA
136.2
San Diego CA
132.3
Boston MA
131.1
Philadelphia PA
126.5
Palm Springs CA
121.5
Chicago IL
118.3
Minneapolis MN
109.7
Portland OR
109.5
Miami-Dade County FL
104.7
Detroit MI
102.6
Denver CO
102.0
Cleveland OH
100.6
U.S. Average
100.0
Phoenix AZ
99.5
Kansas City MO-KS
97.6
Orlando-Kissimmee FL
97.4
Tucson AZ
96.8
Atlanta GA
96.2
Des Moines IA
92.1
 
     Read as a percentage of the average for all places
         Source: ACCRA COST OF LIVING INDEX: Comparative Data     for 308 Urban AreasFirst Quarter 2010.
           The Council for Community and Economic Research.
 
ACCRA Cost of Living Index subscriptions are available at www.coli.org.
 
 
 
 
  

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Midwest Consumer Price Index

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases cost of living information monthly in the form of the Consumer Price Index.  The Midwest version of the CPI covers Iowa.  The June 2010 news release with data tables is available for download.  


Cost of Living Index

The Partnership collects hundreds of prices each quarter to represent the Des Moines metro area in the ACCRA Cost of Living Index.  Download a comparison of 25 communities reporting First Quarter 2010.


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