US Cost of Living Tiers (2024)

author: TA-MajestyPalm/reddit, added on: 2025-03-14

TA-MajestyPalm:

Graphic/map by me, created with excel and mapchart, all data and methodology from EPI's family budget calculator.

A note on West Virginia - the state stood out to me so I did some digging comparing border counties to neighboring Kentucky and Virginia. West Virginia has significantly higher healthcare costs, sometimes almost double. I'm not local so can't comment on how accurate this is exactly along state lines.

For those interested, here is a similar graphic I created for a Single Person using slightly older data.

And here is one comparing Metro Areas

Collection: cost-of-living - Tags: cost-of-living, us, 2024 - Source: reddit.com