Cost Of Living In Fertile, MN

Fertile cost of living index

In the event that the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used. Each cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. If the amount is below 100, it is lower than the national average. If the amount is above 100, it is higher than the national average.
Index	Fertile	Minnesota	National
Cost of living index	85	102	100
Index	Fertile	Minnesota	National
Goods & Services index	96	106	100
Groceries index	101	105	100
Health care index	105	110	100
Housing index	56	101	100
Transportation index	105	98	100
Utilities index	85	91	100

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The cost of living in Fertile is 17% lower than the Minnesota average.
The cost of living in Fertile is 15% lower than the national average.
The cost of housing in Fertile is 44% lower than the national average.
Minnesota general sales tax is 35% higher than the national average.
Minnesota state income tax is 141% higher 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	$37,125	$3,094	$866	$1,114
Renters	$24,464	$2,039	$571	$734

Minnesota Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Minnesota	6.875%	7.875%

Minnesota Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Minnesota	5.35%	9.85%

Goods & Services

Item	Fertile	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$15.52	$15.56	0.3%
Beauty Salon	$29.06	$36.11	19.5%
Toothpaste	$2.56	$2.47	3.7%
Shampoo	$0.82	$0.96	15.4%
Movie	$7.74	$10.13	23.6%
Bowling	$3.57	$4.74	24.7%

Groceries

Item	Fertile	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$3.21	$3.98	19.5%
Fried Chicken	$1.28	$1.41	9.1%
Milk	$2.33	$2.06	12.8%
Potatoes	$3.22	$2.98	7.9%
Pizza	$8.94	$9.47	5.7%
Beer	$8.96	$8.79	1.9%

Health Care

Item	Fertile	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$105.43	$101.04	4.3%
Doctor	$119.65	$107.44	11.4%
Dentist	$85.79	$90.42	5.1%
Ibuprofen	$10.64	$9.28	14.7%
Lipitor	$466.48	$426.50	9.4%

Housing

Item	Fertile	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$84,000.00	$175,700.00	52.2%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,083.92	$1,133.23	4.4%
Apartment Rent	$693.00	$920.00	24.7%

Transportation

Item	Fertile	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.05	$1.99	3.1%
Tire Balancing	$50.01	$45.76	9.3%

Utilities

Item	Fertile	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$158.63	$163.81	3.2%
Phone	$19.96	$28.39	29.7%

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, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Bejou, MN	106	78	-22%
Mentor, MN	182	77	-23%
Winger, MN	258	79	-21%
Gary, MN	222	83	-17%
Mahnomen, MN	1,293	83	-17%
Fertile, MN	921	85	-15%

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Corvallis, MT	921	89	-11%
Rolling Hills CDP, CA	921	130	30%
Meigs, GA	921	81	-19%
Star Lake, NY	921	87	-13%
Erick, OK	921	72	-28%
Fertile, MN	921	85	-15%

Source: The Fertile, MN cost of living data displayed above is derived from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) for the fourth quarter of 2016.

Fertile, MN Cost of Living