Index | Hays | North Carolina | National |
Cost of living index | 91 | 94 | 100 |
Index | Hays | North Carolina | National |
Goods & Services index | 98 | 98 | 100 |
Groceries index | 99 | 98 | 100 |
Health care index | 115 | 107 | 100 |
Housing index | 63 | 85 | 100 |
Transportation index | 110 | 98 | 100 |
Utilities index | 110 | 96 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $33,269 | $2,772 | $776 | $998 |
Renters | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
North Carolina | 4.75% | 7.5% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
North Carolina | 5.75% | 5.75% |
Item | Hays | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $21.09 | $16.09 | 31.1% |
Beauty Salon | $42.13 | $37.33 | 12.9% |
Toothpaste | $2.46 | $2.45 | 0.4% |
Shampoo | $1.33 | $1.00 | 32.9% |
Movie | $10.48 | $10.28 | 1.9% |
Bowling | $4.87 | $4.93 | 1.3% |
Item | Hays | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $3.37 | $3.80 | 11.3% |
Fried Chicken | $1.58 | $1.40 | 13.4% |
Milk | $1.67 | $2.01 | 16.8% |
Potatoes | $3.42 | $3.01 | 13.6% |
Pizza | $9.06 | $9.89 | 8.4% |
Beer | $8.65 | $8.90 | 2.7% |
Item | Hays | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $122.89 | $102.16 | 20.3% |
Doctor | $129.71 | $108.36 | 19.7% |
Dentist | $113.03 | $92.53 | 22.2% |
Ibuprofen | $9.01 | $9.28 | 2.9% |
Lipitor | $420.49 | $425.82 | 1.3% |
Item | Hays | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $117,800.00 | $184,700.00 | 36.2% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $783.13 | $1,202.44 | 34.9% |
Apartment Rent | $585.00 | $949.00 | 38.4% |
Item | Hays | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $2.20 | $2.24 | 2.0% |
Tire Balancing | $62.94 | $46.29 | 36.0% |
Item | Hays | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $155.87 | $165.96 | 6.1% |
Phone | $37.04 | $28.68 | 29.1% |
City, State | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Ronda, NC | 581 | 85 | -15% |
Cricket, NC | 1,686 | 88 | -12% |
Millers Creek, NC | 1,801 | 89 | -11% |
Fairplains, NC | 2,248 | 89 | -11% |
Pleasant Hill, NC | 671 | 91 | -9% |
Hays, NC | 1,698 | 91 | -9% |
City, State | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Dalton, OH | 1,698 | 87 | -13% |
Nutter Fort, WV | 1,698 | 87 | -13% |
Bayou Vista, TX | 1,698 | 103 | 3% |
Rock Creek, MN | 1,698 | 99 | -1% |
Olivet, TN | 1,697 | 86 | -14% |
Hays, NC | 1,698 | 91 | -9% |