Index | Watauga | Tennessee | National |
Cost of living index | 83 | 90 | 100 |
Index | Watauga | Tennessee | National |
Goods & Services index | 97 | 97 | 100 |
Groceries index | 94 | 93 | 100 |
Health care index | 101 | 89 | 100 |
Housing index | 50 | 80 | 100 |
Transportation index | 96 | 90 | 100 |
Utilities index | 104 | 95 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $42,222 | $3,519 | $985 | $1,267 |
Renters | $23,750 | $1,979 | $554 | $713 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
Tennessee | 7% | 9.75% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
Tennessee | 5% | 5% |
Item | Watauga | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $18.68 | $16.09 | 16.1% |
Beauty Salon | $36.55 | $37.33 | 2.1% |
Toothpaste | $2.18 | $2.45 | 10.9% |
Shampoo | $0.98 | $1.00 | 1.8% |
Movie | $10.65 | $10.28 | 3.6% |
Bowling | $5.08 | $4.93 | 3.0% |
Item | Watauga | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $3.94 | $3.80 | 3.6% |
Fried Chicken | $1.18 | $1.40 | 15.4% |
Milk | $1.89 | $2.01 | 5.6% |
Potatoes | $2.79 | $3.01 | 7.3% |
Pizza | $11.26 | $9.89 | 13.9% |
Beer | $8.51 | $8.90 | 4.4% |
Item | Watauga | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $85.89 | $102.16 | 15.9% |
Doctor | $94.49 | $108.36 | 12.8% |
Dentist | $113.79 | $92.53 | 23.0% |
Ibuprofen | $7.75 | $9.28 | 16.5% |
Lipitor | $394.01 | $425.82 | 7.5% |
Item | Watauga | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $90,700.00 | $184,700.00 | 50.9% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $1,241.63 | $1,202.44 | 3.3% |
Apartment Rent | $500.00 | $949.00 | 47.3% |
Item | Watauga | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $2.20 | $2.24 | 1.9% |
Tire Balancing | $42.52 | $46.29 | 8.2% |
Item | Watauga | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $159.88 | $165.96 | 3.7% |
Phone | $32.47 | $28.68 | 13.2% |
City, State | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Roan Mountain, TN | 1,454 | 83 | -17% |
Telford, TN | 792 | 84 | -16% |
Bloomingdale, TN | 9,144 | 84 | -16% |
Elizabethton, TN | 14,012 | 87 | -13% |
Bluff City, TN | 1,682 | 87 | -13% |
Watauga, TN | 300 | 83 | -17% |
City, State | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Perrin, TX | 300 | 75 | -25% |
Fargo, GA | 300 | 75 | -25% |
Bellewood, KY | 300 | 124 | 24% |
Nelsonia, VA | 300 | 83 | -17% |
Sycamore, OK | 300 | 85 | -15% |
Watauga, TN | 300 | 83 | -17% |