Blanding, Utah Cost Of Living

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Overall 5%

Goods & Services 0%

Housing 20%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2022 and was released from C2ER in January, 2022; this is the most current data available.

The cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. For example, if the cost of living is 90, then it is 10% lower than average. If the cost of living is 110, then it is 10% higher than average. The breakdown for each index is as follows: goods & services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). If the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used.
Index	Blanding	Utah	National
Cost of living	95	104	100
Goods & Services	100	101	100
Groceries	107	98	100
Health care	103	93	100
Housing	80	114	100
Transportation	107	107	100
Utilities	88	93	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Blanding is 9% lower than the Utah average
The cost of living in Blanding is 5% lower than the national average
Blanding housing is 20% lower than the national average
Utah general sales tax is 17% higher than the national average
Utah state income tax is 101% 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	$64,102	$5,342	$1,496	$1,923
Renters	$29,583	$2,465	$690	$888

Utah Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Utah	5.95%	8.35%

Utah Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Utah	4.95%	4.95%

Goods & Services

Item	Blanding	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$25.82	$20.27	27.4%
Beauty Salon	$43.44	$40.39	7.5%
Toothpaste	$2.21	$2.36	6.1%
Shampoo	$0.97	$1.08	10.0%
Movie	$10.31	$10.99	6.2%
Bowling	$15.47	$15.49	0.1%

Groceries

Item	Blanding	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$4.75	$4.30	10.4%
Fried Chicken	$1.60	$1.40	14.1%
Milk	$2.39	$2.20	8.5%
Potatoes	$2.97	$3.22	7.8%
Pizza	$11.76	$10.74	9.5%
Beer	$9.14	$9.60	4.7%

Health Care

Item	Blanding	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$113.83	$109.73	3.7%
Doctor	$145.05	$118.34	22.6%
Dentist	$93.45	$100.94	7.4%
Ibuprofen	$9.07	$9.93	8.7%
Lipitor	$488.17	$469.53	4.0%

Housing

Item	Blanding	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$159,300.00	$184,700.00	13.8%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,158.98	$1,229.62	5.7%
Apartment Rent	$626.00	$949.00	34.0%

Transportation

Item	Blanding	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.85	$2.71	5.3%
Tire Balancing	$57.36	$51.86	10.6%

Utilities

Item	Blanding	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$134.94	$170.84	21.0%
Phone	$187.13	$187.18	0.0%

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	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
White Mesa, UT	108	95	4.6%
Blanding, UT	3,716	95	5.3%

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City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Lyons, KS	3,716	81	19.3%
Dell Rapids, SD	3,715	88	12.0%
Ballinger, TX	3,715	82	17.8%
Nowata, OK	3,717	81	19.4%
Ormstown, QC	3,717	n/a
Blanding, UT	3,716	95	5.3%

Source: This data reflects 2021 and was released from C2ER in January, 2022; this is the most current data available.