Central City, Colorado Cost Of Living

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Overall 4%

Goods & Services 4%

Housing 2%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2019 and was released from C2ER in January, 2020; 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	Central City	Colorado	National
Cost of living	96	110	100
Goods & Services	104	103	100
Groceries	84	97	100
Health care	98	104	100
Housing	98	134	100
Transportation	95	102	100
Utilities	79	86	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Central City is 13% lower than the Colorado average
The cost of living in Central City is 4% lower than the national average
Central City housing is 2% lower than the national average
Colorado general sales tax is 43% lower than the national average
Colorado state income tax is 88% 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	$41,786	$3,482	$975	$1,254
Renters	$50,809	$4,234	$1,185	$1,524

Colorado Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Colorado	2.9%	10%

Colorado Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Colorado	4.63%	4.63%

Goods & Services

Item	Central City	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$24.00	$17.49	37.2%
Beauty Salon	$35.00	$38.17	8.3%
Toothpaste	$1.79	$2.32	22.9%
Shampoo	$0.88	$1.01	13.0%
Movie	$13.49	$10.72	25.8%
Bowling	$20.00	$13.86	44.3%

Groceries

Item	Central City	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$3.94	$3.90	1.0%
Fried Chicken	$1.48	$1.40	6.0%
Milk	$1.19	$1.96	39.4%
Potatoes	$1.97	$3.18	38.1%
Pizza	$10.99	$10.39	5.7%
Beer	$8.98	$9.23	2.7%

Health Care

Item	Central City	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$108.00	$106.34	1.6%
Doctor	$120.00	$115.25	4.1%
Dentist	$90.00	$98.38	8.5%
Ibuprofen	$7.97	$9.26	13.9%
Lipitor	$508.67	$466.47	9.0%

Housing

Item	Central City	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$180,400.00	$184,700.00	2.3%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,896.78	$1,273.32	49.0%
Apartment Rent	$935.00	$949.00	1.5%

Transportation

Item	Central City	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.26	$2.59	12.8%
Tire Balancing	$55.00	$48.90	12.5%

Utilities

Item	Central City	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$103.99	$167.60	38.0%
Phone	$183.87	$163.42	12.5%

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.
Rollinsville, CO	146	95	-5%
Eldora, CO	119	95	-5%
Silver Plume, CO	208	94	-6%
Idaho Springs, CO	1,937	94	-6%
Empire, CO	301	95	-5%
Central City, CO	699	96	-4%

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Early, IA	699	82	-18%
Kuttawa, KY	699	96	-4%
Fort Duchesne, UT	699	93	-7%
Troy, MT	699	91	-9%
Mount Aetna, MD	699	119	19%
Central City, CO	699	96	-4%

Source: The Central City, CO cost of living data displayed above is derived from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) for 2019.

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