| Index | Butts Station | Chesapeake | Virginia | 
| Cost of living | 136 | 115 | 109 | 
| Goods & Services | 100 | 100 | 100 | 
| Groceries | 101 | 101 | 101 | 
| Health care | 96 | 96 | 99 | 
| Housing | 219 | 149 | 130 | 
| Transportation | 100 | 100 | 95 | 
| Utilities | 105 | 105 | 104 | 

 
				
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| Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) | 
| Household | $120,043 | $10,004 | $2,801 | $3,602 | 
| State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax | 
| Virginia | 5.3% | 6% | 
| State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) | 
| Virginia | 2% | 5.75% | 
| Item | Chesapeake | National avg. | Difference | 
| Haircut | $20.00 | $24.26 | 17.6% | 
| Beauty Salon | $54.17 | $45.56 | 18.9% | 
| Toothpaste | $3.72 | $3.70 | 0.5% | 
| Shampoo | $1.26 | $1.28 | 1.3% | 
| Movie | $13.31 | $12.13 | 9.7% | 
| Bowling | $24.17 | $18.00 | 34.3% | 
| Item | Chesapeake | National avg. | Difference | 
| Ground Beef | $5.54 | $5.84 | 5.2% | 
| Fried Chicken | $1.44 | $1.57 | 8.5% | 
| Milk | $4.63 | $4.67 | 1.0% | 
| Potatoes | $5.27 | $4.93 | 6.8% | 
| Pizza | $12.72 | $12.09 | 5.3% | 
| Beer | $10.64 | $10.41 | 2.2% | 
| Item | Chesapeake | National avg. | Difference | 
| Optometrist | $95.44 | $125.68 | 24.1% | 
| Doctor | $122.83 | $135.78 | 9.5% | 
| Dentist | $109.67 | $113.29 | 3.2% | 
| Ibuprofen | $10.76 | $10.65 | 1.0% | 
| Lipitor | $489.65 | $468.60 | 4.5% | 
| Item | Chesapeake | National avg. | Difference | 
| Home Price | $286,000.00 | $184,700.00 | 54.8% | 
| Avg. Mortgage Payment | $2,083.79 | $2,346.69 | 11.2% | 
| Apartment Rent | $1,300.00 | $949.00 | 37.0% | 
| Item | Chesapeake | National avg. | Difference | 
| Gasoline | $3.27 | $3.46 | 5.5% | 
| Tire Balancing | $60.00 | $59.92 | 0.1% | 
| Item | Chesapeake | National avg. | Difference | 
| All Electricity | $227.22 | $193.99 | 17.1% | 
| Phone | $185.33 | $192.25 | 3.6% | 
| City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. | 
| Portsmouth, VA | 94,961 | 101 | 0.5% | 
| Norfolk, VA | 244,300 | 105 | 5.2% | 
| Virginia Beach, VA | 450,882 | 116 | 16.2% | 
| Moyock, NC | 5,180 | 118 | 17.8% | 
| Chesapeake, VA | 242,647 | 115 | 15.3% | 
| City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. | 
| Regina, SK | 241,465 | n/a | |
| Norfolk, VA | 244,300 | 105 | 5.2% | 
| Irving, TX | 240,475 | 107 | 6.6% | 
| Winston-Salem, NC | 245,787 | 95 | 4.7% | 
| Garland, TX | 238,622 | 109 | 8.5% | 
| Chesapeake, VA | 242,647 | 115 | 15.3% |