Custer, Washington Cost Of Living

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Overall 9%

Goods & Services 13%

Housing 0%

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	Custer	Washington	National
Cost of living	109	116	100
Goods & Services	113	108	100
Groceries	111	108	100
Health care	113	119	100
Housing	n/a	135	100
Transportation	119	116	100
Utilities	85	89	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Custer is 5% lower than the Washington average
The cost of living in Custer is 9% higher than the national average
Custer housing is 32% higher than the national average
Washington general sales tax is 28% higher than the national average
Washington state income tax is 100% lower 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	$70,423	$5,869	$1,643	$2,113
Renters	$0	$0	$0	$0

Washington Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Washington	6.5%	10.4%

Washington Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Washington	0%	0%

Goods & Services

Item	Custer	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$21.50	$17.49	22.9%
Beauty Salon	$41.50	$38.17	8.7%
Toothpaste	$3.48	$2.32	49.9%
Shampoo	$1.29	$1.01	27.5%
Movie	$12.30	$10.72	14.7%
Bowling	$16.67	$13.86	20.3%

Groceries

Item	Custer	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$4.19	$3.90	7.4%
Fried Chicken	$1.82	$1.40	30.4%
Milk	$1.99	$1.96	1.4%
Potatoes	$3.54	$3.18	11.2%
Pizza	$12.29	$10.39	18.2%
Beer	$10.38	$9.23	12.5%

Health Care

Item	Custer	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$155.00	$106.34	45.8%
Doctor	$125.00	$115.25	8.5%
Dentist	$111.50	$98.38	13.3%
Ibuprofen	$10.46	$9.26	12.9%
Lipitor	$506.00	$466.47	8.5%

Housing

Item	Custer	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$0.00	$184,700.00	100.0%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,806.59	$1,273.32	41.9%
Apartment Rent	$0.00	$949.00	100.0%

Transportation

Item	Custer	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.40	$2.59	31.2%
Tire Balancing	$50.33	$48.90	2.9%

Utilities

Item	Custer	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$114.87	$167.60	31.5%
Phone	$189.87	$163.42	16.2%

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.
Nooksack, WA	1,763	110	10%
Everson, WA	2,555	110	10%
Birch Bay, WA	8,107	113	13%
Ferndale, WA	12,666	114	14%
Lynden, WA	13,204	118	18%
Custer, WA	448	109	9%

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Bud, WV	448	92	-8%
McCool Junction, NE	448	84	-16%
Angoon, AK	448	110	10%
Cement, OK	448	74	-26%
Galien, MI	448	88	-12%
Custer, WA	448	109	9%

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

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