Index | Dickens | Iowa | National |
Cost of living | 80 | 90 | 100 |
Goods & Services | 98 | 96 | 100 |
Groceries | 103 | 98 | 100 |
Health care | 118 | 100 | 100 |
Housing | 32 | 73 | 100 |
Transportation | 99 | 101 | 100 |
Utilities | 97 | 98 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $51,500 | $4,292 | $1,202 | $1,545 |
Renters | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
Iowa | 6% | 7% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
Iowa | 0.33% | 8.53% |
Item | Dickens | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $22.50 | $17.49 | 28.6% |
Beauty Salon | $27.60 | $38.17 | 27.7% |
Toothpaste | $2.23 | $2.32 | 3.9% |
Shampoo | $0.99 | $1.01 | 2.2% |
Movie | $9.75 | $10.72 | 9.1% |
Bowling | $10.00 | $13.86 | 27.9% |
Item | Dickens | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $3.43 | $3.90 | 12.0% |
Fried Chicken | $2.73 | $1.40 | 95.6% |
Milk | $1.73 | $1.96 | 11.8% |
Potatoes | $3.24 | $3.18 | 1.8% |
Pizza | $11.99 | $10.39 | 15.4% |
Beer | $8.99 | $9.23 | 2.6% |
Item | Dickens | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $111.30 | $106.34 | 4.7% |
Doctor | $204.33 | $115.25 | 77.3% |
Dentist | $101.00 | $98.38 | 2.7% |
Ibuprofen | $10.69 | $9.26 | 15.4% |
Lipitor | $348.93 | $466.47 | 25.2% |
Item | Dickens | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $60,000.00 | $184,700.00 | 67.5% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $745.67 | $1,273.32 | 41.4% |
Apartment Rent | $0.00 | $949.00 | 100.0% |
Item | Dickens | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $2.64 | $2.59 | 1.8% |
Tire Balancing | $47.33 | $48.90 | 3.2% |
Item | Dickens | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $161.10 | $167.60 | 3.9% |
Phone | $179.21 | $163.42 | 9.7% |
City, State | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Greenville, IA | 93 | 94 | -6% |
Curlew, IA | 73 | 99 | -1% |
Webb, IA | 186 | 78 | -22% |
Gillett Grove, IA | 35 | 75 | -25% |
Wallingford, IA | 180 | 81 | -19% |
Dickens, IA | 204 | 80 | -20% |
City, State | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Bakerhill, AL | 204 | 76 | -24% |
Carney, MI | 204 | 81 | -19% |
Cantwell, AK | 204 | 118 | 18% |
Oakwood Park, MO | 204 | 98 | -2% |
Minnesota City, MN | 204 | 98 | -2% |
Dickens, IA | 204 | 80 | -20% |