El Portal, Florida Cost Of Living

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Overall 15%

Goods & Services 1%

Housing 41%

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	El Portal	Florida	National
Cost of living	115	99	100
Goods & Services	99	99	100
Groceries	111	105	100
Health care	107	100	100
Housing	141	96	100
Transportation	112	98	100
Utilities	98	102	100

Key findings

The cost of living in El Portal is 16% higher than the Florida average
The cost of living in El Portal is 15% higher than the national average
El Portal housing is 41% higher than the national average
Florida general sales tax is 18% higher than the national average
Florida 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	$83,565	$6,964	$1,950	$2,507
Renters	$33,393	$2,783	$779	$1,002

Florida Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Florida	6%	7.5%

Florida Income Tax

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

Goods & Services

Item	El Portal	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$13.88	$17.49	20.6%
Beauty Salon	$58.60	$38.17	53.5%
Toothpaste	$2.12	$2.32	8.7%
Shampoo	$1.25	$1.01	23.5%
Movie	$13.77	$10.72	28.4%
Bowling	$22.83	$13.86	64.7%

Groceries

Item	El Portal	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$4.83	$3.90	23.8%
Fried Chicken	$1.61	$1.40	15.4%
Milk	$2.75	$1.96	40.1%
Potatoes	$3.87	$3.18	21.6%
Pizza	$8.99	$10.39	13.5%
Beer	$10.23	$9.23	10.8%

Health Care

Item	El Portal	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$115.80	$106.34	8.9%
Doctor	$106.25	$115.25	7.8%
Dentist	$116.20	$98.38	18.1%
Ibuprofen	$11.42	$9.26	23.3%
Lipitor	$456.77	$466.47	2.1%

Housing

Item	El Portal	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$303,100.00	$184,700.00	64.1%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,633.75	$1,273.32	28.3%
Apartment Rent	$823.00	$949.00	13.3%

Transportation

Item	El Portal	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.57	$2.59	0.9%
Tire Balancing	$67.20	$48.90	37.4%

Utilities

Item	El Portal	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$158.03	$167.60	5.7%
Phone	$185.34	$163.42	13.4%

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.
Fisher Island, FL	235	103	3%
Medley, FL	898	83	-17%
Pembroke Park, FL	6,259	89	-11%
Opa-locka, FL	16,245	91	-9%
Brownsville, FL	15,860	91	-9%
El Portal, FL	2,507	115	15%

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City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Eden, TX	2,507	81	-19%
Dennis, MA	2,507	158	58%
Center Point, IA	2,507	96	-4%
Anza, CA	2,507	104	4%
Sturbridge, MA	2,506	128	28%
El Portal, FL	2,507	115	15%

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

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