Sunset Hill, Missouri Cost Of Living

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Overall 36%

Goods & Services 7%

Housing 139%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2022 and was released from C2ER in January, 2022; 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	Sunset Hill	Kansas City	Missouri
Cost of living	136	88	90
Goods & Services	93	93	94
Groceries	90	90	98
Health care	90	90	96
Housing	239	78	78
Transportation	86	86	94
Utilities	98	98	95

Key findings

The cost of living in Sunset Hill is 51% higher than the Kansas City average
The cost of living in Sunset Hill is 36% higher than the national average
Sunset Hill housing is 139% higher than the national average
Missouri general sales tax is 17% lower than the national average
Missouri state income tax is 39% 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)
Household	$150,641	$12,553	$3,515	$4,520

Missouri Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Missouri	4.225%	10.85%

Missouri Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Missouri	1.5%	5.4%

Goods & Services

Item	Kansas City	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$18.73	$20.27	7.6%
Beauty Salon	$32.79	$40.39	18.8%
Toothpaste	$1.70	$2.36	27.8%
Shampoo	$1.02	$1.08	5.5%
Movie	$10.95	$10.99	0.3%
Bowling	$15.40	$15.49	0.6%

Groceries

Item	Kansas City	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$3.86	$4.30	10.3%
Fried Chicken	$1.56	$1.40	11.7%
Milk	$2.26	$2.20	2.6%
Potatoes	$2.56	$3.22	20.5%
Pizza	$10.29	$10.74	4.2%
Beer	$8.97	$9.60	6.6%

Health Care

Item	Kansas City	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$89.00	$109.73	18.9%
Doctor	$87.49	$118.34	26.1%
Dentist	$97.13	$100.94	3.8%
Ibuprofen	$9.26	$9.93	6.7%
Lipitor	$475.56	$469.53	1.3%

Housing

Item	Kansas City	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$135,900.00	$184,700.00	26.4%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,151.15	$1,229.62	6.4%
Apartment Rent	$826.00	$949.00	13.0%

Transportation

Item	Kansas City	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.38	$2.71	12.2%
Tire Balancing	$43.20	$51.86	16.7%

Utilities

Item	Kansas City	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$159.70	$170.84	6.5%
Phone	$193.33	$187.18	3.3%

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	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
River Bend, MO	1	92	8.2%
Randolph, MO	22	79	20.7%
Sugar Creek, MO	3,327	81	19.1%
Birmingham, MO	227	81	18.5%
Kansas City, KS	149,755	82	18.2%
Kansas City, MO	471,767	88	12.5%

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City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Mesa, AZ	470,456	96	3.7%
Long Beach, CA	469,793	139	38.8%
Sacramento, CA	484,530	118	17.7%
Atlanta, GA	456,378	107	6.6%
Halifax, NS	451,852	n/a
Kansas City, MO	471,767	88	12.5%

Source: This data reflects 2021 and was released from C2ER in January, 2022; this is the most current data available.

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