Kingston, Washington Cost Of Living

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Overall 27%

Goods & Services 29%

Housing 27%

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	Kingston	Washington	National
Cost of living	127	118	100
Goods & Services	129	112	100
Groceries	128	109	100
Health care	128	121	100
Housing	127	135	100
Transportation	141	123	100
Utilities	109	91	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Kingston is 8% higher than the Washington average
The cost of living in Kingston is 27% higher than the national average
Kingston housing is 27% 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	$60,208	$5,017	$1,405	$1,806
Renters	$38,864	$3,239	$907	$1,166

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	Kingston	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$39.33	$18.62	111.2%
Beauty Salon	$50.33	$39.05	28.9%
Toothpaste	$3.44	$2.34	47.1%
Shampoo	$1.13	$1.06	6.9%
Movie	$14.70	$10.68	37.6%
Bowling	$21.80	$14.67	48.6%

Groceries

Item	Kingston	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$5.74	$4.22	36.0%
Fried Chicken	$2.15	$1.39	55.1%
Milk	$2.50	$2.05	22.0%
Potatoes	$3.50	$3.29	6.3%
Pizza	$13.12	$10.62	23.5%
Beer	$10.49	$9.38	11.8%

Health Care

Item	Kingston	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$158.73	$108.57	46.2%
Doctor	$136.39	$116.17	17.4%
Dentist	$143.77	$99.13	45.0%
Ibuprofen	$11.56	$9.68	19.5%
Lipitor	$478.09	$466.92	2.4%

Housing

Item	Kingston	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$252,800.00	$184,700.00	36.9%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$2,847.37	$1,197.42	137.8%
Apartment Rent	$991.00	$949.00	4.4%

Transportation

Item	Kingston	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.19	$2.22	43.6%
Tire Balancing	$66.49	$50.07	32.8%

Utilities

Item	Kingston	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$186.95	$167.67	11.5%
Phone	$194.23	$175.64	10.6%

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.
Hat Island, WA	44	128	28%
Enetai, WA	2,234	121	21%
Rocky Point, WA	1,801	122	22%
Suquamish, WA	4,259	123	23%
Tracyton, WA	6,425	124	24%
Kingston, WA	1,859	127	27%

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City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Roodhouse, IL	1,859	81	-19%
Folsom, NJ	1,859	104	4%
Henryville, IN	1,859	91	-9%
Deville, LA	1,858	81	-19%
Plainville, KS	1,860	78	-22%
Kingston, WA	1,859	127	27%

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