Lake Buena Vista, Florida Cost Of Living

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Overall 1%

Goods & Services 1%

Housing 100%

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	Lake Buena Vista	Florida	National
Cost of living	101	99	100
Goods & Services	101	98	100
Groceries	106	106	100
Health care	96	99	100
Housing	n/a	96	100
Transportation	101	99	100
Utilities	95	105	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Lake Buena Vista is 1% higher than the Florida average
The cost of living in Lake Buena Vista is 1% higher than the national average
Lake Buena Vista housing is 5% lower 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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Price difference in compared to

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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	$0	$0	$0	$0
Renters	$0	$0	$0	$0

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	Lake Buena Vista	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$21.77	$20.27	7.4%
Beauty Salon	$51.44	$40.39	27.4%
Toothpaste	$2.03	$2.36	14.1%
Shampoo	$1.01	$1.08	6.2%
Movie	$11.77	$10.99	7.1%
Bowling	$15.44	$15.49	0.3%

Groceries

Item	Lake Buena Vista	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$5.24	$4.30	21.9%
Fried Chicken	$1.51	$1.40	7.9%
Milk	$2.51	$2.20	13.8%
Potatoes	$4.52	$3.22	40.4%
Pizza	$9.84	$10.74	8.4%
Beer	$10.43	$9.60	8.7%

Health Care

Item	Lake Buena Vista	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$98.02	$109.73	10.7%
Doctor	$91.11	$118.34	23.0%
Dentist	$109.61	$100.94	8.6%
Ibuprofen	$10.47	$9.93	5.5%
Lipitor	$451.91	$469.53	3.8%

Housing

Item	Lake Buena Vista	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$0.00	$184,700.00	100.0%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,095.01	$1,229.62	10.9%
Apartment Rent	$0.00	$949.00	100.0%

Transportation

Item	Lake Buena Vista	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.57	$2.71	5.1%
Tire Balancing	$57.01	$51.86	9.9%

Utilities

Item	Lake Buena Vista	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$153.30	$170.84	10.3%
Phone	$191.25	$187.18	2.2%

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	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Bay Lake, FL	42	101	0.7%
Lake Butler city, FL	2,185	84	16.4%
Taft, FL	1,817	86	14.1%
Campbell, FL	2,419	87	13.5%
Orlovista, FL	5,814	88	12.3%
Lake Buena Vista, FL	3	101	0.7%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Birch Creek, AK	3	134	33.6%
Healy Lake, AK	3	134	33.6%
Lime Village, AK	3	120	20.0%
Loraine, ND	3	103	2.9%
Sutton, ND	3	94	5.9%
Lake Buena Vista, FL	3	101	0.7%

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