Index | Menands | New York | National |
Cost of living | 110 | 119 | 100 |
Goods & Services | 111 | 110 | 100 |
Groceries | 113 | 113 | 100 |
Health care | 105 | 101 | 100 |
Housing | 117 | 145 | 100 |
Transportation | 99 | 108 | 100 |
Utilities | 98 | 98 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $79,239 | $6,603 | $1,849 | $2,377 |
Renters | $62,611 | $5,218 | $1,461 | $1,879 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
New York | 4% | 8.875% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
New York | 4% | 8.82% |
Item | Menands | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $23.50 | $20.27 | 15.9% |
Beauty Salon | $45.33 | $40.39 | 12.2% |
Toothpaste | $2.48 | $2.36 | 5.3% |
Shampoo | $1.09 | $1.08 | 1.0% |
Movie | $13.71 | $10.99 | 24.8% |
Bowling | $15.67 | $15.49 | 1.1% |
Item | Menands | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $3.65 | $4.30 | 15.1% |
Fried Chicken | $1.50 | $1.40 | 7.0% |
Milk | $2.14 | $2.20 | 2.9% |
Potatoes | $3.92 | $3.22 | 21.8% |
Pizza | $10.54 | $10.74 | 1.9% |
Beer | $10.87 | $9.60 | 13.2% |
Item | Menands | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $141.61 | $109.73 | 29.1% |
Doctor | $99.00 | $118.34 | 16.3% |
Dentist | $115.89 | $100.94 | 14.8% |
Ibuprofen | $9.67 | $9.93 | 2.6% |
Lipitor | $476.64 | $469.53 | 1.5% |
Item | Menands | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $211,500.00 | $184,700.00 | 14.5% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $1,398.58 | $1,229.62 | 13.7% |
Apartment Rent | $1,150.00 | $949.00 | 21.2% |
Item | Menands | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $2.81 | $2.71 | 3.6% |
Tire Balancing | $47.66 | $51.86 | 8.1% |
Item | Menands | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $162.72 | $170.84 | 4.8% |
Phone | $191.59 | $187.18 | 2.4% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Schenectady, NY | 65,554 | 96 | 4.3% |
Green Island, NY | 2,613 | 96 | 3.5% |
Scotia, NY | 7,732 | 98 | 1.8% |
Rensselaer, NY | 9,435 | 98 | 1.6% |
Watervliet, NY | 10,207 | 99 | 1.1% |
Menands, NY | 3,998 | 110 | 10.0% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Danielson, CT | 3,999 | 107 | 7.1% |
Sparwood, BC | 3,999 | n/a | |
Grant-Valkaria, FL | 3,996 | 114 | 14.1% |
Le Sueur, MN | 3,996 | 89 | 10.6% |
Wood Village, OR | 3,996 | 100 | 0.1% |
Menands, NY | 3,998 | 110 | 10.0% |