Index | Newton | Kansas | National |
Cost of living | 86 | 88 | 100 |
Goods & Services | 96 | 89 | 100 |
Groceries | 91 | 91 | 100 |
Health care | 96 | 101 | 100 |
Housing | 61 | 76 | 100 |
Transportation | 97 | 96 | 100 |
Utilities | 110 | 102 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $56,653 | $4,721 | $1,322 | $1,700 |
Renters | $29,659 | $2,472 | $692 | $890 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
Kansas | 6.5% | 11.5% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
Kansas | 3.1% | 5.7% |
Item | Newton | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $21.44 | $20.27 | 5.8% |
Beauty Salon | $32.44 | $40.39 | 19.7% |
Toothpaste | $2.21 | $2.36 | 6.2% |
Shampoo | $1.09 | $1.08 | 1.3% |
Movie | $10.88 | $10.99 | 1.0% |
Bowling | $15.00 | $15.49 | 3.2% |
Item | Newton | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $4.37 | $4.30 | 1.6% |
Fried Chicken | $1.01 | $1.40 | 27.8% |
Milk | $1.70 | $2.20 | 22.8% |
Potatoes | $3.32 | $3.22 | 3.2% |
Pizza | $10.17 | $10.74 | 5.3% |
Beer | $10.39 | $9.60 | 8.3% |
Item | Newton | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $86.56 | $109.73 | 21.1% |
Doctor | $127.00 | $118.34 | 7.3% |
Dentist | $91.89 | $100.94 | 9.0% |
Ibuprofen | $8.97 | $9.93 | 9.6% |
Lipitor | $486.90 | $469.53 | 3.7% |
Item | Newton | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $101,200.00 | $184,700.00 | 45.2% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $1,136.40 | $1,229.62 | 7.6% |
Apartment Rent | $707.00 | $949.00 | 25.5% |
Item | Newton | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $2.50 | $2.71 | 7.7% |
Tire Balancing | $54.17 | $51.86 | 4.5% |
Item | Newton | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $200.64 | $170.84 | 17.4% |
Phone | $188.86 | $187.18 | 0.9% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Peabody, KS | 1,155 | 79 | 20.6% |
Walton, KS | 243 | 82 | 18.2% |
Goessel, KS | 637 | 81 | 18.6% |
Elbing, KS | 308 | 84 | 15.7% |
Moundridge, KS | 1,905 | 84 | 15.8% |
Newton, KS | 19,103 | 86 | 13.8% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Quispamsis, NB | 19,102 | n/a | |
Spanish Lake, MO | 19,105 | 82 | 18.4% |
Altamont, OR | 19,113 | 92 | 7.6% |
Lexington, NC | 19,089 | 82 | 17.7% |
Corner Brook, NL | 19,117 | n/a | |
Newton, KS | 19,103 | 86 | 13.8% |