Newport, Washington Cost Of Living

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Overall 10%

Goods & Services 5%

Housing 0%

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	Newport	Olympia	Washington
Cost of living	110	114	116
Goods & Services	105	105	108
Groceries	114	114	108
Health care	121	121	119
Housing	n/a	125	135
Transportation	136	136	116
Utilities	89	89	89

Key findings

The cost of living in Newport is 5% lower than the Olympia average
The cost of living in Newport is 10% higher than the national average
Newport housing is 1% 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)
Household	n/a	$0	$0	$0

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	Olympia	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$22.00	$17.49	25.8%
Beauty Salon	$39.33	$38.17	3.0%
Toothpaste	$2.66	$2.32	14.6%
Shampoo	$1.22	$1.01	20.6%
Movie	$11.02	$10.72	2.8%
Bowling	$14.00	$13.86	1.0%

Groceries

Item	Olympia	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$5.19	$3.90	33.1%
Fried Chicken	$1.72	$1.40	23.2%
Milk	$2.42	$1.96	23.3%
Potatoes	$2.55	$3.18	19.9%
Pizza	$11.99	$10.39	15.4%
Beer	$9.79	$9.23	6.1%

Health Care

Item	Olympia	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$181.60	$106.34	70.8%
Doctor	$133.75	$115.25	16.1%
Dentist	$129.70	$98.38	31.8%
Ibuprofen	$9.71	$9.26	4.8%
Lipitor	$461.50	$466.47	1.1%

Housing

Item	Olympia	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$246,100.00	$184,700.00	33.2%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$1,201.27	$1,273.32	5.7%
Apartment Rent	$988.00	$949.00	4.1%

Transportation

Item	Olympia	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.46	$2.59	33.5%
Tire Balancing	$70.40	$48.90	44.0%

Utilities

Item	Olympia	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$124.69	$167.60	25.6%
Phone	$196.03	$163.42	20.0%

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.
Ketron Island, WA	0	110	10%
Herron Island, WA	67	110	10%
Tenino, WA	1,744	100	0%
Nisqually Indian Community, WA	735	102	2%
North Yelm, WA	2,590	102	2%
Olympia, WA	49,608	114	14%

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Wilson, NC	49,558	90	-10%
Downers Grove, IL	49,555	119	19%
Poway, CA	49,675	160	60%
Logan, UT	49,539	92	-8%
Ashburn, VA	49,692	148	48%
Olympia, WA	49,608	114	14%

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

Newport, Olympia, WA Cost of Living