Index | South Bend | Indiana | National |
Cost of living | 81 | 89 | 100 |
Goods & Services | 94 | 96 | 100 |
Groceries | 91 | 94 | 100 |
Health care | 97 | 96 | 100 |
Housing | 53 | 72 | 100 |
Transportation | 92 | 99 | 100 |
Utilities | 95 | 99 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $48,361 | $4,030 | $1,128 | $1,451 |
Renters | $22,358 | $1,863 | $522 | $671 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
Indiana | 7% | 7% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
Indiana | 3.23% | 3.23% |
Item | South Bend | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $19.94 | $20.27 | 1.6% |
Beauty Salon | $40.00 | $40.39 | 1.0% |
Toothpaste | $1.81 | $2.36 | 23.3% |
Shampoo | $0.91 | $1.08 | 15.1% |
Movie | $10.21 | $10.99 | 7.1% |
Bowling | $8.88 | $15.49 | 42.7% |
Item | South Bend | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $3.75 | $4.30 | 12.8% |
Fried Chicken | $1.37 | $1.40 | 2.1% |
Milk | $1.47 | $2.20 | 33.1% |
Potatoes | $2.99 | $3.22 | 7.2% |
Pizza | $12.11 | $10.74 | 12.8% |
Beer | $8.78 | $9.60 | 8.5% |
Item | South Bend | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $111.11 | $109.73 | 1.3% |
Doctor | $120.66 | $118.34 | 2.0% |
Dentist | $102.22 | $100.94 | 1.3% |
Ibuprofen | $8.80 | $9.93 | 11.4% |
Lipitor | $394.82 | $469.53 | 15.9% |
Item | South Bend | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $80,500.00 | $184,700.00 | 56.4% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $1,139.56 | $1,229.62 | 7.3% |
Apartment Rent | $710.00 | $949.00 | 25.2% |
Item | South Bend | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $2.54 | $2.71 | 6.2% |
Tire Balancing | $45.67 | $51.86 | 11.9% |
Item | South Bend | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $154.53 | $170.84 | 9.5% |
Phone | $187.80 | $187.18 | 0.3% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Niles, MI | 11,379 | 80 | 20.3% |
New Troy, MI | 741 | 80 | 20.4% |
Roseland, IN | 489 | 81 | 19.0% |
Edwardsburg, MI | 1,269 | 87 | 12.7% |
Hudson Lake, IN | 1,261 | 81 | 18.7% |
South Bend, IN | 101,037 | 81 | 18.9% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Jurupa Valley, CA | 100,737 | 118 | 18.4% |
Lethbridge, AB | 101,384 | n/a | |
Las Cruces, NM | 101,459 | 88 | 11.7% |
Kamloops, BC | 101,505 | n/a | |
Nanaimo, BC | 101,513 | n/a | |
South Bend, IN | 101,037 | 81 | 18.9% |